Investigation into racism against Indigenous peoples in health-care launches survey for health-care workers

VICTORIA—Health-care workers from across the province are being asked to share their experiences with racism and discrimination in the health-care system as part of a new survey launched by Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond.

The survey is part of, Addressing Racism: An Independent Investigation into Indigenous-specific Racism in B.C. Health Care, that Turpel is at the forefront of.

The survey looks to hear from physicians, paramedics and health-sciences professionals, to clerks, cleaning staff and food-services employees, on their experiences of discriminatory behaviours or actions on patients and their family members, as well as whether, and how, health-care workers are affected by these matters personally and in the workplace.

“To get a full picture of the impact of racism in the health-care system, it is very important to specifically seek the views of health-care workers.”—Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond