Enhancing equity, diversity, inclusion, indigeneity and accessibility (EDIIA) across undergraduate immunology curriculum 2435

Description The field of Immunology is inherently collaborative, with both teachers and learners possessing diverse needs and experiences. Incorporating themes of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Indigeneity, and Accessibility (EDIIA) within academic curricula allows for the fostering of supportive and healthy teaching and learning environments for enhancement of student learning. The Department of Immunology at the University of Toronto completed environmental scans of EDIIA topics and discussions across undergraduate departmental course offerings. Stakeholder consultations were conducted to review lecture and tutorial materials, course activities and course assessments. Centralized, online department-wide resources were created, including an EDIIA handbook and PowerPoint presentations for inclusion of accessibility tools in teaching. In addition, EDIIA themes were developed with current and prospective EDIIA topics and organized in a curriculum map. The curriculum map revealed opportunities to enhance EDIIA content within each existing course, and each course instructor received course-specific evidence and resources supporting EDIIA themes for teaching in their course. In this presentation, we will focus on the model for our approach, lessons learned, project outcomes, and future goals. Taken together, the creation, centralization, and communication of course-specific resources could facilitate both student and instructor engagement with EDIIA goals in the field of Immunology.