Publications – Addressing systemic racism
What We Heard Report: Dialogue on Anti-Black Racism and Black Health in the Health Research Funding System
This report reflects discussions from the Dialogue on Anti-Black Racism and Black Health in the Health Research Funding System with members of Canada’s Black health research community, in March 2024. The purpose of the dialogue was to discuss the structural barriers within and beyond CIHR’s health research funding system that negatively impact Black researchers, including anti-Black racism.
Summary Report: Virtual Engagement Sessions to Discuss CIHR's Anti-Racism Action Plan
CIHR's Strategic Plan 2021-31 commits to co-developing an action plan to address systemic racism in the CIHR funding system. From March to May 2022, CIHR hosted a series of eight small group virtual engagement sessions to discuss our approach for an anti-racism action plan. The goals of the sessions were to discuss participant-identified barriers that CIHR's anti-racism action plan could work towards addressing and to prioritize the actions CIHR should take to address these barriers.
Online Dialogue on Systemic Racism and Canada's Health Research Funding System: What we heard
CIHR hosted an online dialogue on systemic racism in the health research funding enterprise from February 4 to April 9, 2021. This summary includes observations based on a thematic analysis of participant comments.
Findings from CIHR Environmental Scan on Systemic Racism in Health Research and Funding Systems (2021-22)
From November 2020 to February 2022, CIHR conducted an environmental scan to identify key issues, challenges, and barriers resulting from systemic racism in the health research funding system.
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