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DESCRIPTION:In recognition of Black History Month\, the Office of Social Ac
 countability and Community Engagement (SACE)\, Faculty of Medicine & Healt
 h Sciences\, ɬÀï·¬\, in collaboration with the Black Community
  Resource Centre of Montreal (BCRC) is pleased to share this learning oppo
 rtunity with you:\n\nWebinar: Experiences of Black Persons in the Health s
 ector in Canada and Quebec: A Historical Perspective\n\nPresented by Dorot
 hy Williams\, PhD\, an expert in Canada’s Black History\, this webinar inc
 ludes a Q&A session and will address the following topics:\n\n\n	The poor h
 ealth outcomes of the Black community from the perspective of history\;\n	N
 egrophobia in the Canadian context\;\n	The challenges faced by Canadian Bla
 ck clinicians\;\n	Canada’s Black domestic scheme and its impact on Black Wo
 men.\n\n\nDate: Wednesday\, February 22\, 2023\n	Time: 12pm to 2pm\n	\n	REGIS
 TRATION\n\n \n\nAbout Dorothy Williams\n\nProf. Williams is the author of 
 Blacks in Montreal\, 1628-1986: An Urban Demography\, and The Road To Now:
  A History of Blacks in Montreal\, and Les Noirs à Montreal\, 1628-1986. H
 er scholarship has been ground-breaking. She has a wealth of detailed know
 ledge about Canada's Black history which has been shared in interviews and
  consultations on several Canadian films\, research studies and other init
 iatives. Thus\, she has developed the ABC's of Canadian Black History Kit 
 for teaching Black history in Canada’s schools. She is a vaunted educator\
 , teaching the only course on Black Montreal at Concordia University. Her 
 research interests include Black health\, gender\, immigration\, school re
 tention\, anti-racism initiatives and community affairs.\n\nProf. Williams
  has been honoured with numerous awards including the Mathieu da Costa Awa
 rd\, the John G. Dennison Award\, and the Quebec Laureate. All these honou
 rs culminated in 2022 when she was featured as the inaugural exhibition in
  the Afro-Musée\, the first Black museum in Quebec.\n
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SUMMARY:Black History Month webinar: Experiences of Black Persons in the He
 alth sector in Canada and Quebec: A Historical Perspective
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