/medhealthsci-saceoffice/articles/rss en /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/black-community-members-gather-shed-light-barriers-equitable-healthcare <p><span>Advocating for her two-year-old son Isaiah following routine surgery to repair a hole in his heart in a Montreal hospital in 2001, Charlene Hunte encountered anti-Black discrimination at every turn.</span></p> Tue, 13 Feb 2024 18:14:23 +0000 jane.ofaherty@mcgill.ca 797 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/conversation-saces-baijayanta-mukhopadhyay-and-seeta-ramdass <p><i><span>A little over a year ago, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences’ Office of Social Accountability and Community Engagement (SACE)  welcomed a new Director, Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay, MDCM, and Associate Director, Seeta Ramdass. Both have vast experience in community health and engagement and have been busy taking the pulse of both the Faculty community and the larger community we serve. We caught up with the pair recently to hear about how it’s all been going and their plans for the coming year. </span></i><span> <span> </span></span></p> Tue, 13 Feb 2024 18:01:34 +0000 Gillian Woodford 795 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/mcgill-chapter-canadian-black-nurses-alliance-hits-ground-running <p><span>When 91ÉçÇø BSc(N) student Bryana Jean-Jacques was invited to start a 91ÉçÇø Chapter of the Canadian Black Nurses Alliance (CBNA), she was intrigued by the possibility and honoured to have been asked, but hesitant to take on this monumental task alone. Fortunately, she found a willing partner in fellow BSc(N) student Ernissa Daniel. With the support of Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN) Faculty Lecturer Anne-Laurie Beaubrun, the pair established the 91ÉçÇø CBNA Chapter in September 2021. Faculty Lecturer Rose-Stacy Devalice signed on in 2022.<span> </span></span></p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:30:58 +0000 Hena Kon, Communications Officer, Ingram School of Nursing 782 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/community-engagement-key-addressing-anti-black-racism-healthcare <p>Increasing student enrolment from Black communities, promoting a positive experience for Black students, faculty and staff, and reviewing and revising the nursing curriculum are some of the ways in which the Ingram School of Nursing seeks to address anti-Black racism. For the School’s Office of Social Accountability in Nursing (OSAN) Working Group*, the starting point to all these activities is community engagement.</p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:30:28 +0000 Hena Kon, Ingram School of Nursing 781 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/black-history-month-2023-events-organized-fmhs-students-and-faculty <p>The BHM Organizing committee co-led by Black students and faculty with the EDI-Anti-Racism Committee of the School of Population and Global Health; the Office of Social Accountability and Community Engagement (SACE); and the Ingram School of Nursing’s Anti-Black Racism Committee are organizing several activities to celebrate and learn about our Black community, during February and beyond. Check out what’s coming up: </p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:24:32 +0000 Health e-News 779 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/black-history-month-film-screening-color-care <p>Don’t miss our exclusive screening of <i>The Color of Care</i>, a documentary on racial disparities in health care featuring 91ÉçÇø’s own Saleem Razack, MD.</p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:12:19 +0000 Health e-News 776 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/dr-samir-shaheen-hussain-wins-haile-t-debas-prize <p>Samir Shaheen-Hussain, MDCM, is this year’s recipient of the Haile T. Debas Prize, established in 2010 to recognize Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) members who promote the ideals of equity and anti-racism through practical action. Dr.</p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:43:29 +0000 Health e-News 786 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/new-pathway-black-health-professionals-transforms-medicine-everyone <p><em>A discussion on equity, diversity and inclusion in medical education featuring Nicolas Cadet, MDCM’12, an ophthalmologist and the first Black oculoplastic surgeon in Canada; MDCM & PhD student and Vanier Scholar Lashanda Skerritt; and, Iyman Ahmed of the Office of Social Accountability and Community Engagement.</em></p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:11:18 +0000 Michelle Pucci, FMHS Alumni & Friends 775 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/forging-path-towards-diversity-medicine <p>91ÉçÇø has a reputation as <a href="https://reporter.mcgill.ca/mcgill-best-university-in-canada-macleans-magazine/#:~:text=For%20the%2017th%20consecutive,as%20well%20as%20medical%20schools.">one of the top medical schools in Canada</a>. It is no surprise that admission is extremely competitive, with an acceptance rate of approximately five percent every year.</p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 20:23:28 +0000 jennifer.day@91ÉçÇø.Ca 793 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice /medhealthsci-saceoffice/article/promoting-diversity-health-professional-programs <p>A new mentoring program led by a team of 91ÉçÇø students aims to give CEGEP students from disadvantaged backgrounds a better chance to get into the University’s health professional programs.</p> <p>The initiative was inspired, in part, by a decade-old summer workshop program for high school students, designed to demystify and make accessible the idea of a career in the health professions.</p> Tue, 20 Jun 2023 19:42:54 +0000 Chris Chipello 785 at /medhealthsci-saceoffice