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Access, community + belonging lives at all levels of the university.
Access, community + belonging lives at all levels of the university.
Our school's access, community + belonging committee exists to facilitate small-scale and actionable initiatives for employees, students and patients within the Mike Petryk School of Dentistry. We implement these initiatives in collaboration with the large-scale initiatives operated by the Office of the Vice-Provost, Access, Community and Belonging and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry's ACB committee.
Our school's access, community + belonging committee exists to facilitate small-scale and actionable initiatives for employees, students and patients within the Mike Petryk School of Dentistry. We implement these initiatives in collaboration with the large-scale initiatives operated by the Office of the Vice-Provost, Access, Community and Belonging and the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry's ACB committee.
The push toward access, community + belonging in dentistry is not just about improving educational content but creating a holistic system that supports a diverse workforce, provides culturally sensitive care, and addresses structural biases. These efforts ultimately aim to create a dental profession that is responsive to the needs of all people, helping ensure everyone has access to high-quality, respectful, and effective dental care.
Action Plan
Action Plan
Our school's three-step action plan aims to integrate ACB principles into our day-to-day activities. The focus will be on:
Our recruitment process, ensuring fair and unbiased hiring practices
Understanding ACB by offering seminars and education
Making ACB for all by promoting small-scale initiatives to raise ACB awareness with our MPSoD team
Resources for faculty, staff and students
Resources for faculty, staff and students
Professionalism
Professionalism
We believe professional behaviors should be commended and support safe processes in reporting professionalism lapses.
The office of professionalism wants to help.
Action Against Racism
Action Against Racism
There is a zero-tolerance policy for racism. This reporting process allows students, faculty and staff to safely report incidents of racism.
Your ACB Team
Your ACB Team
Dr. Camila Pacheco-Pereira
Dr. Camila Pacheco-Pereira
she/her | Access, community + belonging initiatives lead
Dr. Camila Pacheco-Pereira (DDS, MBA, MSc, MS, PhD) is a Brazilian immigrant with Canadian citizenship, a clinician-scientist, and one of the few board-certified oral and maxillofacial radiologists in Canada, Brazil, and the United States. As a dental educator, she leads the Advanced Imaging Centre and is dedicated to advancing ACB initiatives in the Mike Petryk School of Dentistry.
Questions?
Questions?
Contact us at edident1@ualberta.ca
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