Mentorship, Equity & Diversity Committee

Terms of Reference 

Purpose

The committee is advisory to the Vice-Chair, Mentorship, Equity and Diversity, and is expected to support the Vice-Chair in all aspects of the role, including but not limited to:

• Management of the DoM mentorship program, associated events, awards and leadership development (faculty networking, women in academic medicine, support for leadership training). Facilitation of mentorship across the faculty member lifecycle.
• Faculty equity and diversity (accreditation standard; recruitment and promotion).
• Quality of life (e.g. civility and professionalism).
• Developing and implementing meaningful benchmarks to measure the success of the overall portfolio; specifically focusing on equity and mentorship.
• Facilitate the selection of the annual Robert Hyland Excellence in Mentorship Award recipient.
• Oversee the administration of the bi-annual Department of Medicine faculty survey.
• Oversee special recognition events for newly appointed professors, associate professors, and professors emeriti.

Membership

The committee will reflect the diversity of the University of Toronto, Department of Medicine (DoM), faculty with an expectation of gender balance, representation of all job descriptions, divisions, hospitals, and equal membership from junior, intermediate, and senior level faculty members, as well as trainees.

Mandate and Role

The committee will meet bi-monthly. The committee will be supported by the DoM assistant to the Vice-Chair, Mentorship, Equity and Diversity.

All committee members are expected to:

• Attend a minimum of four meetings each year. Attendence by teleconference is acceptable.
• Participate in meetings with a focus on developing, implementing and evaluating strategies to optimize mentorship, equity and diversity.
• Provide input into completion of these tasks.
• Participate in dissemination of results of initiatives.