Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
CPSO is committed to addressing discrimination to contribute to a more equitable health-care system
Welcome to the CPSO’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion web page. Here, you will find resources to help increase your awareness of and commitment to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) so that you can confidently support a more equitable health-care system.
We’re fortunate to live and practice in a richly diverse society, where people contribute their lived experience in ways that enrich our approach to learning and practising. CPSO is committed to examining how we can better fulfill our mandate to embed equity, diversity and inclusion in our processes and policies.
This important, reflexive work asks us to engage with resources that will contribute to enhancing our health-care system in many ways, including embracing diverse concepts and approaches that positively impact patient care.
The resources that we provide here invite you to learn and unlearn in ways that contribute to supportive equity, diversity and inclusion practices.
We appreciate your support of our EDI efforts. We invite you to explore these resources regularly and feel free to share resource suggestions with us.
Please review the glossary for definitions of commonly used terms.
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- The Care I Want: An Illustrated Guide to Navigating Healthcare (2023; online resource)
- Review of Current 2SLGBTQIA+ Inequities in the Canadian Health Care System (2023; journal article)
- Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, (2022; online resource)
- Caring for your Trans Patients (2021; article)
- Rainbow Health Ontario Resource Library (online resource)
- Teaching LGBTQ+ Health (2021; online course)
- Trans Primary Care: Language and Terminology | Rainbow Health Ontario (2020; online resource)
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- Bystander Intervention in Healthcare (2024; web page)
- Six Steps to Bystander Intervention (2022; web page)
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- Allyship and Inclusion Resources (2024; web page)
- Women’s College Hospital Allyship Toolkit (2024; document)
- Allyship Guide (2023; document)
- Being a True Ally (2022; article)
- Microaggressions and Allyship (2020; webpage)
- The Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship: Implications for Health (2019; journal article)
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- Provision of Culturally Competent Healthcare to Address Healthcare Disparities (2023; journal article)
- The Importance of Culturally Competent Care (2022; web page)
- A Cultural Competence Guide for Primary Health Care Professionals (2005; document)
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- Position on Access to Healthcare (2024: document)
- Invisible Three Percent (2023; article)
- The Importance of Feeling Safe (2023; article)
- Improving Accessibility in Ontario Health Care for People with Disabilities (2022; document)
- What Do Disability Biases Look Like in Practice? (2021; article)
- Examining the Root Causes of Ableism (2021; article)
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- Physicians’ Experiences With Mistreatment and Discrimination by Patients, Families, and Visitors and Association With Burnout (2022; journal article)
- Treating Patient Bias (2021; article)
- Addressing Patient Bias and Discrimination Against Clinicians of Diverse Backgrounds (2020; journal article)
- How Should Organizations Respond to Racism Against Health Care Workers? (2019; article)
- Doctors on Their Own When Dealing With Racism From Patients (2018; article)
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- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Guide (2024; online resource)
- Caring for Our Diverse Populations (2020; document)
- Equity and Diversity in Medicine (2019; web page)
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- Creating Gender Balance in the Global Health Workforce (2024; online resource)
- Gender Bias in Healthcare (2021; article)
- Advancing Gender Equity in Medicine (2021; journal article)
- Addressing Gender Equity and Diversity in Canada’s Medical Profession (2018; document)
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- Biases in Healthcare: Types, Examples, Overcoming Bias (2023; online resource)
- Tackling Implicit Bias in Health Care (2022; journal article)
- Canadian Adult Obesity Clinical Practice Guideline (2021; online resource)
- Implicit Bias in Healthcare: Clinical practice, Research and Decision Making (2021; journal article)
- Weight Bias and its Clinical Consequences (2021; article)
- Implicit Bias in Health Care (2020; article)
- Implicit Bias in Health Professions: From Recognition to Transformation (2020; journal article)
- A Framework for Integrating Implicit Bias Recognition Into Health Professions Education (2018; journal article)
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- Common Examples of Microaggressions in Healthcare (2022; article)
- Identifying, Addressing, and Eliminating Microaggressions in Healthcare (2022; journal article)
- Professionalism: Microaggression in the Healthcare Setting (2021; journal article)
- Examples of Racial Microaggressions (2007; document)
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Anti-Asian Racism
- Addressing Anti-Asian Racism (2025; online resource)
- Educational Resources on Anti-Asian Racism (2023; online resource)
- Combating Anti-Asian Sentiment – A Practical Guide (2021; journal article)
Anti-Black Racism
- Anti-Black Racism Has Not Left the Health System (2025; article)
- Black Patients Experiencing Vaccine Distrust: How Can Family Doctors Help? (2022; article)
- Time to Dismantle Systemic Anti-Black Racism in Medicine in Canada (2021; journal article)
- Black Patients Matter (2020; article)
- Diagnosing and Treating Systemic Racism (2020; journal article)
- Anti-Black Racism eLearning Module (online course)
Anti-Indigenous Racism
- Treating Root Causes, Not Symptoms (2020; article)
- CanMEDS–Family Medicine Indigenous Health Supplement (2020; document)
- Royal College – Indigenous Health Primer (2019; document)
- San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program (online course)
Antisemitism
- Antisemitism in Medicine: An International Perspective (2025; journal article)
- Reflections on Addressing Antisemitism in a Canadian Faculty of Medicine (2023; journal article)
- A Dark History, a Persistent Fear (2022; article)
- Jewish Medial Association of Ontario (web page)
Islamophobia
- Understanding and Addressing Islamophobia Through Trauma-informed Care (2022; journal article)
- Dismantling Gendered Islamophobia in Medicine (2022; journal article)
- Islamophobia: A Public Health Crisis (2022; article)
- Supporting Indian and Other South Asians Facing COVID-19 and Other Serious Illnesses (2021; article)
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- Unhoused (2022; article)
- Practising Social Accountability (2016; journal article)
- Social Accountability (online resource)
- Understanding Social Accountability (online resource)
- Social Accountability in Medical Schools (online resource)