https://simplecast.com The Healthcare Divide Universal healthcare is supposed to mean that everyone gets equitable access, treatment and care. But do we really? From the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and hosted by Dr. Alika Lafontaine, The Healthcare Divide is a new podcast that exposes uncomfortable truths, troubling realities and innovative efforts to overcome racism in Canada’s healthcare system. Patients, healthcare workers and medical experts weigh in on everything from experiences of harm to grassroots care movements, policy change, and explorations of artificial intelligence to bridge the divide with real stories, data-driven insights, and expert interviews that expose the cracks in the system. The Healthcare Divide is produced by Antica Productions and Makwa Creative. The podcast was made possible by support from Pfizer Canada. 2023 en Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:35:00 +0000 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 20:24:23 +0000 https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com The Healthcare Divide https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/49ac79bd-7d6d-4209-88cc-d7bc0f698bbf/fb086a68-1cbf-4643-b75d-b00354ccfb92/3000x3000/crrf-healthdivide-main3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com episodic Universal healthcare is supposed to mean that everyone gets equitable access, treatment and care. But do we really? From the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and hosted by Dr. Alika Lafontaine, The Healthcare Divide is a new podcast that exposes uncomfortable truths, troubling realities and innovative efforts to overcome racism in Canada’s healthcare system. Patients, healthcare workers and medical experts weigh in on everything from experiences of harm to grassroots care movements, policy change, and explorations of artificial intelligence to bridge the divide with real stories, data-driven insights, and expert interviews that expose the cracks in the system. The Healthcare Divide is produced by Antica Productions and Makwa Creative. The podcast was made possible by support from Pfizer Canada. Canadian Race Relations Foundation, Antica Productions false https://feeds.simplecast.com/DCP4FMX4 alika lafontaine, social justice, poc, healthcare, disease, alika Canadian Race Relations Foundation business@anticaproductions.com cedf8f27-afe8-4ed5-b9b8-a1dfcd27b7a4 Two Worlds of Medicine Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:35:00 +0000 business@anticaproductions.com (Canadian Race Relations Foundation) https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com/episodes/two-worlds-of-medicine-SR0LIrjs Two Worlds of Medicine Canadian Race Relations Foundation 00:39:56 How do you bring together two philosophies of medicine: Indigenous and Western? And is that even the right question to ask? We talk to two doctors who are re-imaging ways for Canada’s healthcare system to work better for Indigenous patients. They talk about their hard won successes and the challenges they faced along the way. Voices in this episode: Dr. Danièle Behn Smith, British Columbia’s Deputy Provincial Health Officer for Indigenous Health Dr. Barry Lavallee, CEO of Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin How do you bring together two philosophies of medicine: Indigenous and Western? And is that even the right question to ask? We talk to two doctors who are re-imaging ways for Canada’s healthcare system to work better for Indigenous patients. They talk about their hard won successes and the challenges they faced along the way. Voices in this episode: Dr. Danièle Behn Smith, British Columbia’s Deputy Provincial Health Officer for Indigenous Health Dr. Barry Lavallee, CEO of Keewatinohk Inniniw Minoayawin manitoba, british columbia, indigenous, healthcare, health, first nations false full 6 2d39ebf4-8909-4760-8966-1892ee4a28de Front and Centre: Filipino Healthcare Workers and COVID Wed, 13 Dec 2023 10:05:00 +0000 business@anticaproductions.com (Canadian Race Relations Foundation) https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com/episodes/front-and-centre-filipino-healthcare-workers-and-covid-Lqw_CDQH Front and Centre: Filipino Healthcare Workers and COVID Canadian Race Relations Foundation 00:36:09 Filipino migrants make up a critical portion of Canada’s healthcare workforce, as nurses and care aides. They also have one of the lowest average employment incomes among groups designated as visible minorities. Conditions such as low wages and precarious migrant status were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine what that crisis revealed about labour in Canada’s healthcare system. Voices in this episode: Dolie Anne Bulalakaw, assisted living worker Valerie Damasco, assistant professor of sociology at Trent University. Ethel Tungohan, associate professor of politics at York University Filipino migrants make up a critical portion of Canada’s healthcare workforce, as nurses and care aides. They also have one of the lowest average employment incomes among groups designated as visible minorities. Conditions such as low wages and precarious migrant status were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine what that crisis revealed about labour in Canada’s healthcare system. Voices in this episode: Dolie Anne Bulalakaw, assisted living worker Valerie Damasco, assistant professor of sociology at Trent University. Ethel Tungohan, associate professor of politics at York University false full 5 e6bf107a-ef9c-406e-8139-c6883ba4dce5 Uninsured: How Universal is Canada’s Healthcare System? Hundreds of thousands of people are living in Canada without health coverage, according to one estimate. So what happens when those people get sick, or hurt, or pregnant? We touch down at Doctors of the World’s Montreal clinic, to get an idea of what it’s like for migrants living in Canada without health insurance.

 

Voices in this episode:

Penelope Boudreault, director of national operations and strategic development, Médecins du Monde Canada

Thatiana Hernandez

Dr. Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay, family doctor

 

 

]]> Wed, 6 Dec 2023 11:05:00 +0000 business@anticaproductions.com (Canadian Race Relations Foundation) https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com/episodes/uninsured-how-universal-is-canadas-healthcare-system-HxcxHd9t Hundreds of thousands of people are living in Canada without health coverage, according to one estimate. So what happens when those people get sick, or hurt, or pregnant? We touch down at Doctors of the World’s Montreal clinic, to get an idea of what it’s like for migrants living in Canada without health insurance.

