The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute is committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) across our research and innovation ecosystem. Incorporating EDI strengthens our work by bringing together a broader range of ideas, perspectives, and expertise—enhancing research excellence, impact, and relevance, while reflecting the diverse and globalized world in which we live and work.

McGill University is located on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange among Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory. The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute respects and honours the diverse histories, languages, cultures, and experiences of First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and First Peoples of Canada.

We extend this respect to the diversity within our community, including—but not limited to—race, ethnicity, national origin, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, socio-economic status, class, and religion.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that brings together diverse perspectives from our trainees, staff, donors, and broader community. Together, we advance excellence in cancer research in ways that are equitable, diverse, and inclusive.

We support the 2020-2025 strategy for EDI from McGill University.

2025 EDI Survey Report 

This report summarizes the key findings of the GCI EDI community survey and outlines the actions The GCI will take to strengthen inclusion across the Institute.

Read the GCI EDI Survey Summary Report, including key findings and next steps HERE. 

Learn more

If you would like to learn more about this land acknowledgment or about the history and present contexts of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, we invite you to follow the links below as a starting point:

• About Land Acknowledgements
• History of Kahnawá:ke
• Native Friendship Centre of Montreal
• Native Montreal
• Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy Network
• Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress
• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Report
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada