Social Determinants of Health: Understanding Racism

Source: Charlotte Reading; National Collaborating Center for Indigenous Health

Year: 2013

This fact sheet is the first of three that will focus on anti-Indigenous racism in Canada, beginning with an exploration of the concept of race, its history and contexts, and continuing with a discussion of the various forms of racism within societies. In order to address racism in Canadian society, we must first understand what racism is, how it became a way to identify people, and the forms it takes.