National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Panel: “Action & Accountability”

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Panel: “Action & Accountability”

What action & accountability looks like for our institutions dedicated to honouring specific TRC calls-to-action in healthcare & education.

By The Centre For Wise Practices in Indigenous Health

Date and time

Fri, Sep 30, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EDT

Location

Women's College Hospital

76 Grenville Street Toronto, ON M5S 1B2 Canada

About this event

To honour the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Centre for Wise Practices will be hosting a panel in WCH’s auditorium with Strategic Lead in Indigenous Health, Dr. Lisa Richardson and and our CEO Heather McPherson joined by special guests. The panel will include traditional opening, drumming and song from WCH’s Elder in Residence Kawennanoron Cindy White, as well as remarks by executive leadership from Women’s College Hospital and our Foundation. Panelists will be guided in a moderated discussion on what action and accountability has looked like for our institutions and partnering communities dedicated to honouring the specific TRC calls-to-action for healthcare and education and the MMIWG’s health and wellness calls for justice for service providers.

Traditional Opening & Thanksgiving: WCH’s Elder in Residence Kawennanoron Cindy White

Opening Remarks: Jennifer Bernard CFRE, WCHF President & CEO

PANELISTS:

Andrew S. Baback Boozary MD MPP SM CCFP, Executive Director, Social Medicine and Population Health, UHN

Heather McPherson MSc, O.T. Reg. (Ont), CHE, WCH President & CEO

Lisa Richardson MD MA FRCP, Strategic Lead in Indigenous Health, Women’s College Hospital Staff Physician, General Internal Medicine, University Health Network Associate Dean, Inclusion and Diversity, Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Suzanne Stewart PhD, C.Psych, Associate Professor, Division of Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Director, Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health

MODERATOR:

Lindsey Fechtig MEd, Manager, Office of Indigenous Health, Temerty Faculty of Medicine | University of Toronto

REVIEW & CLOSING REMARKS:

WCH’s Elder in Residence Kawennanoron Cindy White

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