We live and work in various territories that are home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, including the lands of the Huron-Wendat, — Adapted from Black Health Education Collaborative Haudenosaunee, and Mississauga’s of the Credit River; Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, the Anishinaabe, and on the homeland of the Red River Métis Nation; Kanien:keha’ka and Mi’kmaq. [...] We welcome all who support the spirit, intention and focus of the AFMC committee on Black Health, Innovation, and Advancement to join us in building a united front that develops structures and policies that promote and advance Black health, innovation, and progress. [...] It is aligned with the direction of Black leaders at Canadian faculties of medicine and the AFMC’s Strategic Plan in its desire to be equipped with best-practice tools medical schools and institutions, collaborating with and solutions to address systemic and structural racism and to advance equity, other medical education leaders, advocating for social diversity, and inclusion. [...] Medicine Accountability Report, February 2022 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN 3 COMMITTEE ON BLACK HEALTH, INNOVATION AND ADVANCEMENT MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES MISSION: To lead national collaboration and action among Canadian medical schools that proactively and specifically address anti-Black racism while promoting the health and wellbeing of Black physicians, learners, patients, and scholars. [...] 4 STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN COMMITTEE ON BLACK HEALTH, INNOVATION AND ADVANCEMENT “Many stakeholders discussed a variety of concerns about the prevalence of prejudices and biases, often unconscious, among students, staff, and faculty at the College of Medicine and throughout the practice of medicine and healthcare system.
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