Research Development & Design

Resources that support the application and implementation of EDI in research design. These include areas such as gender and sex, sexuality, race, accessibility and disability, and other aspects of identity that are important to EDI considerations in the research process. Community engaged research better practices resources are also included.

Community-engaged research

Decoloniality in physiotherapy education, research and practice in South Africa

Engage for Equity: A Long-Term Study of Community-Based Participatory Research and Community-Engaged Research Practices and Outcomes

Developing and Engaging in Community Partnership Research (Centre for Research & Innovation Support Spotlight)

Community-Based Research Canada, Resources

Disability/accessibility

Why People With Disabilities Must Be Included in Research.

Including people with disabilities in research: implications for the field of augmentative and alternative communication.

Conducting Accessible Research- Including People With Disabilities in Public Health, Epidemiological, and Outcomes Studies.

Avoiding Ableist Language: Suggestions for Autism Researchers.

Indigenous research

The First Nations Principles of OCAP®

The National Dialogue on Data Management Plans and Indigenous Data (2023): Report

The National Dialogue on Data Management Plans and Indigenous Data

Guiding principles for Indigenous research practices

Canada’s shameful history of nutrition research on residential school children: The need for strong medical ethics in Aboriginal health research.

Race

Teaching Anti-Racist Research in the Academy.

Chasing Ghosts: Race, Racism, and the Future of Microbiome Research.

Racial Myths and Regulatory Responsibility.

Racial Bias in Pulse Oximetry Measurement.

Race, ethnicity, culture, and science.

Perils of Race-Based Norms in Cognitive Testing: The Case of Former NFL Players.

Race, ethnicity, culture, and science.

Critical issues in Anti-racist Research Methodologies.

BiDil: Assessing a Race-Based Pharmaceutical.

APA GUIDELINES on Race and Ethnicity in Psychology.

Sex and gender

Conducting Research with Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations: Navigating Research Ethics Board Reviews.

Sex and gender analysis improves science and engineering.

Scientific Excellence in Applying Sex- and Gender-Sensitive Methods in Biomedical and Health Research.

Sex and Gender Equity in Research: rationale for the SAGER guidelines and recommended use.

Including women as participants and studying sex and gender in biomedical research.

Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence: The Need for Diversity and Gender Theory in Machine Learning. (Conference Proceedings).

Better science with sex and gender- Facilitating the use of a sex and gender-based analysis in health research.

Women’s College Research Institute – The Health Researcher’s Toolkit: Why Sex & Gender Matter

Stanford University, Gendered Innovations in Science, Health & Medicine, Engineering and Environment

European Commission, Gendered Innovations 2: How Inclusive Analysis Contributes to Research and Innovation

“Essential Metrics for Assessing Sex & Gender Integration in Health Research Proposals Involving Human Participants,” PLoS ONE (2017)