Introducing our associate dean, equity and inclusion
Dr. Kevin Hewitt was appointed as the Faculty of Science's first associate dean, equity and inclusion on September 1, 2022.
A professor in the Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science, Dr. Hewitt is the co-founder of the Imhotep’s Legacy Academy (ILA) and a former Chair of the Dalhousie Senate. In September 2023, he was announced as one of three inaugural Atlantic Chairs for Inclusion in Science and Engineering, an NSERC-established team tasked with creating greater inclusion in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields in Atlantic Canada. He can be contacted at ADEI.Science@Dal.ca.
Listen to Dr. Hewitt on season five of the Sciographies podcast.
Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) resources
Find links to a variety of EDI-related organizations, resources and opportunities.
Resources for everyone
- Indigenization, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Accessibility (IDEIA) Education Collective and more resources from Dal's Office for Equity and Inclusion
- Canadian Black Scientists Network
- Imhotep's Legacy Academy
- University of Guelph eBook: Building Community: Introduction to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Graduate students
- BIPOC Graduate Student Mentoring Academy (Dalhousie University)