Module 9 - Cultural Safety, Equity, and Diversity

Question 1

Explain the coin model by Nixon

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Question 2

Give an example of the coin model by Nixon

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Question 3

Inattentional Blindness

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When an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, purely as a result of a lack of attention rather than any vision defects or deficits

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Intersectionality

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Understanding how individuals various social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege

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allyship

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Question 6

diversity

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Question 7

Health inequities

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Question 8

Root causes of health inequities

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Question 9

Describe the analytic approach for the HIR Initiative

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Question 10

Ways to address diversity and health inequities (6)

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1. Adopt a human rights approach to address social
   determinants of health and health equity
2. Intervene across life course, and ensure
   “culturally safe health and social services”
3. Balance addressing proximal and distal
   determinants of health
4. Address material conditions and sociocultural
   processes of power, privilege and exclusion
5. need to adopt broad understanding of diversity
6. essential to be critically reflexive regarding personal and profession
   positionality

Question 11

Examples of questions to guide critical reflexivity

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Question 12

3 critical points about diversity, power, and health inequity

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Question 13

Cultural Humility

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An ongoing process of self-exploration and self-critique combined with a willingness to learn from others (honoring others beliefs, values and customs of another person and starting a relationship)

Question 14

The Ontario human rights code protects

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Question 14

What are the 6 grounds related to the human rights code of Ontario

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Question 14

Can discrimination be affected by code grounds that intersect with race

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Yes

Question 15

Racialization

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Question 16

Stereotyping

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Question 17

What are the 3 levels of racism

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Question 18

Racial Discrimination

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Question 19

Difference between racism and racial discrimination

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Racism is a social context built upon an entire race (more general) vs racial discrimination is based on the individual person (more specific)

Question 20

Adverse Impact

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Decision, policy or practice negatively affects a protected group even if unintentional

Question 21

Poisoned Work Environment

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Workplace harassment/discrimination creates a hostile, negative, intolerable workplace

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Racial Harassment

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Being bothered or treated unfairly due to race

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Systemic Discrimination

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When systems or institutions discriminate (eg. a company)

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Racial Harrassment

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Verbally or physically abusing individuals of different races

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Stereotyping

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Belief that all people with similar characteristics are the same (eg. indigenous people are all alcoholics)

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Policy Primer

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Develops human rights policy and procedures

Question 27

What are 3 way organizations can combat racism

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Question 28

Anti-Racism Strategies and some examples (4)

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