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Community Stories

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About the project

Black communities experience inequities in access to health care, utilization of health care services, and health outcomes. The Community Stories: Experiences of Anti-Black Racism in the Canadian Health Care System research project aims to provide a deeper understanding of the experiences of Black people with anti-Black racism in the Canadian health care system and strategies of resistance and wellness. 

 

The project investigates:

  • The experiences of Black people in the Canadian health care system, and

  • The strategies of resistance and wellness Black people use while navigating the health care system.

 

The Black Health Education Collaborative has partnered with videographer Moses Latigo of Kigaana Productions to produce a documentary and share the participants’ experiences using digital storytelling. Results from the study will be used in educational resources on anti-Black racism and Black health including a video series and documentary that is in production. 

Project Leads

Principal Investigator, Professor Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh

Executive Director, Black Health Education Collaborative

Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

 

Co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Barb Hamilton-Hinch

Board Member, Black Health Education Collaborative
Associate Professor in the School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University
Assistant Vice Provost Equity and Inclusion, Dalhousie University

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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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