Read below for information on OMSAs official statement on the student led campus protests surrounding the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Link: omsa.ca/en/hub/stateme…

This is the best news everrrrrr!!! A huge congrats to an amazingly dedicated physician, principled activist and loving mom! Samantha Green is exactly the type of person we need in politics!

This cover, by the legendary Kent Monkman, says so much. All of my book covers hold meaning. This one, is a perfect companion to the inside pages. The Knowing is a book about the matriarchal line of my family, a book about finding our lost relations. If every First Nations, Métis

Be teachable. Be curious. A lot of us that have been in the fight for liberation for awhile are trying to show you how these struggles are connected. How anti-Blackness and police brutality show up in the protest space. How land defenders feel on our own traditional territory. 1/

Thank you to ⁦TIME⁩ for this amazing honour! I’m so proud and humbled to be included in this incredible group. And huge thank you to ⁦the talented Julian Brave NoiseCat⁩ for your lovely words. 🧡 #TIME100 time.com/6964628/connie…

Now, medical students will HAVE to learn about anti-Black racism & Black health! MedCouncilCan just released Black Health learning objectives! Proud to have co-led this with DrDryden & Dr. Barb Black Health Education Collaborative ! Temerty Medicine U of T Public Health 🤓

This is huge. After so many investigations and inquests, after we have cried out for change in the City of Thunder Bay and who runs it, after Senator Murray Sinclair’s thorough report and then another one, the Ontario Prov Police act. 👇🏽

When I teach professionals, I sometimes put them in groups to discuss and take notes. I specifically name that women are overwhelmingly called upon to serve as recorders, so I ask that every group assign a man to do this. The reactions are *wild*. Regularly, one man makes a 1/x

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Let's pause & reflect a minute about what this shocking picture of Greta Thunberg 's arrest tells us about the current state of #climate politics.

A short 🧵on some key lessons we can take from this image

Many residents have reached out to me with serious concerns, which I share, about police conduct at the peaceful Land Day march in Toronto on March 30.

My council colleagues and I reaffirm our commitment to upholding the rights and freedoms of all Torontonians.

A Canadian with dual U.S. citizenship was among seven international aid workers killed in a strike while delivering food in central Gaza Monday for the charity group World Central Kitchen, the organization said. cbc.ca/news/world/gaz… .

HUGE NEWS

LifeLabs Ontario officially removes race-correction from calculations for kidney function

I cannot stress how essential this step is in eliminating #racism in medicine

Thank you for everyone who has worked on this!!

Now that all provinces say they'll stop jailing people for immigration matters, will Ottawa move forward with a ban? thestar.com/news/canada/no… via @torontostar

Today is the International Day to End Racial Discrimination. To address racial injustice Ontario must extend public health coverage to all regardless of their immigration status. Jose is an undocumented construction worker. This is his story. Share it widely #Healthcare4All

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Afro-Indigenous Brazilian photographer Rafael Pavarotti did a story for British Vogue March 2024 with Anok Yai & Zaya Guarani paying homage to Brazil’s African & Indigenous spirituality

Every image has a backstory.

This thread will address a couple of them 🇧🇷🧵

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Some good news! AAD’s advisory board voted to reject a proposal that would “sunset” all DEI programs in dermatology, where <3% of all MDs are Black.

TY to the Black derms & their allies for their advocacy!

TY, CiCi Adams🌸, for this coverage!

Link: nbcnews.com/news/us-news/a…

It’s hard to comprehend the deaths of 12,800 children. We put up figures of children on our studio walls - one for each child killed in Gaza during the war.

They’re dying from airstrikes and now malnutrition and dehydration.

These are some of their stories.