The office of Faculty Affairs (FA) oversees faculty affairs within the Faculty of Medicine. We are comprised of the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), the Faculty Wellness Program (FWP), and the Office of Professionalism (OP). The Assistant-Deans and Director of these offices report to the Vice-Dean Faculty Affairs who is the head of the FA. The FA oversees the clinical faculty appointment process, annual reviews, academic promotion as well as other academic issues and faculty relations. The number of requests for faculty appointment and promotion continues to increase, a healthy indicator of the faculty engagement with the University.
Faculty Affairs
Welcome to the office of Faculty Affairs (FA)! We offer free, confidential services for our faculty, students and staff. You can seek assistance in the areas of Faculty Wellness, Equity and Diversity Issues, Professionalism.
Faculty Affairs - Update
Faculty Wellness Program (FWP):
FWP Seminar Series
Shame competence: What it is, why we need it, and how it can transform healthcare organizations
Date:
January 29, 2025
Time:
12:00 – 1:00
Location:
Zoom
The Faculty Wellness Program is pleased to welcome Dr. William Bynum, Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Duke University School of Medicine, who will present his seminar “Shameful Competence: What is it, why do we need it and how can it transform healthcare organizations?”.
In this workshop, the speaker will introduce the concept of shame competence, a set of skills, principles, and practices that facilitate constructive engagement with shame, to participants.
He will outline the distributed nature of shame and the need for shame competence at multiple levels of an organization.
He will then engage participants through skills-building and discussion activities to build foundational shame competence. Specific skills will focus on recognizing hidden shame, avoiding shaming treatment, and providing proactive support to a learner experiencing shame.
By the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Define shame and outline its psychological origins
- Explain the distributed nature of shame in a healthcare organization
- Define shame competence and outline the basic principles that inform it
- List specific steps to building foundational shame competence in a healthcare environment
- Report increased comfort supporting a learner or peer through a shame experience
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Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion:
EDI Seminar Series
A History of Violence: The Legacy of Environmental Racism in Canada
Date:
January 30, 2025
Time:
12:00 – 1:00
Location:
Zoom
The Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is pleased to welcome speaker Dr. Ingrid Waldron, HOPE Chair in Peace and Health in the Global Peace and Social Justice Program in the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University & Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice who will present her seminar “A History of Violence: The Legacy of Environmental Racism in Canada”
This seminar will examine the legacy of environmental racism in Canada, the health effects of environmental racism and outline what I have done to address environmental racism since 2012.
The objective of this session will be:
- Analyze and describe the systemic underpinnings of environmental racism in Canada.
- Identify and explain the specific health effects of environmental racism on affected populations in Canada.
- Evaluate and discuss strategies for using multidisciplinary partnerships to address environmental racism in Canada.
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External event
No events at this time.
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