Dissecting systemic racism: policies, practices and epistemologies creating racialized systems of care for Indigenous peoples

Abstract In this paper we explore some of the ways systemic racism operates and is maintained within our health and social services. We look at a very specific context, that of Nunavik Quebec, land and home to 13,000 Nunavimmiut, citizens of Quebec and Canada, signatories of the James Bay and Northe...

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Published in:International Journal for Equity in Health
Main Authors: Sarah Louise Fraser, Dominique Gaulin, William Daibhid Fraser
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021
Subjects:
Systemic racism
Epistemic racism
Indigenous health
Indigenous knowledge
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Canada
Nunavik
James Bay
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-021-01500-8
https://doaj.org/article/db1f4ea589e1406ebb6230f6ab7a819f
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Summary:Abstract In this paper we explore some of the ways systemic racism operates and is maintained within our health and social services. We look at a very specific context, that of Nunavik Quebec, land and home to 13,000 Nunavimmiut, citizens of Quebec and Canada, signatories of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. We operationalize some of the ways in which policies and practices create and support social hierarchies of knowledges, also called epistemic racism, and how it impacts our ability to offer quality care that Indigenous peoples can trust and use.

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