Surgeon Nadine Caron was appalled to hear racist views about Indigenous health from a project adviser. So she’s fighting to change perceptions.
Nadine Caron wants to break the cycle of stereotypes that contribute to poor health. Credit: Taehoon Kim forOn a summer’s day in 2017, she was on a conference call discussing a potential project to improve genetic treatments for Indigenous children in Canada. Experts from around the world phoned in to help Caron and her colleagues to refine their grant application for an initiative called the Silent Genomes project.
“I was appalled; I was hurt,” Caron says. “I was panicked that people in this space were thinking this.”Caron is a member of the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation and the first Indigenous woman to become a general surgeon in Canada. She currently practises at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, Canada. As an outspoken advocate for Indigenous peoples’ rights in health care and research, she’s used to defending the validity of her work.
Genome British Columbia , a Vancouver-based non-profit organization that supports genomics research, had assembled the group of advisers. Sally Greenwood, vice-president of communications and societal engagement at Genome BC, stated in an e-mail that no one reported the comment at the time, and that the organization is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. It would have launched an investigation had it known, Greenwood says. Genome BC co-funded the project in 2018.
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