 

Voices in this episode:

Penelope Boudreault, director of national operations and strategic development, Médecins du Monde Canada

Thatiana Hernandez

Dr. Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay, family doctor

 

 

]]> Uninsured: How Universal is Canada’s Healthcare System? Canadian Race Relations Foundation 00:42:55 false full 4 e6243293-a6ad-439e-93e1-1fbc15fa04c9 The Inuit Battle Against TB Wed, 29 Nov 2023 10:05:00 +0000 business@anticaproductions.com (Canadian Race Relations Foundation) https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com/episodes/the-inuit-battle-against-tb-FfyWn2iX The Inuit Battle Against TB Canadian Race Relations Foundation 00:37:41 In the mid-twentieth century, Inuit diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) were taken from their communities and sent to sanitoriums in southern Canada. Many never returned, and their families never learned what happened to them. We explore this crisis and how this history has continued to affect those communities, and why even today, TB rates remain 300 times higher there than in the rest of Canada. Voices in this episode: Louassee Kuniliusee, tuberculosis survivor Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Beatrice Ikkidlua, daughter of tuberculosis survivor In the mid-twentieth century, Inuit diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) were taken from their communities and sent to sanitoriums in southern Canada. Many never returned, and their families never learned what happened to them. We explore this crisis and how this history has continued to affect those communities, and why even today, TB rates remain 300 times higher there than in the rest of Canada. Voices in this episode: Louassee Kuniliusee, tuberculosis survivor Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Beatrice Ikkidlua, daughter of tuberculosis survivor false full 3 c3bb2846-cee0-40c3-a297-a00af359dfda The Digital Therapist Voices in this episode:

Dalia Ahmed and Akanksha Shelat, two of the co-founders of the Mind-Easy app

Dr. Nelson Shen, project scientist with the Digital Innovations Unit within the Centre for Complex Interventions at CAMH.This episode 

Please note, this episode deals with issues regarding mental health and suicide. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, you can talk to someone at: https://talksuicide.ca/ or call 1.833.456.4566

]]> Wed, 22 Nov 2023 10:05:00 +0000 business@anticaproductions.com (Canadian Race Relations Foundation) https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com/episodes/the-digital-therapist-7sX94rrJ Voices in this episode:

Dalia Ahmed and Akanksha Shelat, two of the co-founders of the Mind-Easy app

Dr. Nelson Shen, project scientist with the Digital Innovations Unit within the Centre for Complex Interventions at CAMH.This episode 

Please note, this episode deals with issues regarding mental health and suicide. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts, you can talk to someone at: https://talksuicide.ca/ or call 1.833.456.4566

]]> The Digital Therapist Canadian Race Relations Foundation 00:29:33 Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the healthcare industry. While it’s creating new opportunities for treatment, there are ongoing concerns with the ways AI perpetuates and amplifies bias. We explore the promises and the perils of this emerging technology in the mental health field with the creators of the Mind-Easy app and a digital health researcher. Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing the healthcare industry. While it’s creating new opportunities for treatment, there are ongoing concerns with the ways AI perpetuates and amplifies bias. We explore the promises and the perils of this emerging technology in the mental health field with the creators of the Mind-Easy app and a digital health researcher. false full 2 4a24efed-a363-457c-9d1b-53d6744907d2 Deadly Assumptions Wed, 15 Nov 2023 10:00:00 +0000 business@anticaproductions.com (Canadian Race Relations Foundation) https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-1-deadly-assumptions-dSiV4mW4 Deadly Assumptions Canadian Race Relations Foundation 00:32:08 A decades-old decision created a system where Black Canadians need to be sicker than the rest of the population to qualify for a living kidney donor transplant. How did this happen? And why does it persist today if science doesn’t support it? Voices in this episode: Charles Cook, donor recipient Lydia-Joi Marshall, project lead at the Health Commons Solutions Lab and President of the Black Health Alliance Dr. Bourne Auguste, nephrologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre A decades-old decision created a system where Black Canadians need to be sicker than the rest of the population to qualify for a living kidney donor transplant. How did this happen? And why does it persist today if science doesn’t support it? Voices in this episode: Charles Cook, donor recipient Lydia-Joi Marshall, project lead at the Health Commons Solutions Lab and President of the Black Health Alliance Dr. Bourne Auguste, nephrologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre false full 1 6ae12ef8-4d96-4970-973a-e50b0595a90f Welcome to The Healthcare Divide Tue, 7 Nov 2023 19:45:00 +0000 business@anticaproductions.com (Canadian Race Relations Foundation) https://the-healthcare-divide.simplecast.com/episodes/welcome-to-the-healthcare-divide-HOmmZqHd Welcome to The Healthcare Divide Canadian Race Relations Foundation 00:02:10 The Healthcare Divide is a new podcast that exposes uncomfortable truths, troubling realities and innovative efforts to overcome racism in Canada’s healthcare system. Our first episode comes out on November 15th. The Healthcare Divide is a new podcast that exposes uncomfortable truths, troubling realities and innovative efforts to overcome racism in Canada’s healthcare system. Our first episode comes out on November 15th. false trailer