2025 greetings!
Marcia
Our 2024 included a lot of work on planning and developing educational opportunities that team members and leaders across my portfolio believe will equip us all to be better community members, citizens, and health professionals. As we start 2025 I encourage each of you to develop your Anti-Racism, Social Justice and Indigenous Health Learning Plan for this year.
Delia
A new year is upon us.
The start of a new year can be a time for reflection, (re)commitment, and action.
In that spirit we want to inform you of some upcoming opportunities in the Faculty:
January 28 and 29 Delivered by Foundation for a Path Forward, The RISE Grand Rounds and Workshops will be taking place at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences:
The RISE workshop is designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to effectively dismantle anti-Muslim discrimination. Participants will explore empathy, understand the dynamics of hate, analyze media bias, and develop actionable strategies for advocacy and allyship.
To register please contact Chander Raquin: chander.raquin@umanitoba.ca.
As part of our Dialogues of Disruption Series, Dr. Malinda S. Smith , will be visiting the University of Manitoba in February.
Dr. Smith is Vice Provost (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) and Associate Vice-President Research (EDI) at the U of Calgary and is a professor of political science.
On February 13 Dr. Smith will be a panelist for a roundtable titled Data Justice: Why anti-racism matters for data, and data matters for anti-racism. 1 pm-2:15 pm on the Fort Garry campus.
On February 14 Dr. Smith will be giving a keynote at Rady: 12-1:30 pm (locations to be determined).
Both events will be hybrid. Registration information to come.
We have also launched number of Educational Modules:
Giga mino ganawenimaag Anishinaabeg – “We will take good care of the people”- is an innovative training program designed to advance Indigenous Cultural Safety in health care. Organized through the Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing, the program consists of Ten online lessons.
To learn more, visit the We will take good care of the people webpage.
Primary contact: culturalsafety@umanitoba.ca.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba (CPSM) recently approved the Standard of Practice – Practicing Medicine to Eliminate Anti-Indigenous Racism.
In addition, the Council passed a motion regarding mandatory education for all registrants with the College. The Indigenous Cultural Safety Program is one of the four that has been identified as part of the mandatory education by CPSM.
Foundations of Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism Module – this module is both a standalone and part of the Indigenous Cultural Safety Program (available through UM Learn).
The Black Health Primer is is an 8 module online, self-paced, and asynchronous course, designed for learners from across health disciplines, professions, organizations and communities. The Primer describes the historical context of racial oppression, explains how anti-Black racism influences the social determinants of health, and acts as a barrier to health equity. Participants will gain knowledge and promote dialogue about anti-Black racism and Black health.
This 1-credit-per-hour Self Learning program has been certified by the College Family Physicians of Canada for up to 6.5 Mainpro+® credits.
For more information about the Primer, visit the Black Health Education Collaborative website.
If you are a member of the Rady Faculty and are interested in registering, please contact me directly.
“Sometimes we have to do the work even though we don’t yet see a glimmer on the horizon that it’s actually going to be possible.” Angela Y. Davis
There is no time like the present to create more just institutions and to cultivate relationships founded on the principles of integrity, humility, and social justice.
We hope that you will join us in working towards more just futures.
Our lives, and our futures are linked we hope that you will embrace one of our guiding themes for this year: solidarity.