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Viruses don’t discriminate. People do. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rapid rise in racism and xenophobia against Chinese and other Asians around the world. In Canada and the US, we have witnessed increasing incidents of anti-Asian discrimination in many forms, ranging from verbal attacks to boycotting Asian businesses to physical violence and public displays of racist comments from government leaders. Racism, stigma and discrimination hurt everyone. We need to confront and challenge racism, stigma and discrimination. The following is a list of resources and current news on how we address such challenges.
‘Labelling’ is a powerful process used to segregate and stigmatize people. Throughout history, infectious diseases have been used as labels to justify discrimination against specific groups in society (e.g., leprosy as a disease of the …
Larissa McKnight commutes to work on the TTC in Toronto on June 8. CHRISTOPHER KATSAROV/THE GLOBE AND MAIL Larissa McKnight wasn’t prepared for the horde as she walked toward work at Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square, still wearing her mask just after …
Dr. Jenny Wang created the Instagram account @asiansformentalhealth in fall 2019. As the pandemic—and anti-Asian hate—spread, it became a haven for Asian Americans seeking mental-health resources. Image from McKinsey & Company In this …
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As COVID-19 began its spread around the world after emerging in China, people of Asian descent started to experience one of the pandemic’s uglier consequences—a surge in discrimination that involved both …- THREE THEORIES EXIST ON WHAT HAPPENS TO SOCIAL TRUST DURING TIMES OF SOCIAL STRESS You wouldn’t think it to watch scenes of honking truck drivers or sign-carrying anti-vaccine protesters, but new survey data suggests Canadians have more trust in …
- The impact of COVID-19 has been disproportionately felt by populations experiencing structural racial- and ethnicity-based discrimination. Here, we describe opportunities for COVID-19 response and recovery efforts to help build more equal and …
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the fissures in our society, but as history has shown, crises can lead to unprecedented collaboration. In New York City, collaboration among public health and health care organizations resulted in …
A special Asian Heritage Month event: Post-Pandemic Chinese Canadians Forum was held on May 31st. It was an interactive forum for us to share our communities’ wise practices and resilient strategies during the pandemic, and to build …
U.S. researchers say faulty readings by a pulse oximeter led to many patients who identified as Black or Hispanic not having timely recognition of how sick they really were. Image from Toronto Star An oxygen monitor considered crucial to determining …
On Tuesday May 31st, 2022 (3 – 6 p.m.) a special Asian Heritage Month event: Post-Pandemic Chinese Canadians Forum will be held online. It is an interactive forum for us to share our communities’ wise practices and …
Abstract Background Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries, including Canada, have adopted unprecedented physical distancing measures such as closure of schools and non-essential businesses, and restrictions on gatherings and …
