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Learning Series: Unlearning Anti-Black Racism to Improve Black Health in Ontario's Pediatric Healthcare System

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About the Learning Series

​Through the Black Health Primer course and 3 facilitated workshops, participants will leave with tools and resources for implementing anti-racist practice to deliver comprehensive, patient-centred care and improve service integration and performance – ultimately leading to better health outcomes for young Black patients in Ontario. Funded by Ontario Health, this initiative aims to develop competencies that will improve the health and lives of diverse Black child and youth populations across Ontario.

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Ontario's pediatric healthcare workforce will receive free access to the self-paced, online Black Health Primer course. 

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The Black Health Primer is a 1-credit-per-hour Self Learning program certified by the College Family Physicians of Canada for up to 6.5 Mainpro+® credits. It is also an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by Continuing Professional Development, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. You may claim up to a maximum of 6.5 hours (credits are automatically calculated).​

Format & Dates

This learning series is composed of three synchronous workshops (approx. 1.5-2 hours each) that will be held on:

  • March 11, 2025 | Part 1: Anti-Black Racism: A look at the Social and Physiological Health Impacts of Injustice on Children and Youth

  • March 18, 2025 | Part 2: Culturally Affirming Care for Black Children and Youth: Why and How?

  • March 25, 2025 | Part 3: No Youth Left Behind: Setting Black Children and Youth Up for Success through Anti-Racist Practice

 

Together we can drive positive change, address anti-Black racism, and foster equitable healthcare in pediatrics and beyond! 

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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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