144 - SCIENTIFIC PLANNING COMMITTEE PLENARY: ERADICATING INDIGENOUS-SPECIFIC RACISM IN CANADIAN HEALTHCARE

Thursday, October 24, 2024

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PT

Room: 211

Indigenous Peoples continue to face systemic racism and discrimination within the healthcare system, highlighting the need for urgent, comprehensive interventions.

The San'yas Anti-Racism Indigenous Cultural Safety Training program provides an opportunity for foundational learning. With curriculum rooted in Indigenous-led knowledge, San'yas training is designed to explore, challenge, and change the societal structures that allow systemic racism to continue. San'yas aims to equip professionals at the individual, organizational, and systemic levels with foundational knowledge and tools necessary to dismantle Indigenous-specific racism.

Join us in exploring the San'yas learning journey. Learn about the significant legislative shifts that hold systems responsible and how we see San'yas as a critical first step towards eradicating Indigenous specific racism in Canada.

Our goal is to demonstrate how collective efforts and a shared understanding are crucial in laying the groundwork for genuine reconciliation between Indigenous and settler populations across Canada.

Looking for more information? Check out the latest CCS journals article collection on Eradicating Indigenous-specific racism in Canadian Healthcare.

Disclosure(s):

Filio Billia, MD PhD FRCPC FACC: Abbottt Laboratories: physician-initiated research funding (Ongoing)

Gail Higginbottom: No financial relationships to disclose

Katie Skelton: No financial relationships to disclose

Charlotte C. McEwen, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Najah Adreak: No financial relationships to disclose

Lori Albers, BSP, ACPR: No financial relationships to disclose

Chi-Ming Chow, MD MSc FRCPC FCCS: Khure Health: Consultant/Advisory Board (Ongoing); Podcast AI: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing); Usqaure Soft Inc.: Ownership Interest (stocks, stock options, patent or other intellectual property or other ownership interest excluding diversified mutual funds) (Ongoing)

Co-Chair(s)

Charlotte C. McEwen, MD

Cardiac Surgery Resident
CSCS
McMaster University
Yuan Qiu, MD, BHSc

Cardiac Surgery Resident Physician
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Presenter(s)

Gail Higginbottom (she/her/hers)

Senior Director
PHSA, San'yas
Katie Skelton (she/her/hers)

Senior Director, Indigenous Learning Programs, San'yas
Provincial Health Services Authority

Planning Committee Member(s)

Charlotte C. McEwen, MD

Cardiac Surgery Resident
CSCS
McMaster University
Najah Adreak

MD,MSc, Clinical Researcher
The University of British Columbia/ BC Children Hospital
The University of British Columbia
LA

Lori Albers, BSP, ACPR

Manager Outpatient Pharmacy Practice, Saskatchewan Health Authority
Canadian Cardiovascular Pharmacist Network (CCPN)
Filio Billia, MD PhD FRCPC FACC

Clinician Scientist
CCS, CCTN, CHFS, CANCARE,CSE
Chi-Ming Chow, MD MSc FRCPC FCCS

Director of Echo Lab
St. Michael's Hospital
University of Toronto