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Articles

• Ten simple rules for building an antiracist lab by V. Bala Chaudhary & Asmeret Asefaw Berhe

• The BLM Guide

• Equity-Centred Community Design Guide by Creative Reaction Lab

• EDI in academia speakers by Erin Prosser et al.

• Guide to create inclusive training spaces by Reclaiming STEM

• Guide to organizing inclusive scientific meetings by 500 Women Scientists

• The day-to-day experiences of workplace inclusion and exclusion by Catalyst

• Discriminating systems: gender, race, and power in AI by AI Now Institute

• Decolonising science reading list by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

• Diversity, equity & inclusion in science: a reading list by Priya Shukla

Diversity Gap Canada / Equality Labs // Broad Science / Diversify STEM Conferences / Inspiring Diversity in STEM / TIGER in STEMM / Unique Scientists

Articles

• The urgency of intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw

• Intersectionality as a blueprint for postcolonial scientific community building by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

• The critical role of diversity: why nature needs diversity and so do humans by Zemina Meghji

• The preeminence of ethnic diversity in scientific collaboration by Bedoor K AlShebli et al.

• Why we need to increase diversity in the immunology research community by Akiko Iwasaki

• It’s not just Greta Thunberg: why are we ignoring the developing world’s inspiring activists? by Chika Unigwe

• The rules of the diversity and inclusion racket by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

• The layers of inequality visualized by Bill & Melinda Gates

• Writing a diversity statement as a woman of color by Mira Assaf

• To learn inclusion skills, make it personal by David Asai

• Native Land

• Guide to acknowledging first peoples and traditional territory in Canada by CAUT

• Wet’suwet’en Supporter Toolkit 2020 by Unist'ot'en

• How to build field of Indigenous science, technology, society by Indigenous STS

• Learning Indigenous science from place by University of Saskatchewan

• Implementing meaningful STEM education with Indigenous students and families by STEM Teaching Tools

• Indigenous youth voices: a way forward in conducting research with and by Indigenous youth by Indigenous Youth Voices and the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society

• MMIWG & violence prevention by Native Women's Association of Canada

• Decolonizing Conservation Reading List

Assembly of First Nations / AISES / Gidimt’en Yintah Access / NAISA / National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation / Native Montreal / NWAC / Reconciliation Canada / RESEAU Network / Resilience Montreal / Se'e Ñu'un (Hijas de la Tierra) / Sovereign Bodies Institute / We Matter Campaign // Indigenous Climate Action / Indigenous Education Tools / Indigenous Environmental Network / Indigenous Mathematicians / Indigenous STEAM Program / IndigenousXca / IndigeSTEAM / RISE Indigenous Research / Seeding Sovereignty / US Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network

Articles

• What are land acknowledgements and why do they matter? by Selena Mills

• Decolonizing your syllabus? You might have missed some steps by Max Liboiron

• 8 Indigenous women’s voices you need to hear by Jessica Howard

• Polar research should include Indigenous perspectives by Virginia Gewin

• Land-grab universities by Robert Lee, Tristan Ahtone

• Anti-racism readings by #ShutDownAcademia #ShutDownSTEM

• Scaffolded anti-racist resources

• Anti-racism resources for white people

• Canadian anti-racism resources

• Black and Asian-American feminist solidarities: a reading list by Black Women Radicals, AAFC

• Critical race theory readings

• Day-to-day experiences of emotional tax among women and men of color in the workplace by Catalyst

• The career experiences and strategies of UK Black female professors by Nicola Rollock

• Avoiding racial bias in letter of reference writing by Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Sora Kim

• 100 inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America by Christina Termini

