Jan 25 2023, 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Virtual

Join us for a workshop focused on fostering diversity and inclusion in health research. Current patient engagement practices result in a narrow pool of perspectives being reflected in patient-oriented research. This session will discuss a project funded by the BC SUPPORT Unit to develop educational modules to support the inclusion of more diverse people in health research, including d/Deaf, disabled, rural and remote, LGBTQ2S+, immigrant, racialized, refugee and ethnocultural communities. Speakers will also provide an overview of the Tapestry Tool: an open-source online learning platform that allows users, authors, viewers, students and instructors to collaborate in the development of content. 

This workshop is part of our VCHRI Research Training Series. This series is designed to support the acquisition of advanced skills, techniques and knowledge and lead to enhanced practices in the conduct of research.

Learning objectives

In this workshop you will learn:

  • Why diversity and inclusion in health research matter
  • What the Tapestry Tool is
  • Pragmatic strategies to support the inclusion of more diverse people in health research
About the speakers
Erin Michalak gratefully settled in British Columbia in Canada in 2001, where she lives in Xwesam (Robert’s Creek) which means "when the water bubbles" according to local shishalh elders of the Coast Salish nation. Erin’s educational background is in psychology, with a PhD from the University of Wales College of Medicine. Her research expertise lies in lived experience engagement in research, mental health, digital technologies, knowledge translation and quality of life. She has published over 150 scientific articles and several books and been awarded the 2018 CIHR Gold Leaf Prize for Transformation in Patient Engagement. She is a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and is the equity, diversity and inclusion champion for the BC SUPPORT Unit.
Steven Barnes moved to the Lower Mainland in the mid-90s and now lives in East Vancouver, on the unceded and ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. His background is in the visual arts, psychology and neuroscience. He enjoys teaching myriad students at UBC Vancouver and working on the ongoing development of UBC’s new Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience, for which he is the director. Steven is an associate professor of teaching in the Department of Psychology at UBC. He is grateful to have received multiple student-nominated teaching awards, including the 3M National Teaching Fellowship. He is also the co-author of a prominent textbook for the field of behavioural neuroscience, Biopsychology 11th Edition (Pearson Education).

Registrants will receive information on joining the virtual event two days prior to the event date.

Primary health service delivery area