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Honoured to share my keynote for today's Transcultural Psychiatry Day across Canada on the topic of systemic racism in Psychiatry. Here is a thread of key points: We don't fully

"We all fail" says @LaraVarpio leading off a mini plenary at #icre2020 on finding growth and opportunity in the face of failure. Inability to perform. Fracture under stress. Lack of

The ways in which we treat people suffering with mental illness and addiction is a perfect example. I have researched stigma in acute healthcare organizations for years. Despite some positive

Dear neighbour: I don’t know if it was you who hung the noose in the woods outside our home. Maybe it was someone from outside the neighbourhood. What I want

It is fantastic to see how much awareness #BHM generates every year. Yet, the ever-present issue of racial justice should not be relegated to 'then' when #BIPOC continue to

Pro tip: Treating BIPOC as a homogenous group that are supposed to hold a certain position or tow a certain line without a difference of opinion is dehumanizing and harmful.

A1: There are some models that are getting close but we haven’t yet moved the needle enough. Most of #meded has focused on diversity and inclusion but has yet to

I just finished watching #WhenTheySeeUs on @netflix and can’t stop thinking about it. I can’t stop thinking about every sweet black and brown boy (including my own son) who must

Reminder: Judgment and blame don’t stop the spread of the virus. We all need to make sacrifices. We all need to make difficult choices. The road ahead will not be

The publishing of OHIP physician billing by Ontario doctors in @torontostar has been on my mind. I have a lot of thoughts to share about this topic and mixed feelings