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Session 1: September 9, 2021
Introduction to Unconscious Racial Bias: No one is racist, yet we have racism
Dr. Manuela Valle-Castro  
Video and Resources

Session 2: October 14, 2021
Introduction to Racial Microagressions: Why are they so offended anyways?
Dr. Manuela Valle-Castro
Video and Resources

Session 3: November 18, 2021
Introduction to intersectionality, power and oppression: Unpacking our identities
Dr. Manuela Valle-Castro
Video and Resources

Session 4: December 9, 2021
Introduction to Systemic Change: How to use your privilege in allyship
Dr. Manuela Valle-Castro
Video and Resources

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Saskatoon Inter-Agency Response to COVID-19

OTHER COVID RESOURCES

Author: Glover et. al.
Title: “A framework for identifying and mitigating the equity harms of COVID-19 policy interventionsogen, Old Politics” 
Source: Science Direct
Date: December 2020

Author: Shamasunder et. al.
Title: “COVID-19 reveals weak health systems by design: Why we must re-make global health in this historic moment” 
Source: Taylor Francis Online
Date: April 30, 2020

Author: Wenham et. al.
Title: “COVID-19: the gendered impacts of the outbreak” 
Source: The Lancet
Date: March 6, 2020

Author: Mishra et. al.
Title: “Understanding heterogeneity to inform the public health response to COVID-19 in Canada” 
Source: CMAJ
Date: June 3, 2020

Author: Alex de Waal
Title: “New Pathogen, Old Politics,” 
Source: Boston Review,
Date: April 3, 2020

Author: Andrew Liu
Title: “‘Chinese Virus,’ World Market,” 
Source: n+1,
Date: March 20, 2020

 Author: Aruna Roy and Saba Kohli Davé,
Title: “Analysing Kerala’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: When People and Governments Come Together”
Source: Economic and Political Weekly,
Date: May 2, 2020

 Author: Merlin Chowkwanyun and Adolph L. Reed Jr.
Title: “Racial Health Disparities and Covid-19: Caution and Context,” 
Source: New England Journal of Medicine,
Date: May 6, 2020

 Author: Thomas Levenson,
Title: “The Term Wuhan Virus Treats COVID-19 as a Chinese Scourge—and Ignores an Ugly History,”
Source: The Atlantic,
Date: March 11, 2020

Author: Momtaza Mehri
Anti-racism requires so much more than 'checking your privilege'
Source: The Guardian
Date: July 7 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Racism

Author: Kathleen Harris
Trudeau announces $9B in financial support for students; critics say pandemic aid must flow faster
Source: CBC News
Date: April 22 2020
International/provincial/local: National
Topic: Politics

 Author: Andrew Jack & Jamie Smyth
Coronavirus: universities face a harsh lesson
Source: Financial Times
Date: April 20 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Universities

Author: Brian Ries & Meg Wagner
Universities begin considering the possibility of canceling in-person classes until 2021
Source: CNN
Date: April 15 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Universities

Author: Journal Article Database
COVID-19 related publications
Source: Publons
Date: June 2020
International/provincial/local:
Topic: Journal articles related to COVID

 Author: Jon Kamp
Coronavirus Pandemic Complicates Opioid Treatment
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Date: April 7 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Harm Reduction

 https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/4651-when-oil-markets-go-viral 
Author: Adam Hanieh
Source: Verso
Date: April 8 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Politics/economy

 Author: Adam Hanieh
This is a Global Pandemic – Let’s Treat it as Such
Source: Verso
Date: March 27 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Politics

 Author: Rachel Bogardus Drew & Ahmad Abu-Khalaf
Linking Housing Challenges and Racial Disparities in Covid-19
Source: Enterprise Community
Date: April 15 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Race; Housing

 Author: Allie Caren & Sarah Hashemi
What it means to be immunocompromised during the coronavirus outbreak
Source: The Washington Post
Date: March 26 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Health and COVID

Author: Joel Achenbach & William Wan
New CDC data shows danger of coronavirus for those with diabetes, heart or lung disease, other chronic conditions
Source: The Washington Post
Date: March 31 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Health & COVID

Author: Gary Kinsman
Some notes on learning from AIDS activism for our responses to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Source: Europe Solidaire Sans Frontieres
Date: March 18 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Activism

