Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

LEAD: Neeru Gupta

Building on the foundational work of the Gender Equity Hub under the World Health Organization's Global Health Workforce Network, this theme will focus on how best to support evidence-informed policies and transformative changes for promoting equitable, diverse and inclusive health workforces. This theme will focus on expanding understanding of the enablers and barriers to improving work life within and across groups of healthcare providers, as an underlying prerequisite towards achieving health system aims of improved population health, sustainable costs and enhanced patient experiences.

Infographics

The Unique Mental Health, Leaves of Absence and Return to Work Experiences of Black, Indigenous and Professionals of Colour (December, 2022)

Providers of Language-Appropriate Health Care Providers are Scarce: Self-declared language capabilities of the healthcare workforce in Ontario (December, 2020)

Equity, Safety & Health Outcomes: The Case for a National Minimum Data Standard around Health Workforce Language Data in Canada (December, 2020)
Innovations

EDI Leadership Toolkit

Effective health leadership is critical to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Women and gender diverse people have long been underrepresented in health settings. This toolkit encourages health leaders to adopt an EDI-lens and provides resources which can enhance one’s understanding of EDI or inspire ideas to improving EDI in the health sector. The toolkit is meant to serve as a reference guide for health leaders to access a variety of materials related to EDI.
Webinars

EDI & Anti-Racism Initiatives in the Health Workforce (December, 2023)

Ethical Recruitment & Integration of Health Workers (December, 2023)

Better Interprofessional and EDIA Data Collection (December, 2023)

IHWC Country Roundtables Canada - The Pandemic and the Health Workforce Research on Impacts and Responses in Canada (May, 2022)

Gender Equal Health and Care Workforce Initiative: Canadian Perspectives by WGH Canada (June, 2021)

Part 3: LEADS-Based Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Toolkits Empowering Women Leaders (April, 2021)

Part 2: LEADS-Based Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Toolkits Empowering Women Leaders (April, 2021)

Part I: LEADS-Based Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Toolkits Empowering Women Leaders (March, 2021)
Presentations

There are no presentations at this time.
Publications

The Gender Wage Gap in the Canadian Pharmacy Workforce in the Wake of COVID-19 (April, 2025)

Intersectionality of the Gender Wage Gap Among Healthcare Professionals: A Scoping Review (January, 2025)

Gender and Ethnic Diversity and Wage Gaps in the Chiropractic Workforce (January, 2025)

Imbalances in the Oral Health Workforce: A Canadian Population-Based Study (October, 2024)

Supporting diverse health leadership requires active listening, observing, learning and bystanding (February, 2023)

Looking beyond parity: Gender wage gaps and the leadership labyrinth in the Canadian healthcare management workforce (January, 2023)

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

LEAD: Neeru Gupta

Infographics

Innovations

EDI Leadership Toolkit

Webinars

Presentations

Publications