Departmental Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Welcome to the Biological Sciences Departmental Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (DEDI) Committee page. This is a new committee with a shared leadership model that seeks to make the department more inclusive, equitable and diverse. The current EDI committee is composed of faculty, staff and student representatives.
EDI NEWS AND EVENTS
- Black History Month, February 2026
- Designing Online Courses with Workload, Well-Being & Engagement in Mind (Spring 2026) | Application Deadline, Thursday February 19, 2026, Presented by CEE
- In Conversation with Dr. Wisdom Tettey and Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson, Thursday, February 19, 2026, Presented by SFU Black Student Centre (BSC)
- Inclusive Teaching Community of Practice (Feb 20), Friday, February 20, 2026, Presented by CEE
- Pink Shirt Day: Pink Wall of Kindness, Wednesday, February 25, 2026, Presented by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Decolonial Teaching Circles, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, Presented by The Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre in partnership with the Centre for Educational Excellence
- International Women's Day, Sunday, March 8, 2026, Presented by Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- Teaching Matters: Decolonizing our teaching: Works in Progress, Wednesday, March 11, 2026, Presented by Teaching Matters
- Inclusive Teaching Community of Practice, Friday, March 20, 2026, Presented by CEE
- International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Saturday, March 21, 2026, Presented by Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
- International Transgender Day of Visibility, Tuesday, March 31, 2026, Presented by Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
RESOURCES
- Please visit SFU's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page here.
- The Provost and VP Academic now has a website to help STEM instructors wanting to Indigenize and decolonize their teaching:
https://www.sfu.ca/vpacademic/news/2025/january/distem-website.html