Dr. Marcia Anderson presents at the 2024 Marjorie Ward Lecture
ViceDean of Indigenous Health will discuss Cultural Safety and AntiRacism in Health Care.

Dr. Marcia Anderson has spent a lot of time thinking about how antiracist and social justice change will happen in the health care system and has advocated for cultural interventions in health care for many years. On March 11 in St John’s College, the changemaker and ViceDean of Indigenous health, social justice and antiracism in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences will present the Marjorie Ward lecture.

Known as the most important academic event of the year at St John’s College, the Marjorie Ward Lecture Series focuses on Canadian research, particularly in Western Canada. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the prestigious event.

Anderson, who is CreeAnishinaabe, will discuss her research in Indigenous health in a talk entitled, “Cultural Safety and AntiRacism in Health Care: An Evolving Theory of Change.”

Anderson holds a long list of career accomplishments and has made impactful changes with her research in the communities she works with, the network she has built, and the work she continues to do as ViceDean in Rady Health. She currently serves as chair of the Indigenous Health Network for the Association of Faculties of Medicine (AFMC) and was named one of the eight winners of the 2022 Doctors Manitoba Awards.

Recorded on March 11th, 2024.
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