How Indigenous-Specific Racism Is Coached into Health Systems
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In chapter 4, Barry Lavallee and Laurie Harding closely examine the process of Indigenous-Specific Racism Coaching —that is, the transmission of Indigenous-specific racism in the health system— and the entrenched resistance to intervention against it. The chapter explores how Indigenous-specific racism is coached into health service practice through several processes, including: in post-secondary curriculum and literature; in medical residency, practical licensing and training; and through daily practice.
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Contributors
Barry Lavalle
Dr. Barry Lavallee is ceo of Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin Inc. (from Cree to English this means Northern Peoples Wellness), which supports the transformation of clinical and wellness services with and for First Nations in Manitoba’s north. He has over thirty years of hardearned leadership skills as an Indigenous physician and an educatorwith extensive knowledge of the insidious and pervasive role racism continues to play in health care provision and for the people in accessing health care.
Laurie Harding
Dr. Laurie Harding is an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria, anti-Indigenous racism consultant and coach. Harding identifies as a white settler and has been living on unceded Cowichan Territory in what is also known as Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada, for seventeen years. Harding has a background in Indigenous social work practice and Indigenous cultural safety facilitation. Dr. Lavallee served as content specialist on her thesis committee, and she describes their conversations on this topic as transformative in meeting on the razor edge of truth.
