Category: Weekly

February – March 2023 | English, with closed captioning and simultaneous French interpretation.

Black health: a key area for public health education and action

Anti-Black racism is a specific form of racism, rooted in the colonial history and practice of enslavement, that continues to impact the lives of Black people, regardless of whether they have a specific lineage to the enslaved in Canada, or if they are recent comers to Canada. Policies and practices rooted in Canadian institutions such as, health care, education, and justice mirror and reinforce beliefs, attitudes, prejudice, stereotyping and/or discrimination towards people of African descent and lead to a lack of equitable access, opportunities and outcomes for Black people. 

Recognizing the need for specialized public health education and action in this area, the NCCDH is partnering with the Black Health Education Collaborative, a community of scholars and practitioners committed to improving Black health through education and research. This partnership will offer the Canadian public health community an important capacity building opportunity in the form of a three-part interactive webinar series. In this series, participants will explore how anti-Black racism impacts health and identify concrete opportunities for public health action.  

Webinars in this series:

Part 1: #BlackLivesMatter in public health: Critical race theory, historical roots and legacies of anti-Black racism. | February 1st, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET

Part 2: Anti-Black racism: A look at the social and physiological health impacts of injustice. | March 1st, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET

Part 3: Uprooting anti-Black racism: Strategies and approaches for public health. | March 29th, 2023 | 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET

Register Here 

Monday January 23rd, 2023 with Dr. Charles Anyinam

Presentation: 10 am
Optional workshop: 11 am

Open to all faculty, staff, students and community members. 

Please register here for the zoom link

Organized and facilitated by the School of Nursing’s Decolonization, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Committee (DARAO)

CRHESI is thrilled to celebrate the outstanding work and contributions of Carl Cadogan, recently recognized on the London Mayor’s New Year’s Honour list, in the category of Diversity and Race Relations.

Please read more details about Carl’s long-standing leadership and committment to anti-Black racism and anti-oppression by visiting the Mayor’s New Year’s Honours List. In 2022 Carl extended his mission to eliminate hate and discrimination in our communities by joining CRHESI as an Executive Committee member.

Carl and other honours recipients will be recognized at the first City Council meeting of the year.

The Government of Canada has announced the launch of a funding opportunity under the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities program. Through the program’s first and second streams, $8.9 million is available for projects serving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities across the country in the 2023-2024 fiscal year.

This program supports Indigenous communities in accessing culturally relevant physical activity. Eligible projects must be Indigenous-designed and Indigenous-led and must address community-identified social development goals such as providing alternatives to risky behaviour or improving opportunities for employment and education.

For more information visit here.