Successful Leaders
Demonstrate System / Critical Thinking
•E.g., gender-based analysis+:
•be cognisant of how gender is the most fundamental source of differentiation we make of people;
•be critical – challenge assumptions and ideas of gender neutrality;
•be systematic – by applying this lens consistently and thoroughly and be transparent
Encourage and Support Innovation
Orient Themselves Strategically to the Future
Champion and Orchestrate Change
EDI-Informed System Transformation
Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, University of Ottawa & Canadian Health Workforce Network
Successful leaders think systemically to help achieve System Transformation, the final S in the LEADS Framework. System transformation is not only focused on the health system, but also on systems that perpetuate inequity, lack of diversity, and exclusion within the health system, be that sexism, racism, ableism, classism, ageism or settler colonialism. This can be daunting for health leaders but it builds on the previous elements of the LEADS Framework. By leading from where they are presently situated, successful leaders can champion and orchestrate systemic change. The first capability, systems thinking, can be augmented through tools such as Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+), where the plus refers to other EDI dimensions of visible minority and Indigenous status, and disability, among others. A GBA+ perspective encourages leaders to be cognisant of the forms of differentiation, to challenge commonly held assumptions (i.e., unconscious bias) and to systematically apply this lens consistently and transparently across all leadership activities. The federal Department for Women and Gender Equality (WAGE), formerly Status of Women Canada, hosts a number of GBA+ tools as a starting point. EDI-informed systems transformation requires leaders to move beyond their own leadership journey and develop capabilities to strategically assess which key societal structures pose the strongest barriers to EDI and to strategically orient themselves to support innovation and champion change.
Inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility: From organizational responsibility to leadership competency
This paper discusses anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism and barriers within the health sciences and proposes the LEADS framework to boost leadership of the racialized groups.
Accomplices Not Allies - Abolishing The Ally Industrial Complex
This video focuses on allyship and the problems it entails. It emphasizes on activists who benefit from the "ally industrial complex" and provides a guide for idetifying points of interventions that can be used against the said system.
Race, Health & Happiness
Navigating professional life as a "racialized" person can be exhausting. Join Dr. O, a Public Health Physician Specialist in Toronto, as she interviews guests who are overcoming the obstacles of overt and institutionalized racism to achieve their professional goals while creating healthy and fulfilling lives. If you'd like to learn about thriving in the face of adversity while staying well, this is the podcast for you.
Being Black in Canada
A collection of resources and News stories by and for Black Canadians
Jacqui Dyer and Natalie Creary on race, mental health and BlackThrive
Jacqui Dyer and Nathalie Creary are two Black women working to dismantle systems of oppression in relation to mental health for Black folks in the United Kingdom. In this podcast, Jacqui Dyer says their work is founded on: “Having adult conversations with those who have a growth mindset, not a fixed mindset (after 11:45).” This is the difficultyet necessary work that is required within an anti-racism framework.
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
The National Inquiry’s Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada’s staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people. The two volume report calls for transformative legal and social changes to resolve the crisis that has devastated Indigenous communities across the country.
White Fragility: Why its so hard for white people to talk about race
Dr. Robin DiAngelo participates in a panel discussion at the University of Manitoba. The panellists explore the violence of ongoing settler colonialism and whiteness in relation to health and well being in Canada. Dr. Anderson speaks of the myth of “colour blindness” in Canada because of Universal Health Care in Canada we treat everyone the same despite evidence of great disparities in health between white settlers and Indigenous peoples and people of colour
For Women of Color in Medicine, the Challenges Extend Beyond Education $
The complexities of applying to medical school, a lack of mentorship, and struggles to navigate the system are just a few of the roadblocks for Women of Collour in medicine.
Uché Blackstock Twitter Profile
Uché Blackstock is an American emergency physician and former associate professor of emergency medicine at the New York University School of Medicine. She is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, which has a primary mission to engage with healthcare and related organizations around bias and racism in healthcare
Increasing Pathways to Leadership for Black, Indigenous, and other Racially Minoritized Women
This paper focuses on pathways that can help Black, Indigenous, and other racially minoritized women to fulfill leadership positions in post-secondary institutions.
Culture of leadership we need to be cultivating
Leadership means caring in Ojibwe and Cree culture.
Equitable, diverse and inclusive environments in organizations
This podcast episode discuss of the creation of equitable, diverse and inclusive environments within organizations
