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Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain, author of Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism against Indigenous Children in Canada, will join health experts for panel discussion, Disparities in Care, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. The event is part of the one-day virtual conference, Conquering the Hurt - Pain Care For All: Risk and Resilience. Hosted by The Pain Centre at the Hospital for Sick Children and Pain in Child Health.
Dr. Katie Birnie (moderator), Assistant Scientific Director, SKIP, & Assistant Professor, UCalgary
Lanre Tunji-Ajayi, President & CEO, Sickle Cell Awareness Group of Ontario
Dr. Samir Shaheen Hussain, Pediatric Emergency Physician, & Assistant Professor, McGill University
Dr. Frank Gavin, Citizen Engagement Director, CHILDBRIGHT
Dr. Lisa Isaac, Anesthesiologist, SickKids, & Assistant Professor, UofT
Fighting for a Hand to Hold exposes the medical establishment's role in the displacement, colonization, and genocide of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Through meticulously gathered government documentation, historical scholarship, media reports, public inquiries, and personal testimonies, Shaheen-Hussain connects the draconian medevac practice with often-disregarded crimes and medical violence inflicted specifically on Indigenous children. This devastating history and ongoing medical colonialism prevent Indigenous communities from attaining internationally recognized measures of health and social well-being because of the pervasive, systemic anti-Indigenous racism that persists in the Canadian public health care system - and in settler society at large.
Samir Shaheen-Hussain is assistant professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University and works as a pediatric emergency physician in Montreal (Tio'tia:ke).