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Jenelle Robb
‘Racism is a comorbidity’: Advocates Call Out Anti-Black Bias in Canadian Medicine
April 13, 2022
TORONTO — It’s long overdue for the Canadian medical field to stop dragging its feet to address disparities for Black…
Black Nurses’ Group Hopes to Promote Inclusivity, Fight Racism Within Quebec’s Health Network
April 13, 2022
Black nurses in Quebec say they experience racism, microaggressions and isolation Montreal nursing student Schnaidarlie Banatte says she’s often the…
Incredible Black Women Who Are Changing Canadian Health Care
April 13, 2022
The changemakers Canadians ought to know about, according to seven Black doctors and health care researchers. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic,…
‘We need more BIPOC doctors,’ but barriers persist for some students on the road to medicine
April 13, 2022
Khadija Abawajy remembers the moment she saw a Black medical student who wears the hijab for the first time on…
Black Canadians and Trust: Shared Values are Key, but there is Room for Improvement
April 13, 2022
Toronto, ON, April 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — According to the new CanTrust Index Study of Black Canadians, a first-of-its-kind study,…
We are Black and Indigenous front line workers. Our own parents died of COVID-19 in Canada’s inequitable health system
April 13, 2022
For so many in Canada, the concept of a collapsing healthcare system is impossible to conceive. For others, like our…
Lack Of Health Data Hurting Black Canadian Women, U of T Researchers Find
April 12, 2022
The health of Black Canadian women may be endangered by a lack of data, according to a first-of-its-kind paper by…
Minority Patients Benefit From Having Minority Doctors, But That’s a Hard Match to Make
April 12, 2022
In today’s America, minority patients still have markedly worse health outcomes than white patients. The differences are greatest for black…
‘We need to ensure a cultural shift’: U of T’s Onye Nnorom on why Canada needs more Black physicians
April 12, 2022
Now, more than ever, the Canadian health-care system needs to accurately reflect the diversity of the country’s population.More than 20…
Navigating systemic racism in Canadian healthcare
April 12, 2022
Serena Thompson, vice-president of the Sickle Cell Association of Ontario, lives with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition that affects the…
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