About the Inclusive Research Team

Who we are

The Inclusive Research Team within the Office of the Vice-President, Research and International (OVPRI) is strategically aligned to support, increase, and implement sustainable equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) practices, and to develop principles and practices for respectful Indigenous research across the research enterprise at Waterloo. We operate as two separate but aligned teams, the Research Equity Team and the Indigenous Research Team

Our goal

To establish Waterloo as a leader in inclusive research excellence—demonstrating the University’s ability to be change leaders in addressing systemic barriers, enacting meaningful advocacy, and enabling researchers and research administrators at every stage of their career to actively practice and embed equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization, Indigenization, and reconciliation into their work to fully implement equity, diversity, and inclusivity across the research enterprise.  

Our scope of work

Our work aligns with four strategic implementation areas, as described in the Inclusive Research Implementation Strategy 2022-2025

  • Provide specialized advice and guidance on embedding EDI and Indigenous Relations principles throughout the Waterloo research ecosystem. 
  • Purposeful collaboration with internal and external changemakers to address and remove systemic barriers in research. 
  • Commit to ongoing development and capacity building to support equitable and inclusive research practices. 
  • Dismantle discriminatory barriers and actively pursue updates to business practices and processes across research administration.