• 100 inspiring Black scientists in America by Antentor O Hinton Jr

• 100 more inspiring Black scientists in America by Antentor O Hinton Jr

Black Feminist Future / Black Trans Futures / Black Visions Collective / Black Women Radicals / Darkest Hue / Data 4 Black Lives / Hear Us Here / Movement for Black Lives / The Context Project / Volted Voices// Academics for Black Survival and Wellness / Black AF in STEM / and STEM / Canadian Black Scientists Network / Cite A Sista / Grad School / the Ivory / Science Sistas / STEMNoire / Visibility STEM Africa / wokeSTEM / Women in STEM / Women in Science / Women PhDs // 2Class / AI / Arts & Humanities / Biological Anthropologists / Cancer / Cardiology / Cell, Molecular, Developmental Biology / CHEFS Collective / Chemistry / Computing / Data / Disability Collective / Ecologists / Engineering / Genetics / Geographers / Geoscience / Global / Immunology / Mammalogists / Marine Science / Math / Mental Health / Microbiology / National Parks / Neuroscience / Physicists / Physiology / Quantum Physics / Robotics / Science Communication / Science Policy / STEM Education / Technology / Technology, Economics, Policy / Women in AI / Women in Computational Biology

Asian American Feminist Collective / Asian Hispanic Empowerment Organization / Be the Bridge / Centre for Anti-Racist Research / Colour of Poverty / For Santuary / Pan Asian Collective Montreal / The Peahce Project // Anti-Racist Science / BIPOC in Computational Genetics / Científico Latino / Geo Latinas / Intersectional Environmentalist / Latino Outdoors / Latinx in the Marine Sciences / LatinXinBME / Lotus STEMM / Minorities in Shark Science / Minorities in STEM / MUSE Mentorship / POC Squared / Reclaiming STEM / SACNAS / Scientist on the Subway / WeRepSTEM

Articles

• Racism, whiteness, and burnout in antiracism movements: How white racial justice activists elevate burnout in racial justice activists of color in the United States by Paul C Gorski, Noura Erakat

• Systemic racism in higher education by Paul Barber et al.

• Decolonise science – time to end another imperial era by Rohan Deb Roy

• Cognitive reserve and racial privilege in STEM by Mélise Edwards

• Black academics publish one-fifth of South Africa’s research by Sarah Wild

• White academia: do better by Jasmine Roberts

• Nobody takes responsibility for tackling racism in my university. Why? by Anonymous

• Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people by Ijeoma Oluo

• What is white privilege, really? by Cory Collins

• My white friend asked me on Facebook to explain white privilege. I decided to be honest by Lori Lakin Hutcherson

• The problem with blackface by Philip SS Howard

• The incredible Black Canadian women you should know by Kathleen Newman-Bremang

• No Big Deal Campaign

• Safe Zone Project

• Importance of pronouns by My Pronouns

• Transgender inclusion in the workplace: a primer on gender identity by TransFocus

• ​Trans-inclusive design by Erin White

• Scientists must create culture of tolerance to improve LGBT+ retention by Institute of Physics

• Queer scientist stories by 500 Queer scientists

All Out / AlterHeros / Black Trans Media / For the Love of Queers / GATE / Glaad / GLITS / ILGA World / MJP Institute / Project 10 / Pronouns Day / The Okra Project / Them / TransAdvocate / Trans Women of Colour Collective // 500 Queer Scientists / EduPrideAlliance / LGBTQ+ in STEM / LGBTQ+ Physics / NOGLSTP / oSTEM / Pride in STEM / Queer in Neuro / Science is a Drag / STEM Equals Project / The STEM Village / Trans in STEM

Articles​

• Stop using phony science to justify transphobia by Simón(e) D Sun

• Between the (gender) lines: the science of transgender identity by Katherine J Wu

• How LGBT+ scientists would like to be included and welcomed in STEM workplaces by Kendall Powell et al.

