Workshops
Our Approach
Our workshops are designed to spark meaningful conversations about inclusion. We highlight common patterns of bias, share practical tools to help mitigate bias in everyday practices and processes, and explore strategies for building more diverse and inclusive cultures within teams and units.
We work with universities, professional organizations, and medical communities, and have delivered sessions to more than 3,000 colleagues. You can select individual workshops or combine sessions into a tailored learning plan. Browse our offerings for examples of available topics, or partner with us to design a bespoke program that meets your organization’s specific needs.
“Our approach is to focus on professional behaviour and good decisions, which is good for everyone and for organizations, but it requires understanding where bias can emerge and how to mitigate it.” (Nature, 2025)
Professor Maydianne Andrade
Founder & Senior Advisor, Toronto Initiative for Diversity and Excellence
Our workshops
What to Expect
Every workshop is designed with intention, care, and a strong grounding in evidence. You can expect the following core features across all our sessions:
- Evidence‑Informed & Research‑Driven Content
- All of our sessions are evidence‑informed. We draw on empirical research and current data, and all case studies and scenarios are grounded in scholarship relevant to academic, clinical, and professional contexts.
- Interactive & Scenario‑Based
- We emphasize active engagement through an interactive presentation followed by scenario-based learning and discussion. Participants work with realistic situations to identify challenges and test new bias interruption strategies.
- Designed With Care
- Our workshops are facilitated in ways that recognize that bias is not abstract — it has real, unequal consequences for individuals and groups. We center lived experiences, acknowledge power and positionality, and create learning environments that support psychological safety, compassion, and reflection.
- Customizable to Your Context
- We tailor sessions by discipline, audience, and institutional context. Session length, focus, and scenarios can be adapted to meet your organization’s specific needs and learning goals.
- Take‑Away Resources
- All participants receive a post‑session information package with curated resources to support continued learning and application beyond the workshop.
Workshops for Universities
Our university-focused workshops are context-specific, evidence-based, and grounded in peer-to-peer learning, designed to resonate with the realities of academic environments. Since 2016, our team of University of Toronto faculty members have led innovative knowledge translation work for thousands of learners, delivering institutionally significant sessions – including the University of Toronto’s annual training for new academic leaders. Our approach emphasizes practical application, collegial dialogue, and strategies that reflect the lived experiences of faculty, staff, and academic leaders.
TIDE 101: Foundations of Bias and Inclusion in Academia
Leading Inclusive Academic Units
Interrupting Bias in Academic Reviews & Peer Assessment
Inclusive Practices in Academic Recruitment
Building Inclusive Research Teams & Labs
Bias, Inclusion & Residency Training
Workshops for Professional Organizations
Our workplace workshops are context-specific, evidence-based, and led by University of Toronto academics, bringing rigorous research into practical, professional settings. We translate the latest scholarship into actionable tools tailored to your organization, ensuring relevance to your sector, workforce, and goals. Participants benefit from expert facilitation that bridges theory and practice, supporting meaningful, sustainable change in complex organizational environments.
Understanding Bias & Inclusion in Professional Contexts
Fair Assessment & Bias
Practical Approaches to Interrupting Bias in Recruitment & Hiring
Supporting Inclusive Employee Experiences
Creating Inclusive Work Environments: Belonging, Teams & Collaboration
Intercultural Dynamics in the Workplace
Recognizing & Responding to Microaggressions
Developing an Inclusive Strategy or Action Plan
Workshops for Medical Contexts
TIDE advances excellence in medical education by partnering with faculties and departments to design, deliver, and evaluate evidence-informed equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) programming. Our practical, case-based approach that helps medical professionals improve their practice and meet accreditation requirements. Through collaborative, scalable approaches, we help embed equity into teaching, learning, and clinical practice—driving meaningful and sustained culture change across medical education.
Bias, Inclusion, & Residency
Advancing Anti-Racism, Anti-Discrimination, and Anti-Bias in Medical Education and Practice
We can help advance equity and inclusion in your organization