By Ali Nychuk, 1st year MDP student
Hi I’m Ali. I am a currently finishing my first-year as a student in the MDP
program, my field placement is with the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat
of Manitoba (FNHSSM). Prior to COVID-19 I was planning to fulfill my field placement
in New Zealand, however, due to the novel virus I continued my work with
FNHSSM. My position with the organization is as a research Assistant on a
Canadian Institute of Health Research funded project in collaboration with the
University of Manitoba and University of Toronto working on an
Indigenous-Specific Anti-Racism program for Physicians and Health Care
providers. The training is an eight-week course with a 16-hour time
commitment. The distinctiveness of this
training comes from its embodied two eyed seeing approach that uses the
biomedical model of learning of “see one, do one, teach one” and self-reflexivity.
I
personally find this work as heart-work as a white in passing Indigenous person
I feel like it is my personal responsibility to aid in combating racism in
healthcare. I also feel like my work on this project pays homage to so many of
my family members, friends, and relatives that have experienced racism when
trying to access healthcare. I have been interested in this work ever since attending
a lecture put on by the Brian Sinclair Working Group. Strangely now one of the
speakers is my boss, it’s really a full circle moment.
TTYL,
Ali
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