Hiring resources
UVic is committed to the practices of equity, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of employment. These resources will help you remove barriers from your search processes and support fair, equitable hiring.
for the online equity training provided for Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Tenure (ARPT) and Search committees. More details are on the VPAC Training Resources site.
Guides & activities
- Search committee self-start guide
- Initial steps for a committee to take, independently, to address equity at the start of a search.
- Dialogue: search committee deliberations about criteria.
- Annotated dialogue showing problematic and helpful approaches to using criteria in a search committee
- Activity: Bias in a faculty job ad + tips for avoiding bias
- Activity: Bias in a letter of reference + tips for avoiding bias
- Avoiding bias at each stage of a search diagram
- Template: criteria for a search.
- Examples of how to develop criteria and use throughout a search
- Defining and using "fit" appropriately in searches
- Tips on how to think about good and bad fit, and steps to construct an inclusive definition of "fit"
- Unconscious bias
Information sheets
- Accommodation and universal design suggestions
- Diagrams of the hiring process: 4 visuals showing different responsibilities at different stages
- Key equity practices at different stages of a search
- Creating a welcoming site visit for Indigenous candidates
- Guidelines for search committees
- Common cognitive errors during searches and their impacts
- Fairness and equity in assessing internal candidates
- Gender bias in the sciences
Equity in reviewing research
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
- Bornmann, L., Daniel, H. Scientometrics 63, 297–320 (2005).
- Journal of Informetrics, 17(1), 2013.
- Committee on Information Technology, 2018.
- Math papers.
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
- Canada Research Chairs.
- Saxena, R. 2016. Ars Technica.
- Nature, 2016.
External resources
- Guide to faculty and librarian recruitment. Equity considerations are embedded throughout this guide. Particular equity resources include:
- Appendix 2: Creating and working well with diverse committees
- Appendix 3: Sample guidelines for search committees
- Appendix 4: Checklist for key equity practices throughout the recruitment process
- Appendix 5: Sample criteria supporting diversity
- Appendices 6-8 on the CRC process, assessing the impact of leaves and of diverse work
- Appendix 10: Inclusive outreach and advertising
- Recognizing excellence in community engaged scholarship
- Fact sheet on Access, Records Management, and Privacy Guidelines for Senior Administrative Search Committees
Guidance on diversity statements
- In The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2019.
- UCLA: