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About Us.

Our Mission

Transform medical and health professional education to improve the health of Black communities across Canada. 

We are Black scholars and practitioners committed to transforming medical and health professional education in service of improved health of Black communities across Canada. 

We address anti-Black racism and the interlocking systems that impact the health and wellbeing of Black communities across Canada

We draw on long histories of community and academic scholarship, activism and resistance from Black, critical race theory, queer, feminist, anti/decolonial traditions

We understand Black health and Black life as intricately connected to the places and spaces in which we live, work, love, play, worship and resist

Who We Are

Our Values

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We value Blackness and Black Life
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We value integrity and navigate our work with courage
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We value ways of knowing rooted in Black and Africentric knowledges
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We value innovation in learning and teaching 
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We value autonomy and self-determination of Black peoples
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We value commitment and collaboration as integral to building relationships and sustaining action over the long-term to achieve racial justice

Meet Our Team

The Black Health Education Collaborative is a
pan-Canadian initiative

Our board members and staff are from various institutions across the country - University of Calgary, Dalhousie University, University of Manitoba, and the University of Toronto.

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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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