How those working within and outside of Sask. s health-care system are fighting systemic racism Practitioners say racism and discrimination persist within Saskatchewan health care, shaping the care patients receive and the personal health of those who provide it.
Author of the article: Zak Vescera
Publishing date: Jun 03, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 10 minute read • Most Canadians think of their health care system as being free and equal. But Saskatchewan practitioners say racism and discrimination persist within, shaping the care patients receive and the personal health of the people who provide it. Photo by Saskatoon StarPhoenix /Saskatoon StarPhoenix
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Dr. Veronica McKinney was working at a clinic in west Saskatoon when a man in his 40s entered asking for pain medication. He seemed brusque, uninterested in talking, and McKinney sensed something was wrong. She asked to examine the man to find the source of his pain. As she began, he started
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Some reading this article may know me well. I grew up in Saskatoon, did my undergraduate degree at the University of Saskatchewan, worked for several years in Regina for a former premier of Saskatchewan and later as an intergovernmental relations specialist. My parents and sister live in Saskatchewan, and I return to the north every summer with my daughters to reconnect with the land and waters.
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Good governments strive to be sensitive to the needs and aspirations of everyone and all regions, because that’s who they represent. That is what it means to be a national government. The commitment to this idea has guided me personally throughout my six years in Ottawa including since being appointed Canada’s minister of environment and climate change two years ago.
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Some reading this article may know me well. I grew up in Saskatoon, did my undergraduate degree at the University of Saskatchewan, worked for several years in Regina for a former premier of Saskatchewan and later as an intergovernmental relations specialist. My parents and sister live in Saskatchewan, and I return to the north every summer with my daughters to reconnect with the land and waters.
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Good governments strive to be sensitive to the needs and aspirations of everyone and all regions, because that’s who they represent. That is what it means to be a national government. The commitment to this idea has guided me personally throughout my six years in Ottawa including since being appointed Canada’s minister of environment and climate change two years ago.