• LGBTQ scientists are still left out by Jon Freeman

• On being LGBTQ+ in science – yes it matters, and here’s why by Alison Bert

• How to fight STEM's unconscious bias against LGBTQ people by Jon Freeman

• Stepping up to be a role model for LGBTQ inclusion in science by Neil Reavey

• For the transgender community, an imperfect ally is better than no ally at all by Lorimer Shenher

• 10 steps faculty can take to support trans students by Lal Zimman

• Stop joking about gender reveal wildfires and start actually dismantling the binary by Wren Sanders

• En-“gendering” change by Maryse Chouinard

• Avoiding Ableist Language

• Ableism in Academia edited by Nicole Brown and Jennifer Leigh

• Disability representation in media by Critical Axis

• Encouraging disabled leaders in higher education: recognising hidden talents by Nicki Martin

• Supporting STEM students with dyslexia by Institute of Physics

• Black disabled lives matter: a reading list

Disability History Association / Disability Reframed / NDRN / Ramp Up Your Voice / The Disabled List / WeAreDisabled // Ableism in Academia / Ableism in Academia / Chronically Academic / Disabled Academic Collective / Disabled in Higher Education / Disabled in STEM

Articles

• Becoming disabled by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

• We know about the gender pay gap. But what about the disability pay gap? by Frances Ryan

• Survey highlights the challenges disabled academics face - and what can be done to address them by Elisabeth Pain

• Ableism in academia: where are the disabled and ill academics? by Nicole Brown, Jennifer Leigh

• The handicap of abnormal colour vision by Barry L Cole

• The advantages of dyslexia by Matthew H Schneps

• Resources for understanding neurodiversity by Neurodiversity Celebration Week

• Supporting autistic students & staff in higher education by University of Edinburgh​

• Colour communication badges by Autistic Self Advocacy Network

• Identity-first autistic

Autistic Self Advocacy Network / Autistic Women & Non-Binary Network // CASDA // Neurodivergent in STEM

Articles

• Neurodiversity in science by SRG

• Gender-inclusive language by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• Avoiding gender bias in reference writing by University of Arizona

• Women of impact in Canada by Government of Canada

• STEM role model posters via Women You Should Know

• STEM superheroines by Currys PC World

• 32 posters of badass women in science to inspire girls today via Meghan Werft

A WOC Space / Canadian Mobilization for Gender Equality / Canadian Women’s Foundation / Gender Avenger / Nobel Women’s Initiative // 500 Women Scientists / Científicas Mexicanas / CSHL Women in Science & Engineering / GenderIT.org / Immigrant & International Women in Science / Sister / Science Grrl/ Scientista Foundation / Society of Women Engineers / STEMFemPower / STEMinist / The Bio Gals / The Female Scientist/ The WOC Project / Vanguard STEM / WOC in STEAMM / Women Doing Science / Women in Engineering/ Women in Machine Learning / Women in Parasitology / Women in Science Society / Women in STEM / Women in Tech

Articles

• Explore the power gap in Canadian universities by Robyn Doolittle, Chen Wang

• Sorry, but male geniuses are replaceable by Sarah Olson

• Why more women don't win Nobel prizes in science by Mary K Feeney

• Increasing gender diversity in the STEM research workforce by Carol W Greider et al.

• How to banish manels and manferences from scientific meetings by Holly Else

• How scientists are fighting against gender bias in conference speaker lineups by Katie Langin

• The gender pay gap is a myth by Stacey Rodas

• A disadvantaged background doesn’t have to be a barrier to success by Virginia Gewin

• The deadly truth about a world built for men - from stab vests to car crashes by Caroline Criado-Perez

• Communication Fundamentals by AAAS

• Responsible reporting in an age of information disorder by Victoria Kwan

• A beginner’s guide to science communication opportunities in Canada by Farah

Writing

• STEM writing, visual communication, application resources by MIT

• Science writing: guidelines and guidance by Carl Zimmer

• The scientific writing process by University of Toronto

• Writing a research article: advice to beginners by Thomas V Perneger, Patricia M Hudelson

• Writing the lay summary basics by CIMVHR

• Guidelines for inclusive language by Linguistic Society of America

• Bias-free communication by Microsoft

• A copy editor’s education in Indigenous style by Tara Campbell

• The journalists of colour resource guide by Lam Thuy Vo, Disha Raychaudhuri, Moiz Syed

