They Are More Than Research Subjects: Recognizing the Accomplishments of Black Canadian Nurses.
Moving Beyond Borders: A History of Black Canadian and Caribbean Women in the Diaspora is based on extensive interviews I conducted with 35 nurses. Through those interviews, I examine how Black…
Black Women, Medical Racism, and COVID-19
Sandra Lindsay, a Black, Jamaican intensive care nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York became the first person in New York City, and in most news reports, the United States, to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine on…
Business as Usual: Shady Practices in the Recruitment of Black Women in Higher Education – #BLM Guest Post
These invitations, whether by email or phone, to apply for faculty or leadership positions, are a recruitment strategy that, on the surface, appears innocuous and even flattering. Because Black women are under-represented in the academy -we account for about 2%…
Black Canadians and Pandemics
In 1918, Grenadian-born Oliver Michael Francis was a medical student at McGill University. Biographical profiles in Old McGill, the university’s yearbook, included country of origin, date of birth, schools attended, and extra-curricular activities…