I could lose myself for days in here!

A response to the Find Your Fit Activity
created by Julie White (@JulieSLC)

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I approached the topic of looking at the concept of inequity in health care – to find appropriate materials, I explored several OER repositories, including Criticalcommons.com, The Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons and the resources available through the Library at St. Lawrence College.

Admittedly, I this search took me down a rabbit hole. Like a kid in a candy store, I wandered from my strict search terms to find resources for many other projects. I’ve added so many bookmarks to go back and explore! This was a really helpful exercise.

So, for my introductory look at health inquity, I’d like to start with a clip from the TV show Superstore which I found on Critical Commons. This provides a realistic look at challenges related to access in health care.

The next link is inspirational – designed to show our international students – to show how barriers can be overcome around the world. This features the voice and story of a successful, African female physician who is addressing equity issues with health quality.

Then we turn our gaze to Canada and our current day situation – bringing the real challenge of equity and COVID-19 to the forefront with a radio program from The Current on the impact of COVID on communities of colour in Canada.

Finally, we can turn to an open source e-text on Canadian Medicare available from the SLC library, where we can take a deeper dive into how our current system of care contributes to equity challenges.

Links:

Criticalcommons.org – Media – Superstore clip – health inequity

Agnes Binagwaho: How women are revolutionizing Rwanda | TED Talk

The Current – COVID-19’s disproportionate impact on communities of colour in Canada : The Current : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Focus – e-book  in SLC library ; Canadian Medicare: We Need it and We Can Keep It

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