Visualization

• Data visualisation catalogue

• ​Multiple views on how to choose a visualization by Steven Franconeri

• Designing for accessibility by UK Home Office

• Create scientific diagrams via BioRender

• Make your own infographic: how to use visuals to simplify science by Gaius J Augustus

• Colour palette for data visualization by Viz Palette

• Color blindness: how to design an accessible user interface by Ivan Tuchkov

• How to design for color blindness by Robyn Collinge

• Dyslexia font by Dyslexie

• Stock icon collection by Black Illustrations

• Stock image collection of POC by Nappy

• Stock image collection of women of colour in tech by WoCinTech Chat

• Stock image collection beyond the binary by Broadly

• Stock image Disabled and Here Collection

• Stock icon collection by Noun Project

• Science posters via Science Literacy Week

Art Hoe Collective / Black Artist Space / Black Disabled Creatives / Black Trans Femmes in the Arts / Disabled Artists Collective / Neurodivergent Graphic Designers & Illustrators / Where Are the Black Designers

Outreach

• Communicating science online by AAAS

• Accessible social media by University of Minnesota

• Developing an accessible and inclusive social media presence by Carli Spina

• Accessible and inclusive event planning by University of British Columbia

• What’s that you say? Present with captions in Google Slides by Laura D’Aquila, Abigail Klein

• List of resources on science policy and communication by Science Policy Network

​Articles

• ​Science–graphic art partnerships to increase research impact by Colin K. Khoury et al.

• How to shape a productive scientist–artist collaboration by Virginia Gewin

• The artist who co-authored a paper and expanded my professional network by Matthias C Rillig, Karine Bonneval

• Scholar activism in a STEM career by Kaytee Canfield

• Communicating science to policymakers: six strategies for success by Hannah Safford, Austin Brown

• Social media for social change in science by Samantha Z Yammine et al.

• Poetry as a creative practice to enhance engagement and learning in conservation science by Stephanie R Januchowski-Hartley et al.

• Why facts don't change our minds by Elizabeth Kolbert

• Online collaboration: scientists and the social network by Richard Van Noorden

• The non-scientist’s guide to reading and understanding a scientific paper by Elysium Health

• How to read a scientific article by Mary Purugganan, Jan Hewitt

• Template for scientific article note-taking by Two Photon Art

Articles

• Want to do better science? Admit you’re not objective by Angela Saini

• How science has shifted our sense of identity by Nathaniel Comfort

Articles

• The problem with sugar-daddy science by Sarah Taber

• Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? by Stephen Buranyi

• Highlight negative results to improve science by Devang Mehta

• The science of effective mentorship in STEMM by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

• ​What is active learning? by SALTISE

• Active learning activities by SALTISE

• Best practices for teaching writing in STEM: a literature survey and case study by Shannon Bane

• What makes great pedagogy? Nine claims from research by National College for Leadership

• Everyday actions: a guide for building inclusive physics classrooms by Step Up

• Six strategies for effective learning by Yana Weinstein, Megan Smith, Oliver Caviglioli

• Open education resources, practices, and policy by SPARC

Articles

• Teaching at the university level is not a hassle by Sarah A Gagliano Taliun

• How a student’s panic attack changed my approach to teaching by Roshini Ramachandran

• “Excellence R Us”: university research and the fetishisation of excellence by Samuel Moore et al.

• A kinder research culture is possible by Nature

• Some hard numbers on science’s leadership problems by Richard Van Noorden

• Mental health support resources by the Government of Canada

• Helping students in difficulty by McGill University

• Developing your self-care plan by University at Buffalo

• Mental health during your PhD by Zoë Ayres

Painted Brain / Project Ur Ok // Voices of Academia / TAE Consortium

Articles

• Seven steps towards health and happiness in the lab by Fernando T Maestre

• Scientists need to talk more about failure by Emily Dreyfuss

• The importance of stupidity in scientific research by Martin A Schwartz

• Leaving a Ph.D. takes courage—and it doesn’t mean the path to academic success is over by Hendrik Huthoff