We, as human beings, should feel safe in healthcare facilities, however, Indigenous People fear healthcare facilities the most. There have been many reports of systemic racism against Indigenous People in Canadian healthcare systems. Systemic racism in healthcare facilities can lead to incidents that can result in adverse events, according to the College of Family Physicians of Canada. Discrimination against Indigenous People has been a recurring event in Canada for quite a while, especially in healthcare. Despite being in the 21st century, Indigenous People still battle systemic racism in Canadian healthcare. This issue needs advocacy for systemic changes to happen in Canadian healthcare. Many healthcare professionals stereotype Indigenous …show more content…
Mistrust among healthcare workers can also stem from generational trauma due to colonial abuse. Due to the discrimination, mistrust, and stereotyping of Indigenous People in healthcare, there have been several deaths from these social issues. One death that shocked the nation was the death of Brian Sinclair due to discrimination and racism from healthcare professionals (Boyer, 2017). The deaths of Brain Sinclair and Joyce Echaquan due to maltreatment of healthcare workers in Canada are clear evidence that Indigenous people still experience racism. Brain Sinclair was a 45-year-old Indigenous man who sadly passed away at the Health Science Centre in Winnipeg (Boyer, 2017). The 34-hour wait Brain had to endure in the waiting area of the emergency department led to his passing away from a curable bladder infection (Boyer, 2017). The death of Joyce Echaquan took place at the Joliette Hospital Center in Lanaundiere, Quebec, was a result of systemic racism from healthcare workers (Council of the Atikamekw of Manawan & Atikamekw Nation Council, 2020). After Joyce’s death, the Council of the Atikamekw of Manawan and the Atikamekw Nation Council proposed Joyce’s Principle in …show more content…
The next aspect is prejudice, which stems from stereotyping and makes it a fixed way of thinking (McGibbon, 2020). The following of prejudice is discrimination, and the actions of prejudice are the responsibility for the actions of discrimination (McGibbon, 2020). The final aspect of the cycle is oppression, and this is usually when systemic power or structural power excludes a group of people from society (McGibbon, 2020). Another strategy for anti-racism involves receiving feedback from Indigenous patients and using that feedback to make structural changes to the healthcare system (Boyer, 2017). One structural change to the healthcare system is incorporating more Indigenous services, specifically for Indigenous People. According to the Government of Canada, hiring more Indigenous health systems navigators will reduce unconscious racism in healthcare and hold more accountability. If there is increased hiring of Indigenous health workers, they can educate other healthcare workers about what racism can be viewed as from an outside
Statistics Canada reports that in 2017, the predicted life expectancy for the total Canadian population is projected to be 79 years for men and 83 years for women. Among the Aboriginal Population, the Inuit have the lowest life expectancy of 64 years for men and 73 years for women. Metis and First Nations people have a life expectancy of 73-74 years for men and 78-80 years for women.( 2015-11-30) There is a five to fifteen years life expectancy difference for men and three to ten years life expectancy
globally, impacting a wide range of people. This policy analysis essay will critically explore how dementia healthcare strategies, mostly based in Ontario, Canada, influence the demographics of older adults, particularly Indigenous communities. In an aging society like Canada, central challenges associated with dementia include the misallocation of healthcare funds and the insufficiency of support systems for familial caregivers. Moreover, Indigenous communities often face significant health disparities
Indigenous women who have shown strength and resilience in the face of systemic oppression. The experiences expressed in the text shows how valuable it is to pass down heritage, as it can play a crucial part in individual identity formation. Although the methods of presentation-participatory research, reflection, journal entries and poetry-were different amongst the readings, the themes were consistent.
The human right to health means that everyone has the right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, which includes access to all medical services, sanitation, adequate food, healthy working conditions, and a clean environment. (“What is the Human Right to Health and Health Care”, n.d.). Health should be a human right and should have access to all people. It will also show that all human beings are treated equally. Many people ask this question is Health a human right? Should