The Toronto Initiative for Diversity and Excellence (TIDE) is a grassroots service group consisting of University of Toronto (U of T) faculty members from across disciplines who volunteer their time to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion at the university. Founded in 2016, TIDE provides free, evidence-informed workshops and seminars to the U of T community, and shares resources and promising practices for inclusion. With a focus on how varied challenges to inclusion can negatively impact equity-deserving groups in the academic context, TIDE provides recommendations on practical actions that aim to mitigate and overcome these barriers. TIDE’s sessions cover various aspects of departmental culture and the academic career arc, and are customized to capture the issues most pressing in a given unit. TIDE also provides confidential counsel to academic leaders, staff units, and administrators.
TIDE gratefully acknowledges administrative support from the offices of the Vice President & Provost U of T and the Vice Principal Academic and Dean, University of Toronto Scarborough.
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Leadership
Bojana Stefanovic
Director of Engagement
Professor, Medical Biophysics, Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Maydianne Andrade
Founder & Senior Advisor
University Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC)
Fiona Rawle
Director of Operations
Professor, Teaching stream, Department of Biology, University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)
Tom Coyle
Governance & Membership Liaison
Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering, Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Associate Director, Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, University of Toronto, St. George (UTSG)
Staff
Contributors
Bryan Gaensler
Inaugural Co-Chair, TIDE, 2017-2023
Dean of Physical and Biological Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
Eileen Egan-Lee
Educational Developer, Teaching Grants and Awards, Centre for Teaching & Learning, UTSC
Loretta Ho
Program and Faculty Development Consultant, Office of the Vice President and Provost, UTSG
Membership
Alison Keith
Professor, Classics and Women's Studies & Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, UTSG
(on leave)
Anthony Wensley
Associate Professor, Emeritus, Information Systems and Accounting, Department of Management, UTM
Carol Chin
Associate Professor, History & Principal, Woodsworth College, UTSG
Daniel Grace
Associate Professor, Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division, UTSG
Deepa Kundur
Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Chair of The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering , UTSG
Emmanuel Nikiema
Associate Professor & Chair Department of French, Faculty of Arts & Science, UTM
France Gagnon
Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, UTM & Professor, Epidemiology Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UTSG
Isabelle Aubert
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Joanne Louis
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Nursing, UTSG
Julie MacArthur
Associate Professor, Historical Studies, UTM
(on leave)
Kathleen Scheaffer
Strategic Initiatives and Liaison Librarian, UTM
Lachmi Singh
Director, Education Programs & Administrative Services & Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (DEDI), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, UTSG
Nadia Alam
Clinical (MD) Adjunct Appt., Public Health & Medicine, UTSG
Nicole Laliberte
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Geography, Geomatics and Environment, UTM
(on leave)
Renée Hložek
Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, UTSG
Robert Gazzale
Associate Professor, Department of Economics & Principal, New College, UTSG
Ruth White
Sessional Lecturer, Social Work, UTSG
Sarah Mayes-Tang
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream; Mathematics, UTSG
Vivienne Luk
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Anthropology, Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences & Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP), UTM