This 2021 report from the Black Health Equity Working Group outlines the Engagement, Governance, Access and Protection (EGAP) Framework for the collection and use of race-based data from Black communities to advance health equity and dismantle systemic racism.
This report from the Canadian Urban Institute provides a snapshot of Canadian cities at days 100, 200 and 300 in relation to the start of the COVID0-19 pandemic. It highlights how COVID-19 has deepened existing inequalities for racialized communities, seniors, women and people living with disabilities. It also emphasizes the need for neighbourhood-level data in order to fully understand the impacts of the pandemic.
This report from the City of Toronto Office of Recovery and Rebuild provides recommendations to support the recovery of communities, organizations, partners and businesses from COVID-19. It outlines recommendations specific to addressing anti-Black systemic racism and social determinants of health.
This curated list from NCCDH brings together critical tools and resources to help support public health practitioners, policy-makers and leaders in understanding and disrupting Whiteness in public health institutions and organizations.
This event took place in English. Racialized health inequities are present for a wide range of health concerns. These inequities are rooted in structural racism and are a manifestation of Whiteness and White supremacy in public policies and institutional practices. This session will turn the gaze on Whiteness as a systemic feature and driver of
This installment of the Let’s Talk series introduces the concept of Whiteness to public health audiences. Through definitions of Whiteness, White privilege and settler colonialism, the resource provides examples of how Whiteness is manifested in public health. The resource also includes insights for practitioners on how to centralize the disruption of Whiteness as an explicit focus in work to improve the health and well-being of communities.
This study from Statistics Canada presents disaggregated data and information related to the socioeconomic situation of Canada’s Black population. It is part of a larger series of other products and studies from Statistics Canada focused on the characteristics and experiences of Black people in Canada.
The National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH) has produced a suite of webinars and other related resources that, when reviewed together, serve as a substantive primer on racism, anti-racism and racial equity as they relate to public health practice.
This webinar took place in English. The ubiquitous anti-Black racism within law enforcement has led to the loss of many innocent Black lives at the hands of police officers. Andrew Loku, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, Regis Korchinski-Paquet and George Floyd are among the many Black lives that
In this statement, written by Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh on behalf of the NCCDH team, the NCCDH calls for action regarding the ongoing structural racism demonstrated in anti-Black police violence. This action demands that the public health sector transforms its institutions in the short and long term to be fully committed to ending racial injustice.
