Research Guides: NorQuest College Black History Month: Background Information

On this page, you will access information that will help you learn about Black Canadians as a group, and specific issues including health and wellness of Black Canadians and Black entrepreneurship.

According to the 2016 Canadian Census, people of African and Caribbean heritage make up 5.4% of the total population. Knowing the history of Black Canadians and their contributions is a necessary part of understanding Canadian history.

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Health and Wellness

Anti Black Racism - Black Physician's Association of Ontario
Backgrounder: Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians Fund
Black Health - Alliance for Healthier Communities (Ontario)
Black Health Alliance
"The Black Health Alliance is a community-led registered charity working to improve the health and well-being of Black communities in Canada."
Black women's health matters - Caitlin Dunne, British Columbian Medical Journal
NOTE: You must be a current NorQuest student, staff, or faculty to access this item.
Health Association of African Canadians
"The Health Association of African Canadians (HAAC) was formed in 2000 to address African Canadian health issues and the system inequities affecting health."
The impact of inequality on health in Canada: a multi-dimensional framework - Ingrid Waldon, PhD., Diversity and Equality in Health and Care
March 1: Black Mental Health Day - Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Mental Health Resources for Black Canadians - Unison Benevolent Fund (blog)
Navigating systemic racism in Canadian healthcare - Healthy Debate (blog)
Ribbon Rouge Foundation
"The Ribbon Rouge Foundation serves African, Caribbean and Black people in Alberta, by facilitating systems change, in structural and social factors that lead to poorer health outcomes, including HIV related health outcomes in African, Caribbean, Black communities."
Social determinants and inequities in health for Black Canadians: A Snapshot - Government of Canada
We need culturally appropriate health care for Black Canadians - CBC News
Why isn't Canada's healthcare as diverse as its patients? - Healthing (blog)

Black Experiences in Health Care Symposium Report - Human Rights & Health Equity, Sinai Health System (Toronto, Ontario)
"The Symposium aimed to identify and raise awareness of issues and concerns with a Toronto focus relating to health inequities faced by Black Ontarians. The goals of the Symposium were to begin to address these inequities and to strategize how to recommend solutions that will improve access and care for Black Ontarians in the health care system."
Let's Talk Racism and Health Equity
From the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health, St. Francis Xavier University, New Brunswick.
Mental Health and Ottawa's Black Community
A 2020 research study from Ottawa Public Health.

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