Rethinking Higher Education Metrics for Equity, Inclusion, and Impact: Part 1 with Dr. Sukhi Bains
Echoes from the Margins: Voices Reshaping Higher Education
Release Date: 02/03/2026
From Classroom to Community, and Leading from Behind: Part 2 with Dr. Sukhi Bains
Echoes from the Margins: Voices Reshaping Higher Education
From Classroom to Community, and Leading from Behind: Part 2 with Dr. Sukhi Bains If you change the metrics, you can change the outcomes. During part one of our conversation with Dr. Sukhi Bains, we received an introduction to the Schulich EDI-D Office, and how it supports faculty, staff, and students alike in creating inclusive spaces that adapt to their lived realities and goals. We now know that when it comes to academic environments, beginning to understand (and question) metrics starts with expanding our minds beyond numbers...
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Rethinking Higher Education Metrics for Equity, Inclusion, and Impact: Part 1 with Dr. Sukhi Bains
Echoes from the Margins: Voices Reshaping Higher Education
In the medical sciences, we observe, experiment, and test the physical and natural world around us. Whether it is to test a novel therapeutic intervention, conduct an experiment exploring the physiology behind a disease, or evaluate population-level trends, there is an aim to promote evidence-based decision making. As learners and teachers, people come first. We want to build inclusive classroom and laboratory spaces where students feel seen and heard, but it can be difficult to know whether our intentions and initiatives are making a real impact. Can...
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Inclusive Learning by Design: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum with Dr. Nicole Campbell
Echoes from the Margins: Voices Reshaping Higher Education
Description As an educator, what do you wish you knew about where your students' needs and interests lie? As a student, what do you wish your instructors knew about your professional and personal goals beyond the classroom? For both groups, what do you do when you don’t even know…what you don’t know? These are important questions to consider, especially when building an inclusive classroom environment where the goal is to address all student needs. As the Project Lead for Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum, 3M Teaching Fellow Dr. Nicole Campbell has begun to answer these questions,...
info_outlineIn the medical sciences, we observe, experiment, and test the physical and natural world around us. Whether it is to test a novel therapeutic intervention, conduct an experiment exploring the physiology behind a disease, or evaluate population-level trends, there is an aim to promote evidence-based decision making.
As learners and teachers, people come first. We want to build inclusive classroom and laboratory spaces where students feel seen and heard, but it can be difficult to know whether our intentions and initiatives are making a real impact. Can Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization (EDI-D) principles be transformed into tangible metrics and outcomes? How do we know if we are supporting our students with these values in mind?
Tune in to our conversation with Dr. Sukhi Bains, a triple-board certified physician and the Acting Associate Dean of EDI-D at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, to learn more about how metrics come into her work both in the clinic and on campus. This is part one, and we’ll be releasing part two shortly after.
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Keywords: Higher Education; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization; EDI-D; Inclusive Education; Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional Education; Learner Experience; Inclusive Metrics; Structural Inequities; EDI in STEM; Western University
TImestamps (MM:SS)
00:00 - Introduction to the Podcast
01:12 - Land Acknowledgement
03:41 - Guest Introduction
06:37 - Welcome Dr. Sukhi Bains!
07:11 - What is the Schulich EDI-D Office?
18:33 - Sukhi Bains’ Career Path
35:10 - Measuring the Impact of EDIDA Principles in Higher Education: How?
48:26 - Outro (and More to Come!)
Mentioned in This Episode (Further Reading)
1:12 - Land Acknowledgement
4:03 – Dr. Sukhi Bains’ Bio
07:26 - Schulich EDI-D Office
08:07 - Remembering George Floyd
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Additional Resource: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/death-george-floyd
08:10 - Remembering Joyce Echaquan
08:13 - Remembering Brian Sinclair
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Additional Resource: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-brian-sinclair-report-1.4295996
08:40 - EDI-D Office: Faculty-Wide Mandate
13:59 - Western EDI Office
14:04 - Office of Indigenous Initiatives
19:13 - UWO WISE Program
21:41 – Dr. Anton Allahar
20:37 - Canada World Youth (Archive Website; this program shut down in 2022)
Audio Recording and Production
This episode was recorded on Riverside.fm, hosted by Schulich Educational Technology and Media Services (ETMS). Thank you to Patrick Barfoot and Dave Creces for their support with refining the audio for this episode.
Produced/Edited by Preetama Badyal and Oana Birceanu
Thank you to the support of the team at BrainsCAN for funding the resources behind this podcast, allowing us to create this space for discussion.
Intro and Outro Music
Sourced from Pixabay, “Enhance” by electronic music producer Evgeny_Bardyuzha. Free for use under the Pixabay Content License.