Social determinants such as place of birth, where you live, employment, and education play a crucial role in health outcomes. For Black women and girls in Canada, systematic challenges, lack of research, and anti-Black racism compound health disparities including risks for various diseases, poorer perinatal outcomes and inequities in healthcare access and quality.

What are the best practices for how Canada’s health systems can improve the quality of Black women’s health?   What lessons can other marginalized communities learn from this survey?   What can sector leaders—particularly those in health and education, which employ many Black women—learn from this event to build healthier and more productive workforces?

On November 4th, The Empire Club of Canada, in partnership with the Black Women’s Institute for Health, will present: Whose Health Counts? Improving Health Outcomes for Black Women and Girls in Canada featuring expert panel:

• Dr. Cindy Maxwell 
  Vice President, Medical Affairs & System Transformation; Lead Medical Executive, Women’s College Hospital

• Dr. Modupe Tunde-Byass 
  Inaugural President, Black Physicians of Canada (BPC); Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (UK and Canada); Staff Obstetrician-Gynecologist, North York General Hospital

• Dr. Bukola Salami 
  Full Professor, Department of Community Health Services, University of Calgary; Registered Nurse; Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Black and Racialized People’s Health

• Moderated by Nam Kiwanuka, host and producer of TVO’s (MIS)Treated

This event will launch a first-of-its kind report of Black Women in Canada entitled Voices Unheard presented by Kearie Daniel, Executive Director of the Black Women’s Institute for Health.