 Author: Isabel Frey
 “Herd Immunity” is Epidemiological Neoliberalism
Source: The Quarantimes
Date: March 19 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Politics

 Author: Steven Thrasher
I Study Prisons and AIDS History. Here’s Why Self-Isolation Really Scares Me.
Source: Slate
Date: March 20 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Health

 Author: Mike Davis
Dig: Mike Davis on Coronavirus Politics
Source: Blubrry: Jacobin Radio (Podcast)
Date: March 20 2020
International/provincial/local:
Topic: Politics

 Author: Mike Davis
The Coronavirus Crisis Is a Monster Fueled by Capitalism
Source: In These Times
Date: March 20 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Politics

 Author: Adam Hanieh
Covid-19: Will Big Oil emerge more powerful than ever?
Source: Climate & Capitalism
Date: April 9 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Politics

 Author: Dan Keating & Chiqui Esteban
Covid-19 is rapidly becoming America’s leading cause of death
Source: The Washington Post
Date: April 16 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Health

 Author: Warren Bernauer & Gabrielle Slowey
COVID-19, extractive industries, and indigenous communities in Canada: Notes towards a political economy research agenda
Source: ScienceDirect
Date: June 5 2020
International/provincial/local: National
Topic: Politics

 Author: Eric Reguly
Title: With zero pandemic deaths, Vietnam sets the standard for COVID-19 fight
Source: The Globe and Mail
Date: May 27 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Health

 Author: John Riddell
Title: Vietnam Vanquishes the Virus
Source: John Riddell: Marxist Essays and Commentary
Date: May 31 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Health

 Author: Brendan Montague
Title: A virus is haunting Europe - the vector is capitalism
Source: Ecologist
Date: March 18 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Politics

Author: Rob Wallace
Title: COVID-19 and Circuits of Capital
Source: Monthly Review
Date: May 1 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Politics

 Author: Rob Wallace
Capitalist agriculture and Covid-19: A deadly combination
Source: Climate & Capitalism
Date: March 11, 2020
International/provincial/local: International
Topic: Politics

• NEW REPORT
  A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan For Canada. YWCA of Canada & University of Toronto, (2020)
  
  
• Students’ Toolkit on Social Accountability in Medical Schools. International Federation of Medical Students’ Association & Training for Health Equity Network (THEnet)
• Practising social accountability: From theory to action, Buchman et al., (2016) Canadian Family Physician
• Social accountability at the micro level: One patient at a time, Goel et al., (2016) Canadian Family Physician
• Social accountability at the meso level: Into the community, Woollard et al., (2016) Canadian Family Physician
• Social accountability at the macro level: Framing the big picture, Meili et al., (2016) Canadian Family Physician

• The impact of socially-accountable health professional education: A systematic review of the literature, Reeve et al., (2017) Medical Teacher
• The training for health equity network evaluation framework: A pilot study at five health professional schools. Ross et al., (2014) Education for Health
• Measuring social accountability in health professional education: Development and international pilot testing of an evaluation framework. Larkins et. al., (2012) Medical Teacher
• Teaching social accountability by making the links: Qualitative evaluation of student experiences in a service-learning project, Meili et al., (2011) Medical Teacher

• Health Action Lobby (HEAL) - a coalition of 42 national (Canada) health organizations that represents a broad cross-section of health providers, health regions, institutions and facilities.
• The Physician Advocate. American Association of Family Physicians – a guide for working with your community to advocate for health equity.
• Key Public Health Resources for Advocacy and Health Equity: A Curated List (2015). National Collaborating Center for Determinants of Health
• Teaching the CanMEDS role of Health Advocate: A Modular Format Easily Applied to any Residency Program (2013). Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada
• Advocacy Toolkit. Canadian Federation of Medical Students
• Teaching the CanMEDS role of Health Advocate: A Modular Format Easily Applied to any Residency Program (2013). Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada

• A Partnership Building Primer (2016). BC Harmonization Project Team – evidence-based resource that is the result of 4 years of collaborative health research between the Canadian Cancer Society, BC Cancer Agency, Northern Health, UBC and Athabasca University.
• Index of Community Engagement Techniques: TOOL. Tamarack Community
• The How/Why of Working with Community: Collective Impact. Tamarack Community – webinar

