This rapid review seeks to understand how Whiteness shapes the Canadian nursing profession. Examples of how polices, practices and ideas uphold Whiteness and implications for leadership were synthesized from literature.
This article employs the metaphor that settler colonialism functions as a net with innumerable “colonial knots” that Indigenous Peoples in Canada are trapped within and that prevent them from being able to exercise self-determination and sovereignty. The authors propose that the work of health leaders to dismantle Indigenous-specific racism, White supremacy and settler colonialism requires dedicated, everyday efforts to “untie colonial knots.”
This episode companion document provides a new way to engage with the Mind the Disruption podcast. It includes a written transcript of Season 1, Episode 2 “Disrupting Whiteness” with key quotes and related resources to prompt further reflection and exploration.
This report captures the ideas, knowledge, and expertise of key actors from across Canada’s public health systems who – moving beyond anti-racist training - participated in a workshop to identify concrete actions to disrupt White supremacy and racism in public health systems. This resource can be used by others to inspire action to dismantle White supremacy and racism in public health systems in this land now known as Canada.
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.