Grant: Fellowship - PA: First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health

Canadian healthcare organizations have publicly committed to addressing racism, but there is a gap in understanding about how to take effective action while mitigating further harm. Nixon's Coin of Privilege has been widely used as a translation tool for assisting health providers (especially those who are white) in understanding how racism, colonization and other intersecting systems of oppression play out through healthcare. Yet Nixon and others recognize that a gap remains in how to effectively turn these ideas into action. "Racial caucusing" is one strategy used in other settings, such as education and grassroots organizations, to address racism. It involves creating supportive, longitudinal discussion groups (or "caucuses") based on racial identity to offer a safer environment for examining and unpacking racism and the structure of white supremacy. In particular, racial caucusing has been a powerful tool for white people seeking to understand their role in dismantling racism. Building directly on lessons about accountable action within the Coin of Privilege, this project explores how racial caucusing might be used to uproot the harmful effects of racism in the Canadian health system.