Racism

Tackling racism in health care

Health-care institutions must reflect critically on whether they're ready to make the commitment necessary to do antiracist work by investing time and money to bring about systemic change. Anything less is performative.

Celebrating the richness of plural identities

A South Asian woman reflects on how "a coalition of young Brown women" and Black neighbours helped her grow into herself while studying for her master's of public health in Harlem.

‘Painful and difficult’: A BIPOC woman’s journey in medicine

Navigating the medical profession has been a painful and difficult journey. How far have we come in ensuring that women can thrive within the system?

Addressing racism in Indigenous health – Moving beyond systemic reassurance

Reassurances from different levels of governments create the illusion that systemic racism is being addressed despite the lack of tangible results.

Vaccine messaging must address grim history of race-based experiments

Pharmacare: A prescription for addressing racism we can actually fill

Social prescribing: The next step for equitable healthcare

Breath and Blood

Protests paving the way for racial justice in health care

Valuing life the only guarantee of a just system

Navigating systemic racism in Canadian healthcare

‘Defund the police, resource our communites:’ A call for structural change

Addressing systemic racism in healthcare

Protests and pandemics: Matters of life and death