Antiblack Racism: Gaining Insight Into the Experiences of Black Nurses in Canada's Health Care System (Poster 31)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Five
  In Poster Session: Critical Examination of Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender in Education SIG Poster Session

Abstract

Racism is a public health problem. Anti-Black racism (ABR) impacts Black Canadians by having stagnating influences on racial injustice, contributing to illnesses and psychological trauma. Black nurses grapple with the health outcomes of ABR on their patients and their own experiences of ABR in workspaces and beyond. Research on the experiences of Black nurses with ABR is mainly conducted in the United States and the United Kingdom, exposing a paucity of Canadian research that leaves policymakers with a sparse understanding of how ABR is experienced by Black nurses, who are predominantly women. Conducting a qualitative exploratory study into the experiences of Black nurses with ABR, using critical race theory and Black feminist thought will inform nursing organizations on policy development.

Authors

• Nadia M. Prendergast, Toronto Metropolitan University
  Presenting Author

• Demarah Downie, Toronto Metropolitan University
  Presenting Author

• Nicole Baker, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University)
  Presenting Author