"During slavery times: Topsy-Turvey dolls, where “[o]n one side, there was a white doll, on the other a Black doll.” Historians have speculated that “they were meant for Black children who wanted a ‘forbidden’ white doll." More: tinyurl.com/ynecf5ff #RepresentationMatters

Cultural Educator Job: tinyurl.com/bddyjpaw The Maritime Centre for African Dance (MCAD) is looking for teachers of a range of techniques and dance styles. #CultureJob #CulturalEducator

Put simply, haka is a catch-all term for dances or ceremonial performances that involve movement. It is derived from the Maori words ha (translating as breath) and ka (to ignite or energise). More: tinyurl.com/3tr5e9vn #Haka #Maori

In an interview, author and poet Ryoko Sekiguchi provides insights into working in Europe and Japan and creating a vocabulary for communication between them. More: tinyurl.com/5n7vu3t2 #Intercultural #CulturalCommunication

Medical teaching resources need to represent all skin colours to enable doctors to serve a diverse population. More: tinyurl.com/sky9bnt4 #RepresentationMatters #MedicalBias #MedicalEducation

Engineering Opportunities for Pilots With Disabilities: A former fighter pilot who became the first paraplegic to build and fly a helicopter offers inspiration for others. More: tinyurl.com/3uz5x3vu #Disabilities

"leaders at companies with strong DEI programs are 1.8 times more likely to say that including different perspectives is a strong component of their culture and values." Read more: tinyurl.com/mswp7f3d #DEI

Most of us won’t ever understand what it means to be a Black man in America... We can’t understand how living as a Black man affects psychological wellbeing, a concept that’s only now coming to light for BIPOC communities. More: tinyurl.com/awr4uef8 #MentalHealth #BIPOC

"15 behaviors, all of them interconnected and mutually reinforcing: perfectionism, a sense of urgency, defensiveness and/or denial, quantity over quality, worship of the written word, the belief in one “right” way, paternalism... Read: tinyurl.com/3t46zjuh #WhiteSupremecy

Women played a crucial role in liberating Southern Africa. UNESCO and partners held HERstory conference in Mozambique on 6 and 7 July to celebrate the contribution of heroines to the liberation of nations across the region. Read: tinyurl.com/3b8kzw6d #UNESCO #HERstory

Article takeaways: 1️⃣ The critical role of cultural advisors in media projects 3️⃣ The economic & societal benefits of genuine cultural portrayal 4️⃣ The power & necessity of collaboration in content creation Read: tinyurl.com/2cyr9285 #DiversityInMedia #CulturalRepresentation

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Biases in ecological research: attitudes of scientists and ways of control: "Obligatory reporting of measures taken against biases in all relevant manuscripts will likely enhance the reproducibility of scientific results." nature.com/articles/s4159… #bias #ScientificResearch

"While science can investigate any part of the natural world, progress is only made on those questions that scientists think to ask. Our backgrounds and identities shape the questions we ask about the world." tinyurl.com/5bfcspdy #ScientificResearch

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"Despite national efforts led by the NIH and the FDA, research participation remains low for racial/ethnic minorities and other underrepresented groups such as women, low socioeconomic status populations, and older adults." recruit.ucsf.edu/diversity-rese…

"When there is sufficiently diverse patient recruitment in clinical trials, it helps ensure the drug is evaluated in patients from various backgrounds and with different characteristics." about.citiprogram.org/blog/what-does…

"challenges continue to confront the recruitment and retention of traditionally under-represented individuals in clinical research: fear and distrust of the research enterprise; lack of information provided to potential participants" tinyurl.com/3t87dc63

"Another major contributor is the dearth of investigators and study staff who are themselves members of minority group." nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…