Publications
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
- Candice Harris, Jennifer E. Bruin, Martha Mullally, Maria Doria, Sara Siddiqi, Andrew Pullin, Natalina Salmaso, Hanika Rizo, and Rowan M. Thomson. 2025. Tools for transformation: a teaching toolkit and research pocket guide for advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in science and engineering. FACETS. 10: 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1139/facets-2024-0122
- Zhang, A., Zhou, H., Hellemans, K., & Melcer, E. (2026). Addressing Anxiety Through Games: A Review of Therapeutic Design Strategies. Foundation of Digital Games. DOI: 10.1145/3815598.3815678.
- Villeneuve, J., Zhou, H., & Melcer, E. (2026). Serious Games for Cognitive Bias Mitigation: A Review of Learning Mechanisms and Design Approaches. Foundation of Digital Games 2026 Late-Breaking Work. DOI: 10.1145/3815598.381567
- Zhou, H., Melcer, E., & Chiasson, S. (2026). “Game as Inquiry: A Diffractive and Experimental Approach for Games with a Message“. In Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2026. DOI:10.26503/dl.v2026i4.2922
Toolkits
- Candice Harris, Martha Mullally, and Rowan Thomson. 2025. Science Is for Everyone: Integrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Teaching Science and Engineering – A Toolkit for Instructors. Zenodo, January 31, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14728120
- Candice Harris, Maria Doria, Sara Siddiqi, Jennifer Bruin, Andrew Pullin, Natalina Salmaso, Hanika Rizo, and Rowan Thomson. 2025. Striving for Inclusive Excellence in Science and Engineering Research: A Pocket Guide. Zenodo, January 31, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14687350
Conference presentations
- Alisha Szozda, Tools for transforming Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, presentation in the EDI Inclusive Design in Chemistry Research, Annual Canadian Society of Chemistry (CSC) Conference and Exhibition in Ottawa, June 2025.
- Rowan Thomson, Advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in medical physics, presentation at a Continuing Education Session, Annual Scientific Meeting of the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists, June 2025.
- Rowan Thomson, invited panelist, The Changing Landscape of EDI, Women+ in Physics Canada (WIPC+), July 2025.
- Hellemans, K. et al. (2026). Developing a Novel Scale Based on the Transtheoretical Model of Behavioural Change to Assess Individual Readiness to Engage with Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM. Canada Cannabis Research Summit EDI Workshop. Toronto, Canada.
- Thomson, R. M. et al. (2026). On the Path to EDIT-STEM. EDIT-STEM Symposium, Canadian Association of Physicists Congress. Ottawa, Canada.
- Thomson, R. M. & Szozda, A. (2026). Transforming Physics: EDIT-STEM Tools to Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. CAP Congress Symposium. Ottawa, Canada.
- Thomson, R. M. et al. (2026). Fostering Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Tools and Their Implementation in Medical Physics Education. COMP/AAPM Joint Scientific Meeting. Vancouver, Canada.
- Szozda, A. et al. (2026). Tools to Advance EDI in STEM: Transforming STEM to Support 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities and Beyond. CSC/CIC Conference. Toronto, Canada.