• The Health Leads Screening Toolkit (2018). Health Leads -a comprehensive blueprint for health systems seeking to identify and screen patients for adverse social determinants of health.
• An Overview of Commonly-Used Social Determinants of Health Screening Tools (2017). Episcopal Health Foundation
• Social Needs Screening Tools and Resources. American Association of Family Physicians – tools for family physicians to screen patients, identify community resources, develop an action plan.
• PRAPARE – Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences. National Association of Community Health Centers – an assessment tool to help providers collect data needed to better understand and act on their patients’ social determinants of health.
• Taking Action on the Social Determinants of Health in Clinical Practice: A Framework for Health Professionals. Andermann (2016). Canadian Medical Association Journal, 188 (17-18).
• A Framework for Educating Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health (2016).
• Social Determinants of Health: Best Advice (2015). The College of Family Physicians of Canada. - practical guide to help family physicians with concrete steps on how to consider and improve patients’ social determinants of health.
• From Identification to Advocacy: A Module for Teaching Social Determinants of Health. McDonald et al., (2015). MedEdPORTAL
• Physicians as Agents of Social Change (2014). AMA Journal of Ethics
• Health and Human Rights Pocket Card Series. Canadian Federation of Medical Students these cards are intended to serve as a resource for medical students who wish to take on a more holistic approach to the patient encounter.  They cover domestic and child abuse; environmental health; human trafficking; migrant and refugee health; social determinants of drug use.

• Exploring racism and health: An intensive interactive session for medical students. DallaPiazza, et al., (2018). MedEdPORTAL, 14: 10783
• Liberation in the Exam Room: Racial Justice and Equity in Health Care. Institute for Healthcare Improvement – a starting guideline for individuals in the health care delivery context to begin conversations with teams in developing a deeper understanding of structural racism.
• Are you an Ally? Mount Sinai Hospital.  - reflective questionnaires and group discussion questions.
• Are you an ALLY? Videos Mount Sinai Hospital - overview views of being an ally to people with mental health issues; people who are lesbian, gay, and bisexual; people who are trans, intersex, and Two-Spirit; people with disabilities; people who are racialized.
• Project Implicit - A not-for-profit organization that studies implicit bias and offers tests to help individuals gain insight and inform their personal development.
• Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Medicine (2014). AMA Journal of Ethics.
• Systemic Racism. Race Forward: Centre for Racial Justice Innovation - a video series

• Cultural Safety: Respect for Patients and Families (2019). Canadian Protective Medical Association
• Cultural Competence Self-Assessment Questionnaire – Service Provider Version (CCSAQ-SP). Javier & Belgrave (2015). MedEdPORTAL

• Joint Commitment to Action on Indigenous Health (2019). Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada
• The Role of Practitioners in Indigenous Wellness (2018). University of Saskatchewan
• Health and Health Care Implications of Systemic Racism on Indigenous Peoples in Canada (2016). CFPC – brief guide for physicians to help understand the role that systemic racism can play in shaping an Indigenous patient’s clinical experience and what they can do about it in their clinical practice, in their community, in advocacy efforts. etc. The document was developed in an effort to address the recommendations made in the TRC.
• Policies, Programs and Strategies to Address Aboriginal Racism: A Canadian Perspective (2014). NCCAH – examines anti-oppressive education, cultural safety within health care, and systemic policies.
• Towards Cultural Safety for Métis: An introduction for health care providers (2013). NCCAH – fact sheet demonstrates how health care providers can create a culturally safe environment when caring for Métis patients.

• CMA’s Recommendations for Effective Poverty Reduction Strategies (2017). Canadian Medical Association
• Poverty: A Clinical Tool for Primary Care Providers – Saskatchewan (2016). - This clinical tool offers specific resources to help health care providers screen for and respond to poverty concerns in patient encounters. The tool is individualized for each participating province (including Saskatchewan) and territory, designed for quick and intuitive use in day-to-day practice and endorsed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and its provincial chapters.
• Poverty Intervention Tool (2014). Division of Family Practice GPSC – steps to address poverty in a clinical encounter.
• Poverty and Health: Key Issues in Patient Care (2014). Family and Community Medicine University of Toronto – modules and case studies that provide a learning resource for physicians dealing with common medical and psychosocial issues that have an impact on families.

