Supporting our people and our communities

Source: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/about/cumming-school-medicine/our-priorities/supporting-our-people-and-our-communities Parent: https://cumming.ucalgary.ca/

We put people at the center of everything we do. We aim to be an employer of choice and to effectively support every member of the CSM, including professional staff and clinical faculty. We will engage with individuals and the communities we serve.

Objectives

1. To be the employer and medical school of choice in Canada
2. To be the trusted source for health information and policy in our communities
3. To be known by international medical research and education communities as a leading collaborator

Principles

• Cultivate belonging and engagement at all levels in our school
• Foster a healthy working and learning environment
• Improve organizational structure and processes
• Promote anti-racism, anti-oppression, equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace
• Engage with individuals and communities to learn from their lived experiences

Strategies

1.     Promote a healthy learning and working environment

• Guided by the Okanagan Charter (view here)
• Develop clear reporting pathways for learners, faculty and staff concerns (view here)
• Hire a navigator to support the reporting process
• Regular meetings with education portfolios and CSM senior leadership
• Create programming to support a culture of integration among learners
• Provide supports for regular events, communications and campaigns that celebrate and promote CSM diversity and excellence
• Establish an anti-racism policy in CSM
• Provide opportunities for career growth and development in the medical sciences
• Highlight the achievements of learners, educators, clinicians, researchers and staff

2.     Celebrate inclusive excellence

• Highlight the achievements of learners, educators, clinicians and staff
• Create an annual Celebration of Excellence for all

3.     Ensure wellness supports available for all

• Promote wellness supports to all groups within the CSM community
• Improve access to psychologists and psychiatrists
• Create learner wellness programs
• Expand support for the Headversity app

4.     Improve transactional processes

• Conduct a review of operational and transactional processes in human resources, finance, information technology and facilities to identify areas of improvement

5.     Engage with patients/citizens

• Create community events which encourage individuals to share their experiences
• Implement Care Opinion, a digital communication tool to connect with patients/individuals (view here)
• Solicit community engagement in the co-design of educational curricula, research mandate and shaping the health ecosystem

6.     Promote international collaboration

• Expand ongoing collaboration with the University of Melbourne and other international partners
• Create a PhD/MD program with international partners
• Promote reciprocity and balanced partnerships in global health