Gender Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Despite the fact that over half of all young (under 40) doctors working in Canada are women, issues of harassment, discrimination and pay inequity still exist. MUN faculty, in conjunction with , strive to provide representation, mentorship, education and advocacy. Members of MUN Emergency Medicine also collaborate with Dr. Alyson Byrne from the Faculty of Business Administration on gender equity research.
Full-Time Faculty Researcher
Dr. Gillian Sheppard
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
g.sheppard@mun.ca
Part-Time Faculty Researcher
Dr. Emma McIlveen-Brown
Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
emma.j.m.brown@gmail.com
Gender Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Grants
Dr. Gillian Sheppard
Quick Start Grant for Public Engagement
Title: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity in the Emergency Department: The Start of a Conversation
Award: $2500
Role: Principal Investigator
Date: April 5, 2021
Dr. Margo Wilson
Public Engagement Grant, 糖心视频 University
Title: 鈥淭he Start of a Conversation鈥 鈥 an EDI lecture series for the Emergency Department
Award: $2500
Role: Co-Investigator
Date: 2021
Research Mentorship
Full-time (and some of the part-time) faculty in Emergency Medicine provide mentorship in research at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. Mentorship is available to undergraduate medical students, starting in first year, throughout the course of their medical degree; to trainees/residents in a variety of disciplines, including internal and family medicine; and to graduate students and post-docs.
Partnerships and Collaborations
Dalhousie University
糖心视频 and work together on several joint medical research and teaching ventures.
Community Partners
糖心视频 works with several community partners in a project to improve equity, diversity and inclusivity in emergency departments.
These partners include:
Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians
糖心视频 works with the (CAEP), the country's national voice of emergency medicine.
Dr. Adam Dubrowski
糖心视频 works with of Ontario Tech and the institution's lab.
Interdepartmental Collaborations
The Discipline of Emergency Medicine, and its faculty, staff and learners, also work with other disciplines in the Faculty of Medicine and several other faculties and departments at 糖心视频 University.
Our parternships at 糖心视频 include:
- : Dr. Jennifer Jewer and Dr. Alyson Byrne
- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science: Dr. Sam Nakhla
- Department of Sociology: Dr. Rose Ricciardelli
- Division of Population Health and Applied Health Sciences: Dr. Nathaniel Pollock
- Discipline of Family Medicine: Dr. Andrew Smith and Dr. Amanda Tzenov
- Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Dr. Deanna Murphy