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As an immigrant, a 1st-gen university student [later PhD student], and a woman-of-colour with invisible disabilities, I know how difficult academic and career goals are with no/limited prior knowledge and limited resources and support. I have keenly fostered more diversity and inclusion in the research communities I have served in Toronto, Sweden, and Minnesota, and I look forward to continuing that through ALBA in the future.

Because of my journey as a first-generation university student, Québécoise woman, and non-native English speaker who become a professor recently.

I am joining Alba because I want to contribute to its mission of making neuroscience more equitable and inclusive.

I want to committee with the mission of ALBA and work to reach a better representation in neuroscience, as well as better opportunities for everyone.

Diversity enables prosperity

I am passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion endeavors in neurosciences, and I was/am involved in numerous initiatives at my institution/field. The overall mission of Alba aligns with many of my tenants as a researcher.

to promote diversity in neuroscience

I represent Young-IBRO (International Brain Research Organization) on the Steering Committee of Alba, and hope to contribute to Alba's mission in promoting equality and diversity in the brain sciences.

To be part of a network of neuroscientists working towards promoting diversity and equity in the field.

Dr. Tremblay deeply advocates for practices that support those marginalized by the academy, including the use of inclusive language, increased stipends/salaries and adjustable work time for trainees from equity-deserving and underrepresented groups. She is a first-generation college and University student, a woman, and a non-native English speaker, a Francophone from the province of Quebec. She has lived experience as a friend and a family caregiver with various forms of mental illness and dementia, including major depressive disorder and Alzheimer’s disease. She regularly leads initiatives to help students, postdocs, and researchers, notably from groups facing gender and sex discrimination, thrive in science. She is hoping to help support equity, diversity and inclusion, as well as accessibility, beyond her institution, lab environment and research field by joining Alba.

In January, 2020 I was appointed as Senior Advisor to the provost on women and gender-diverse faculty at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Since this time, I have been immersed in issues related to equity issues specifically for women, gender diverse faculty and faculty of colour. I led an initiative to put together a team to create a faculty survey to gather data on the effects of COVID-19 on the research, teaching and service workload on faculty. We submitted a report highlighting the disproportionate impact on women and gender diverse faculty. We are now in the process of working with UBC administration to develop solutions to manage this major issue. I am also leading several other initiatives to create a UBC wide policy to increase diversity in conference panels and keynote speakers. There has been increasing attention directed at the lack of diverse representation among invited and keynote speakers and panelists at conferences and meetings. While in principle it is accepted that diversity enhances quality and innovation, contributions from historically, persistently, or systemically marginalized groups are often discounted or ignored, and these groups are often underrepresented at conferences. I have also created a leadership program for junior faculty. The first year (2020) the program was limited to women and gender-diverse faculty. For the current year (2021-2022), I accepted all early career, non-tenured faculty.

Want to learn and work towards making neuroscience more diverse and inclusive.