• The Rural Road Map for Action: Directions & Final Report Summit (2017). College of Family Physicians Canada, Advancing Rural Family Medicine: That Canadian Collaborative Taskforce
• Rural Medical Education Guidebook (2014). WONCA - 71 Chapters written by 74 authors, intended to be a free resource for doctors, educators and others wanting to obtain practical ideas on implementing aspects of rural medical education.

• Summary of Global Health Education at Canadian Medical Schools (2018). Canadian Federation of Medical Students (summary of global health concentrations at fifteen Canadian medical schools)
• Global Health Ethics Case Study for Royal College (2018). Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Canada
• Production of the global health doctor: Discourses on international medical electives. Hanson et al., (2018). Community Engaged Scholar: 4(1): 161-180
• IFMSA Ethics Pre-Departure Training Toolkit. IFMSA-UNESCO - training presentation, ethics manual, how to deliver training, evaluation form, etc.
• Building a framework for global health learning: an analysis of global health concentrations in Canadian medical schools. Watterson, Meili, et al. (2015) Academic Medicine
• Global Health Core Competencies in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Canadian National Consensus (2015). Canadian Federation of Medical Students
• Social Medicine Certificate Toolkit. Canadian Federation of Medical Students - provides a framework for students attempting to implement a global health certificate program at their school.
• Global Health Toolkit (2014). International Federation of Medical Students
• Selected Cases in Global Health. Canadian Federation of Medical Students

• Health Care for Undocumented Immigrants (2019). AMA Journal of Ethics
• Evidence-Based Preventative Care Checklist for New Immigrants and Refugees. Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health – eLearning knowledge translation tool designed for primary care practitioners to help integrate the Canadian Immigrant Health Guidelines into practice.
• Culturally Effective Care for Refugee Populations: Interprofessional, Interactive Case Studies. Fitzgerald et al., (2018) MedEdPORTAL
• CanMeds-Based Refugees and Global Health eLearning. Canadian Collaboration for Immigrant and Refugee Health – a resource for medical students, family medicine residents, clinic staff, international medical graduates, and family doctors; available in French and English.
• Caring for Kids New to Canada: A Guide for Health Professionals Working with Immigrant and Refugee Children and Youth. Canadian Paediatric Society

• Health Care Ethics and Professionalism in the Era of Climate Change. (2017). AMA Journal of Ethics.
• Climate Change Toolkit for Health Professionals. (2018). Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment.
• Climate Change and Health: A Global Call to Action (2018) American College of Physicians – powerpoint presentation that can be used for grand rounds.
• Climate and Health Training Manual (2016) International Federation of Medical Students
• Training Manual on Climate and Health: Enabling Students and Young Professionals to Understand and Act Upon Climate Change Using a Health Narrative (2016). IFMSA
• Advocacy Tools (2019). US Climate and Health Alliance – resources supporting health professionals to take action on climate change.
• A Physicians Guide to Climate Change, Health and Equity (2018). Center for Climate Change and Health

• Mental Health: Screening Tools and Rating Scales (2018). Canadian Paediatric Society – tools to help health care providers recognize and diagnose mental health problems.
• Child & Youth Mental Health Toolkits. Collaborative Mental Health Care - practical, user-friendly resource for screening, assessment and treatment of child and youth mental health problems commonly presenting in primary care.
• Opioid Manager (2017). CEP – a clinical tool designed to support primary care providers manage opioid prescriptions for patients across Canada who experience chronic non-cancer pain.
• Stigma and Mental Illness (2012). MK Health Center and MHCC – innovative video designed to help combat stigma attached to mental illness used to educate health care providers who work with children and youth.

• Promoting Literacy: A Guide for Physicians (2019). Canadian Paediatric Society
• Early Brain and Biological Development and Early Learning (EBBDEL). Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada - educational and Practice Resources including videos, podcasts and interactive tools in six major categories (concepts and language, adverse childhood experiences, resilience, epigenetics, literacy, tools for practice).
• What You Should Know about ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) (2018). Collaborative Toolbox
• Rourke Baby Record (2017). Canadian Paediatric Society – an evidence-based health supervision guide for physicians and health care providers caring for children in the first 5 years of life.
• Greig Health Record (2016). Canadian Paediatric Society – promotion guide for physicians and clinicians caring for children and adolescents aged 6 to 17
• Using the ACE Questionnaire in Practice (2014). Alberta Family Wellness Initiative

• Resources on Gender-Based Violence and the COVID-19 Pandemic