Core Area
People and Place
Strategic Area
Advancement of decolonization, EDI, and anti-racism throughout the Faculty
Goal Status
In Progress
Objectives
- Develop a comprehensive Indigenization and Decolonization strategy within the Academic Portfolio based on a TLEF-funded project completed in Oct 2023.
- Continue to increase awareness of underserved populations in both the Flex PharmD and Diploma in Pharmacy Leadership (DPL) students by introducing practices such as land acknowledgement, appropriate resources, and content (2023–2025; by launch for DPL).
Achieved Goals
- Hired Indigenous Strategic Manager—a new position intended to support Faculty work relating to Indigenous Initiatives (May 2023).
- SPIIF fund approved project to support the training of practice educators to be culturally competent and anti-racist (May 2023); initial workshop deployed fall 2023.
- The PRIDE-RX team (Principal Co-Investigators: Tristan Lai and Alex Tang) received financial support from the UBC Internal Seed Grant Program for Educational Leadership to conduct the study, Promoting 2SLGBTQQIA+ Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in Pharmacy Education (PRIDE-RX). This study, approved by the UBC Behavioural Research Ethics Board, sought to understand the current state of 2SLGBTQ+ health care in pharmacies in BC and highlight priority areas. The study has concluded, and preliminary findings were shared with the College of Pharmacists of British Columbia at its April 2023 board meeting. The PRIDE-Rx team received $205,107 funding through UBC TLEF project in 2022/23 and 2023/24.
- BPSc program participated with the Centre for Student Development and Leadership to develop and deliver content that incorporates components of Indigenous awareness and cultural safety training to student leaders. These students leaders serve the program’s orientation events and Peer Mentorship program. Indigenous awareness and cultural safety is also embedded during the orientation events and highlighted to the new students coming into the BPSc program (fall 2023).
- Completed a project to develop a comprehensive Indigenization and Decolonization strategy within the Academic Portfolio, funded through the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund (TLEF) with a $50,000 grant for the “Building Foundations for Success in Decolonization and Indigenization within Pharmacy-focused Academic Programs in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences” (Oct 2023).