UBC is proud to be recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers in 2025!
Canada’s Best Diversity Employers is an annual competition that recognizes employers across Canada with exceptional workplace diversity and inclusiveness programs. This competition recognizes successful diversity initiatives and programs in a variety of areas, including for employees from five groups: (a) women; (b) members of visible minorities; (c) persons with disabilities; (d) Indigenous peoples; and (e) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) peoples.
This is the 16th year that UBC has been selected as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers.
Three reasons why UBC is one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers this year:
- UBC applies an inclusive lens to its benefits, recently introducing new family-friendly benefits that support all pathways to parenthood (generous coverage for fertility drugs and treatments, subsidies for surrogacy and adoption) as well as Indigenous leave for ceremonial, cultural and spiritual events (employees who self-identify as Indigenous can request up to two paid days of leave)
- UBC created a six-month Maximizing Impact program that provides mentorship and coaching for early career researchers (where 50 per cent of the spots are reserved for women in order to create a gender diverse workforce)
- Since 2019, UBC has hosted IBPOC (Indigenous, Black and/or People of Colour) Connections to provide a space for self-identifying faculty and staff to have candid conversations, collaborate, and coordinate when appropriate
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UBC provides resources and supports to contribute to making the university a respectful environment and an inclusive and safe place to work. Faculty and staff have access to various training programs and learning opportunities to deepen their understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) topics and integrate them into their teaching and work. Newly launched in the past year are the Indigenous Learning Pathways program and the Disability at Work 101 course.
The Equity & Inclusion Office is also a key partner at UBC that provides a full range of services—such as human rights advising, consultation services, and training and education—to build and support a community in which human rights are respected and equity is embedded in all areas of academic, work and campus life.
See also:
- Looking to join UBC? View our careers and job postings.
- Learn more about UBC’s Strategic Equity and Anti-Racism (StEAR) Framework
- Visit Focus on People 2025 to learn how we’re making UBC a first-choice place to learn and work.