“Oh, you’re my health care provider?” Recounting the experiences of people of African descent in Nova Scotia pursuing or working in health professions

Abstract

Background: Increasing, supporting and cultivating diversity in health pro grams is key to addressing health in equities. We sought to investigate bar riers and facilitators that could affect enrolment and success in health profes sions among people of African descent in

Variegated racism: exploring experiences of anti-Black racism and their progression in medical education

“…Our empirical evidence from the Canadian Prairies adds to the broader evidence on experiences of anti-Black racism in Canadian medical education and provides further context on how and why power differentials expose Black leaners to structural violence in the Canadian medical education system. 39 , 40 Future research could involve quantitative assessments of experiences of anti-Black racism across medical schools in Canada to confirm whether junior medical learners consistently report fewer incidents than senior colleagues. In addition, given our findings regarding curricular racism, an inventory of medical curricula across Canada could reveal how curricular racism looks across contexts.…”