The following readings should guide us all in understanding each other. If racism is a public health issue, we must all be aware of its impact and pervasiveness in our society.
Resources come from researchers and professors affiliated with U of T and DLSPH.
Recommended Readings
Racism is a Public Health Issue
- Racism is the public health crisis by Kehinde Andrews
- The Anti-Racism in Public Health Act (United State’s Congress)
- Assessing Risk, Automating Racism: Reimagining the Default Settings of Technology in Healthcare [YouTube recording]
- Race, Racism and COVID-19 [YouTube recording]
- Racial Justice Matters: Why Racism is a Public Health Issue (Ontario Health Promotion E-Bulletin)
- Race, Health & Happiness [Podcast]
- The Sound of Silence: Bioethics and Race in Canada (YouTube Recording)
- Should we routinely collect data on race? Canada at a crossroads (Op-ed Arjumand Siddiqi)
- Let’s Talk Racism and Health Equity (NCCDH)
- Health Equity and Transformation through Community Advocacy [YouTube]
- Towards a definition of anti-oppressive dietetic practice in Canada [Article]
- Cognitive Bias Risks Perpetuating Systemic Racism – Statistics Canada [Podcast]
Black Health
- Decolonizing Maternal Health: African/Black Motherhood as Resistance [Recording]
- Black Health Matters: Responding to COVID-19 (YouTube recording)
- Anti-Black Racism as a Policing and Public Health Crisis (Courses)
- Dying to Learn: A Scoping Review of Breast and Cervical Cancer Studies Focusing on Black Canadian Women [Paper]
- Social determinants and inequities in health for Black Canadians: A Snapshot [Report]
- An Evening with Dr. Akwatu Khenti as he discusses Black Mental Health with the PHSA (YouTube)
For additional resources, please visit Prof. Onye Nnorom list of Anti-Racism resource webpage.
Indigenous Health
- What we heard: Indigenous Peoples and COVID-19: Public Health Agency of Canada’s companion report [Report]
- Jordan’s Principle [Report]
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action [Report]
- Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health
- CHL5520H Indigenous Health Intensive Course Readings—developed by Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle
- Introduction to Indigenous Cultural Safety (Course)
- Garden on McCaul Street Presentation [YouTube]
- Elements of Indigenous Style: A Guide for Writing By and About Indigenous Peoples
For additional resources, you can also visit U of T Library
2SLGBTQ+ Health
- Ristock, J. Zoccole, A., Passante, L., Potskin, J. (2019). Impacts of colonization on Indigenous Two-Spirit/LGBTQ Canadians’ experiences of migration, mobility and relationship violence. Sexualities, 22(5-6), 767–784. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460716681474
- Laing, M. (2021). Urban Indigenous Youth Reframing Two-Spirit. Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003094296
- Chacaby, M.-N., & Plummer, M. L. (2016). A two-spirit journey : the autobiography of a lesbian Ojibwa-Cree elder . University of Manitoba Press. – Chapters 4-5, 11
- Pronouns are a Public Health Issue
For additional resources, please visit Re:Searching for LGBTQ2S+
Anti-Asian Racism Resources
The Department of East Asian Studies has compiled a list of resources that offer historical context and information on current and ongoing anti-racist campaigns.
Language Matters – Ableism
- Ableism/Language
- Guidelines on using inclusive language in the workplace
- Diversity in Diction Equality in Action – A guide to the Appropriate Use of Language
- Avoiding Ableist Language
- Materials for Accessible Communication
Podcasts
Race Health and Happiness hosted by Prof. Onye Nnorom
Groups
The U of T Anti-Semitism Working Group is an integral part of the University’s commitment to addressing systemic forms of discrimination within its tri-campus community. The Working Group will review programming, activities, processes and practices in place at the University of Toronto and develop recommendations to support the University’s response to anti-Semitism.
Read the University of Toronto’s Anti-Black Racism Task Force.
ARCDO Programming
The Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office provides programs to the U of T community to increase awareness, understanding and competencies in racial equity, diversity and inclusion to foster inclusive environments at the University.
Visit the event page.
We will be updating these resources throughout the year.