About Us
The Toronto Initiative for Diversity and Excellence (TIDE) is a grassroots service group consisting of University of Toronto faculty members from across disciplines who volunteer their time to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion at the university.
Our Mission
Founded in 2016, TIDE provides evidence-informed consultation services and workshops to academic, clinical, and professional workplace audiences on a sliding scale.
With a focus on how varied challenges to inclusion can negatively impact equity-deserving groups in the academic context, TIDE offers recommendations on practical actions that aim to mitigate and overcome these barriers.
TIDE Founder Maydianne Andrade (2024)
TIDE Retreat (2023)
Bojana Stefanovic & Tom Coyle (2024)
TIDE presenters and Perimeter Institute Leaders during a workshop (2024)
TIDE Retreat (2024)
Anthony Wensley leading a workshop for the Faculty of Dentistry (June 2023)
Our Team
Leadership
Bojana Stefanovic
Director of Engagement
Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto UTSG; Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Fiona Rawle
Director of Operations
Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Biology & Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy, University of Toronto Mississauga UTM
Tom Coyle
Governance & Membership Liaison
Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science & Associate Director, Centre for Advanced Coating Technologies, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, UTSG
Staff
Inaugural Leaders
Maydianne Andrade
Founder & Senior Advisor
Dean of Science, York University; University Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough UTSC
Bryan Gaensler
Inaugural Co-Chair, TIDE, 2017-2023
Dean of Physical and Biological Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz
Membership
Alison Keith
University Professor, Classics and Women's Studies & Director, Jackman Humanities Institute, UTSG
Anthony Wensley
Associate Professor, Emeritus, Information Systems and Accounting, Department of Management, UTM
Carol Chin
Associate Professor, History & Principal, Woodsworth College, UTSG
Daniel Grace
Associate Professor, Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division, UTSG
Deepa Kundur
Professor, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering & Chair, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, UTSG
Emmanuel Nikiema
Associate Professor & Chair Department of French, Faculty of Arts & Science, UTM
France Gagnon
Vice-Principal, Research and Innovation, UTM & Professor, Epidemiology Dalla Lana School of Public Health, UTSG
Isabelle Aubert
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute
Joanne Louis
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream, Nursing, UTSG
Julie MacArthur
Associate Professor, Historical Studies, UTM
Kathleen Scheaffer
Strategic Initiatives and Liaison Librarian, UTM
Lachmi Singh
Director, Education Programs & Administrative Services & Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (DEDI), Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, UTSG
Nadia Alam
Clinical (MD) Adjunct Appt., Public Health & Medicine, UTSG
Nicole Laliberte
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream Geography, Geomatics and Environment, UTM
Renée Hložek
Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Faculty of Arts & Science, UTSG
Robert Gazzale
Professor Teaching Stream, Department of Economics & Principal, New College, UTSG
Sarah Mayes-Tang
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream; Mathematics, UTSG
Vivienne Luk
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Department of Anthropology, Department of Chemical & Physical Sciences & Institute for the Study of University Pedagogy (ISUP), UTM
Join Us
We are eager to grow TIDE’s membership and to welcome new voices into our community. If you are tenure stream faculty, continuing stream faculty, teaching stream faculty, or permanent status librarian interested in advancing equity and inclusion, we encourage you to connect with us.
Perspectives and personal experiences from different scholarly fields, divisions, and campuses are welcome and necessary for TIDE to be effective. Expanding our membership strengthens our collective capacity to advance equity‑driven change across academia and beyond.
How our members contribute to TIDE’s mission
Sharing literature for our database
Joining a working group
Supporting grant applications and project work
Co-developing resources
Acting as discussion facilitators
Leading or co-leading talks and workshops
Acknowledgements
TIDE gratefully acknowledges budgetary support from the Division of the Vice-President & Provost of the University of Toronto, and administrative support from the Office of the Vice Principal Academic & Dean of the University of Toronto Scarborough.
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