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We are Black and Indigenous front line workers. Our own parents died of COVID-19 in Canada's inequitable health system, Dr. Suzanne Shoush and Cheryllee Bourgeois write #InTheirOwnVoices.
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Dr. Suzanne Shoush is First Nations and Black family physician caring for COVID-19 patients in Ontario. When Alberta lifted restrictions, her father got COVID-19, and died shortly after. "I was not able to touch his skin, stroke his hair or kiss his head"
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Cheryllee lost her mother to COVID-19 after an exposure at her daughter's school. She took all steps to protect her multigenerational household. Despite her efforts, Cheryllee’s partner and mother tested positive, followed by both her sons and herself. thestar.com/opinion/contri…

"Many Indigenous communities have no hospitals let alone doctors and ambulances. In cities, structures of exclusion prevent and delay care for Indigenous and Black communities, while systemic racism threatens quality of care accessed," they write.

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Now, the two are leading Call Aunties, a Indigenous-led health care network focussed on giving their communities and trust with health care. Everything from vaccine information to psychiatry care.
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We are Black and Indigenous front line workers. Our own parents died of COVID-19 in Canada’s inequitable health system.

#InTheirOwnVoices Dr. Suzanne Shoush and Cheryllee Bourgeois. thestar.com/opinion/contri…