Suliana Beraki, who is completing a minor in Gender & Women’s Studies (GWST), recently published a blog post in The Trauma & Mental Health Report. Her piece examines the barriers faced by Black and Indigenous people of colour (BIPOC) within Canada’s health care system. The article also features insights from Assistant Professor Bianca Beauchemin.
Beraki discusses how BIPOC communities are often over-policed, made invisible and given less support from public services. Many individuals in these communities don’t trust the healthcare system due to a long history of unethical and unfair treatment. They also face systemic racism and longer wait times for care, which leads to chronic stress, trauma and poor health.
Read the full blog post in The Trauma & Mental Health Report.