Racial Equity Action Framework for Improved Health Equity (Motion #32-19)

Moved by Hazlett – Crispo. Approved by Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts, September 19, 2019.

WHEREAS the Board of Health is committed to ensuring all people in Sudbury and Manitoulin districts have equal opportunities for health;

WHEREAS systemic racism is a significant, modifiable and unjust barrier to health opportunities; and

WHEREAS in 2018 the Board of Health declared its commitment to anti-racism by directing the Medical Officer of Health to engage in a collaborative process to develop a framework informed by the provincial Anti-Racism Strategic Plan to guide the organization’s efforts; and

WHEREAS a collaborative process has been undertaken to develop an action framework to guide the organization’s efforts to decrease racial health inequities;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Board of Health for Public Health Sudbury & Districts endorse the Racial Equity Action Framework, September, 2019.

CARRIED

This item was last modified on September 23, 2019