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Mind the Disruption is a show about people who refuse to accept things as they are. It's about people pushing for better health for all. It's about people like us who have a deep desire to build a healthier, more just world. Season 1 out now! Brought to you by the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health Hosted by Bernice Yanful Created and produced by Rebecca Cheff, Carolina Jimenez, and Bernice Yanful Coordination of communications, webpage development and dissemination by ...
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Many public health practitioners provide a range of supports focused on sexual and reproductive health. Listen to this episode to hear about how Dr. Saraswathi Vedam and her team at the Birth Place Lab are disrupting the status quo for reproductive health research in Canada by intentionally centring the voices and priorities of communities that are…
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Check out this episode to learn from Chloé Cébron and Shezeen Suleman who are part of a growing movement mobilizing for the right to health care for all people living in Canada, regardless of immigration status. In this episode, Chloé, the director of policy and advocacy at Médecins du Monde, shares lessons from a successful advocacy campaign to ex…
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Disrupting for Racial & Climate Justice
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As Director of the Community Climate Resilience Lab, Dr. Imara Rolston recognizes that the climate crisis is a health emergency that will disproportionally impact racialized communities. Listen to this episode to hear how Imara and his team are bringing together non-profit leaders, grassroots leaders, academics, and policy makers and creating a Tor…
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Disrupting for Disability Without Poverty
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Transcript (PDF or download Word document) As the National Director of Disability Without Poverty, Rabia Khedr is building a vibrant intersectional movement led by people with disabilities to end disability poverty through a new federal Canada Disability Benefit. Listen to this episode to learn from Rabia about why this benefit is so necessary and …
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Disrupting for African Nova Scotian Food Sovereignty
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Wendie Wilson is a mother, educator, artist, writer, community advocate and a member of the African Nova Scotian and Black Food Sovereignty working group for the Halifax region’s JustFOOD Action Plan, alongside registered dietitian Nickaya Parris. In this episode, Wendie and Nickaya provide a window into the transformative work happening to advance…
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As founder and Executive Director of the Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequities and Community Health (ENRICH) Project, Dr. Ingrid Waldron works alongside African Nova Scotian and Mi’kmaw communities to disrupt environmental racism as a necessary part of the environmental justice movement. In this episode, Ingrid positions environmental racism…
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Welcome back! In the second season of Mind the Disruption, we explore social movements for social justice: groups of people working together to build collective power for change. In each episode, you’ll hear from someone – a disruptor - who works with others to challenge the status quo because they have a deep shared conviction that a healthier, mo…
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Bonus Episode: Tackling weight discrimination in nutrition and public health
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Registered dietitian Lillian Yin joins us to talk about why weight discrimination is so harmful. She shares her vision for a nourishing future of public health and nutrition, as well as practical ways to challenge weight bias and discrimination in our daily lives and areas of work. Season 1 of Mind the Disruption was a success! We’ve decided to rel…
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Bonus episode: Building health equity-focused public health organizations
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Season 1 of Mind the Disruption was a success! We’ve decided to release bonus content from three episodes. This standalone episode features more from former Chief Nursing Officer Heather Lokko who was a reflective guest on Episode 3 Disrupting the Status Quo in Public Health. Listen to this episode to learn about implementing health equity and anti…
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Bonus episode: Taking intersectoral action to drive decent work
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Season 1 of Mind the Disruption was a success! We’ve decided to release bonus content from three episodes. This standalone episode features more from Medical Officer of Health Dr. Monika Dutt who was a reflective guest on Episode 1 Disrupting Gig Work. Listen to this bonus episode to learn about how public health can collaborate with worker-led org…
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Disrupting Colonialism for Two-Spirit Health
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Harlan Pruden is Nehiyô/First Nations Cree, Two-Spirit, and a dedicated disruptor of settler colonialism, homophobia, and transphobia with the goal of creating better tomorrows with and for Two-Spirit communities. Listen to this episode to hear how Harlan found his purpose of creating affirming spaces for Two-Spirit people, and to explore how we as…
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Disrupting Food Insecurity & Fat Phobia
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Paul Taylor, the former head of FoodShare and a life-long anti-poverty activist, dismantles the barriers – include fat phobia and weight bias – that constrain people’s access to food on their own terms. Listen to this episode to hear Paul’s story, learn about FoodShare’s commitment to food justice, body liberation and fat acceptance, and reflect on…
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Sarom Rho is a migrant and a community organizer who unites with other migrant workers to mobilize for full and permanent immigration status for all in Canada. Listen to this episode to learn from Sarom about the ways in which immigration status, employment and health are linked, and to consider why a global approach to local public health practice…
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Disrupting the Status Quo in Public Health
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Samiya Abdi has trained thousands of public health practitioners to recognize the power that each of us has to do something different in the face of health inequities and injustice. Listen to this episode to learn from both Samiya and Heather Lokko – two seasoned public health professionals working at the provincial and local levels – about how to …
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Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh has been raising tough conversations about Whiteness, White Supremacy and racism for over ten years in a public health field that often insisted it wasn't ready. Listen to this episode to hear Sume’s story and then reflect on disrupting Whiteness in public health and the nursing field with public health nurses Mandy Walker and Hann…
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Jennifer Scott delivers food on her bike in Toronto and organizes with other gig workers to fight against the challenging – and often unsafe and harmful – employer practice of misclassifying workers. Listen to this episode to hear Jennifer’s story and reflect on why healthy working conditions are essential for public health with Medical Officer of …
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Welcome to Mind the Disruption. This is a show about people who refuse to accept things as they are. It's about people pushing for better health for all. It's about people like us who have a deep desire to build a healthier, more just world. Episodes coming in Fall 2022. Subscribe so you don't miss an episode. Mind the Disruption is a podcast by th…
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