General work in this space

• Continue to progress through the EDI priority goals as identified in 2023 (2025–26).

Structural Change

• Hired Indigenous Strategic Manager – a new position intended to support Faculty work relating to Indigenous Initiatives (May 2023).
• Faculty EDI Committee generated priority goals based on the UBC Inclusion Action Plan (IAP) and the StEAR framework (2023). As of spring 2024, the group completed most of the initial 18 objectives planned for the first year of implementation; progress ongoing as planned (fall 2025).
• Created system and processes for receiving and effectively handling discrimination concerns and complaints directly to Dean’s Office and Senior Leadership Team. Updated Faculty's ‘Resources & Steps for Harassment and Discrimination Complaints Flowchart’ (2024).
• Created Faculty Shared Events Calendar to ensure awareness of activities for all, and to share awareness of cultural holidays (2024).
• Prioritized fundraising for students from groups that are historically and persistently systemically marginalized and created 2 specific award programs: SUPER UP and Shoppers Drug Mart Award in Pharmaceutical Science for Black Pharmacy Students (2024).
• Introduced Faculty-wide Land Acknowledgement guidelines (2023).
• Created guidelines to ensure student access to gender inclusive washrooms during exams (2024).
• UBC became a member of the Indigenous Professional Pharmacy of Canada (IPPC) (Nov 2024).
• Updated the Indigenous section of the Faculty website (fall 2024 and ongoing).
• Dean Raman-Wilms initiated meetings with various Nations (Musqueam and Squamish) and Indigenous leads across campus (2024 and ongoing).
• The ISI Fund Showcase Panel, featuring Clara Ng as a panelist, and the UPROOT poster were presented at UBC's Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) event (Nov 2025).
• Pharm Sci supported the Faculties of Land and Food Systems and Forestry in organizing the 2025 Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day, alongside the participation of Senior Leadership (Sep 2025).

Education

• See Education section.
• Created an Indigenous Cultural Safety, Humility and Anti-racism webpage through CPPD, which included continuing education programs and events listings for launch Jan 2026.

Research

• CORE PI Dr. Conklin was the Co-Chair of an inaugural Working Group on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) for Canada InfoWay and has published the final report titled, "Towards Developing Standards on the Intersection of Racism and Discrimination, Material Hardship and Healthcare Access" (March 2023).
• Dr Vu received funding from a new grant program committed to challenging gender disparities (June 23).
• Mark Harrison awarded Michael Smith Health Research BC C2 for the project “Estimating the economic impacts of extreme weather events on healthcare systems: A qualitative inquiry to inform the development of an evaluation framework” (fall 2024).

Interactional

• EDI Advisory Committee provided support to EDI Forum (2023 and ongoing).
• Ensured inclusivity and diversity were incorporated in all Communications content and messaging creation (ongoing).
• Relaunched EDI-Forum with Multicultural event (June 2023).
• Launched book club launched in Summer 2023 (completed 4 book cycles by Oct 2024).
• Hosted intercultural workshop (3 sessions; 20–30 people attended) (Nov 2023).
• Hosted Indigenous author Eden Robinson (Son of a Trickster) (April 2024).
• Collaborated with the Pharmacy Women’s Health Club for Pharmacy Awareness Month (March 2024).
• Collaborated with PharGS and AAPS around EDI and the workplace (2024).
• Awarded $112,000 funding through the Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Enhancement Fund for "Educational Support to Foster Inclusivity at UBC Pharm Sci" to the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Forum (EDIF) to provide educational programming and community-building events that act as a hub to connect and support affinity groups and raise awareness of EDI+I issues within our Pharm Sci community (April 2024).
• Awarded funding through the Partnership Recognition & Exploration (PRE) Fund for Jason Min's project "Caring for Our təmtumɩš (men)", a project by the Tla’amin First Nation to support male elders who are residential school survivors (May 2024).
• Initiated student engagement events to celebrate major cultural celebrations, e.g., Lunar New Year and Eid al-Fitr (fall 2024–winter 2025).