Fourth COVID-19 Conversation Series - Shifting worldviews: Stories about advancing equity and justice
This recording is one part of a series. To see the others please click on the ‘Playlist’ button in the top right corner.
Series Description:
In this fourth COVID-19 conversation series, we will share stories where barriers to advancing equity and justice were removed and views of a more equitable and just future came into being. Listening to and reflecting on stories about advancing equity and justice allows us to envision a better future, share transformative narratives, and expand the range of what is possible.
Who should attend?
These webinars will be of interest to public health professionals, community health leaders, community members, researchers, educators, and decision-makers
Objectives:
As a result of participating in these webinars, participants will have opportunities to:
- Listen deeply and reflect on stories advancing equity
- Engage in transformative narratives
- Reflect on and integrate insights into their practice
Event Format:
Each of these webinars will be delivered in English. Registration will be limited. Each webinar will be recorded and made available on the NCCDH website following the webinar. Participation in all these webinars as a series is encouraged, however not mandatory. Use the links below to find out more and register for the webinar(s) you are able to attend.
Webinars in this series:
Each webinar will feature different storytellers and reflective guests. Only people confirmed are reflected below.
Story 1: Prioritizing reconciliation, collectives, trust and humanity | October 17, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Story 2: Overcoming organizational challenges to advance equity | October 31, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Story 3: Community expertise, building community power and making change happen: Hogan’s Alley Society | November 14, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Story 4: Community expertise, building community power and making change happen: Peer-2-Peer Program | November 29, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Participants will come to these online spaces to listen, connect, dream and reflect on stories illustrating ways in which new, more equitable and just futures, have been and continue to be created by communities, community organizations, public health, and other partners. These emerging co-created futures open a range of new potential solutions to advance equity and justice for all.
Hosts
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Claire Betker (she/her)
Scientific Director, NCCDH
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Nandini Saxena (she/her)
Knowledge Translation Specialist, NCCDH
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Jonathan Cagampang Heller, Visiting Scholar, NCCDH |
Story 1: Prioritizing reconciliation, collectives, trust and humanity
October 17, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
How we treat each other matters and coming together in good ways creates better possibilities for moving forward and advancing equity. In this session, Street Culture Project in Regina, Saskatchewan will share stories and reflections on reconciliation, the power of collectives, trust and humanity. Drawing on their work with youth, we will hear and reflect on a variety of themes, focused on building culture, acknowledging the harms of colonialism, and creating spaces where everyone is welcome.
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Jesse Thunderchild, Director, Street Culture Project
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Sandy Allison, Public Health and Preventive Medicine Specialist, Family Physician, Past President of Public Health Physicians of Canada, and Assistant Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia
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Daniel Sims, Academic Co-Lead, National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health and Associate Professor, First Nations Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
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Related Resources:
Let’s Talk: Redistributing power to advance health equity
Story 2: Overcoming organizational challenges to advance equity
October 31, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Organizations are working to advance equity, use trauma-informed practice, and apply an anti-racism and anti-oppression approach. We can learn from these organizations. In this session, we will hear from organizations who have collaborated in Belleville, Ontario to create and sustain a drop-in centre. This centre addresses inequitable access to essential resources experienced by communities. We will hear about insights from these partnerships and relationships, and ways in which these organizations have been able to overcome barriers like uncertainty, fear and risk aversion.
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Steve Van de Hoef, Project Manager, The Bridge Consortium
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Krista Vandermeer, Manager of Community Health Programs and Engagement, Belleville and Quinte West Community Health Centre
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Victoria Law,
Public Health Nurse, Social Determinants of Health, Hastings and Prince Edward Public Health
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Related Resources:
Health equity frameworks as a tool to support public health action: A rapid review of the literature
Let’s Talk: Values and health equity
Learning Together: A model for increasing organizational change capacity for health equity
Story 3: Community expertise, building community power and making change happen: Hogan’s Alley Society
November 14, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Building community power and privileging community expertise is required to collectively disrupt the status quo. Hogan’s Alley Society in Vancouver, B.C., will share stories of how they engaged with people from diverse Black communities to understand their COVID-19 vaccine intentions, and overcome histories of anti-Black racism. In this conversation, we will reflect on ways to connect, learn from and amplify expertise of Black communities. Join us to hear insights and delve deeply into considerations for public health to engage and build community power with Black communities.
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| Modupe Bankole-Longe, Research Director, Hogan's Alley Society | Rudayna Bahubeshi, Manager, Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Anti-Racism, Provincial Equity and Indigenous Health, Ontario Health |
Related Resources:
Let’s Talk: Racism and Health Equity
Let’s Talk: Redistributing power to advance health equity
Story 4: Community expertise, building community power and making change happen: Peer-2-Peer Program
November 29, 2023 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET
Learning from community expertise is essential to make change happen. Storytellers from the Peer-2-Peer Program in Chatham Kent, Ontario will share insights from the work they’ve been doing to engage with people who use drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will listen to stories about their work to amplify the expertise of people who use drugs, and to plan and implement peer-led community overdose alert and response systems. We will reflect on approaches to increase the capacity of organizations to meaningfully engage and share power for change.
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| Marcus Vandusen, Peer-2-Peer Project Pathfinder | Renee Geniole, Reach Out Chatham-Kent (R.O.C.K.) Operations Coordinator, and Peer-2-Peer Project Lead | |
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| Margery Muharrem, Individual Donor and Women United Coordinator, United Way of Chatham-Kent, and Peer-2-Peer Project Circle of Support member | Jordynne Lindsay, Public Health Nurse, Chronic Disease and Well- Being, Chatham Kent Public Health |
Related Resources:
Let’s Talk: Redistributing power to advance health equity
Hear Us, See Us, Respect Us: Respecting the expertise of people who use drugs
Peer engagement principles and best practices: A guide for BC health authorities and other providers