Addressing health inequities — one community at a time - Toronto Star

SOGC member Dr. Cynthia Maxwell spoke with CBC’s The National about a new study showing that Black Canadians face a significantly higher risk of serious complications during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum than white Canadians. Dr. Maxwell said the findings highlight the need to address racism in health care delivery in Canada, including barriers to accessing care and the dismissal of Black women’s symptoms.

Film and panel highlight need for communication and collaboration in interprofessional care. Over 360 health care and social work students attended a screening of the film Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story on Oct. 5.  The moving 30-minute film was made in 2017 and follows the true story of Greg Price, an Alberta man who died at the age of 32 from an undiagnosed blood clot as a complication from testicular cancer. The Price family has held screenings at UM annually in the fall term for the past few years, either with panel discussions or students discussing the film in breakout groups. Hosted by the Office of Interprofessional Collaboration at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, the film was screened at the Frederic Gaspard Theatre on Bannatyne campus, as well as online for nursing students at Fort Garry campus and at the University College of the North (UCN) in The Pas and Thompson.  In total, 134 medical students attended, along with 124 nursing students (UM and UCN), 61 pharmacy students, 40 respiratory therapy students and 10 students from the Faculty of Social Work.