This report synthesizes evidence to inform the application of intersectionality in data analysis and policymaking in Scotland and provides useful knowledge and case examples to consider in the Canadian context.
This report provides recommendations for thinking about and applying intersectionality, which are relevant to the Canadian context. Case examples are used to illustrate differing understandings of intersectionality in the United Kingdom (UK).
Public health teams and their partners can use the Systematic Equity Action-Analysis (SEA) framework to reflect on — and improve — how equity is integrated into programs, services, policies, engagement processes and more.
In this blog post, Vivian Chau, project coordinator at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Health Sciences, and Dr. Lawrence Loh, associate medical officer of health at Peel Public Health, explore the relationship between stigma, discrimination and the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
In this blog post by NCCDH Program Manager Faith Layden and NCCDH Scientific Director Connie Clement, the authors discuss the protocols and resources used to promote racial equity in the organization’s hiring processes.
One way that public health organizations can help dismantle racism is by facilitating conversations about how racial inequity plays out in social, scientific and legislative arenas. It is with this aim that I moderated the closing plenary session at the annual pan-Canadian public health gathering, Public Health 2017, in Halifax, NS, located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.
In this blog post, Knowledge Translation Specialist Dianne Oickle reflects on her experiences as a white woman moderating a workshop on racism in public health partnerships.
This blog is part of a blog-series to be published in 2017. The blog is a personal reflection authored by an NCCDH staff member and is focused on the tendency of white people to remain silent in the discussion of racism.