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Black Health & Anti-Black Racism in Canadian Healthcare Special Issue

Background

A two-part special issue on Black Health and Anti-Black Racism in Canadian Healthcare was published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) in collaboration with BHEC. These special issues were proposed by BHEC co-leads Dr. Onye Nnorom and Dr. OmiSoore Dryden in 2020. In January 2021, Dr. Nnorom and Dr. Dryden wrote a commentary about anti-Black racism in medicine that was published in the CMAJ. 

Commentary:

"Time to dismantle systemic anti-Black racism in medicine in Canada"

About the Special Issues

What was originally meant to be a single special issue was expanded to two given the high quantity and quality of article submissions. Alongside the articles in the special issues, one article was published in CMAJ Open and another in CMAJ Blogs. The issues focus on anti-Black racism and Black Health by centring the experiences of Black people in Canada.

The first part of the special issue was published on October 24, 2022 and the second on October 31, 2022.

Commentary:

"Black Health Education Collaborative: the important role of Critical Race Theory in disrupting anti-Black racism in medical practice and education"

Special Issue:

Part One

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Volume 194, Issue 41
Published October 24, 2022

Special Issue:

Part Two

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Volume 194, Issue 42
Published October 31, 2022

Special Issue Working Group

The special issue working group supported the development of the special issues.

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Dr. OmiSoore Dryden
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw

BHEC Co-Lead & James R. Johnston Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

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Dr. Mojola Omole
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw

General Surgeon and Breast Surgical Oncologist, Scarborough Health Network

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Dr. Notisha Massaquoi
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw

Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto, Scarborough, Graduate Cross-Appointment, FIFSW

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Ms. Camille Orridge
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw

 Senior Fellow, the Wellesley Institute

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Dr. Bukola Salami
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw
Scientific Planning Committee Member

Chief of Family Medicine, McGill University Health Centrw

Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta

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The Black Health Education Collaborative acknowledges with gratitude the Indigenous and Afri-Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island who continue to thrive and resist colonial violence while striving for self-determination and decolonial futures. We live, work and play in various territories including the lands of the Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississauga’s of the Credit River; Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, the Anishinaabe, and on the homeland of the Red River Métis Nation; Kanien:keha’ka and Mi’kmaq.

 

We remember our ancestors, forcibly displanted African peoples, trafficked into Turtle Island as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and the histories and legacies of colonialism and neo-colonialism which continue to impact African Peoples and the descendants of the Black diaspora across the world.

 

We recognize that racial colonial violence harms Black, Afri-Indigenous and Indigenous Peoples through both common and distinct logics and actions. We recognize our responsibility and obligations as African Peoples to be good guests on these lands. We offer thanks to our elders and communities from whom we learn. May your wisdom inform our actions towards a more just future.

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