Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization, & Accessibility (EDIDA) Committee

The FHS Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization, and Accessibility (EDIDA) Committee is an oversight committee that will provide direction and guidance to the Faculty of Health Sciences on an ongoing basis, on all issues related to EDIDA.   

This committee will establish EDIDA working groups as needed to focus on implementation, developing and/or evaluating EDIDA initiatives for specific purposes or with particular populations.  The activities of these working groups will include program development, events, workshops, or the analysis of data and reports (both internal and external). All working groups shall be responsible to (and will provide regular reports to) the FHS EDIDA committee.

Please refer to the Terms of Reference below for more information:  

Committee Membership 

Affiliation Role
Angie Mandich OT Chair
Frishta Akbar Kamal FHS Staff Support: EDIDA + IPE Coordinator
Laura Murray FHS/CSD FHS Dean's Office Representative
Dominic Alaazi Health Studies Faculty
Marlene Bagatto CSD Faculty
Lesley Macaskill Brescia Faculty
Ashley Mckeown Nursing Faculty
Sean McWatt Kinesiology Faculty
Pulak (Paul) Parikh PT Faculty
Jessica Patterson Kinesiology Staff
Priscila Leite Goncalves OT Postdoctoral Associate
Demo Kaltabanis Nursing Student [GRAD]
Maya Sadra Kinesiology Student [UG]
Aayush Tiwari Kinesiology Student [UG]