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In support of the World Partnership Walk (Canada's largest event in support of fighting global poverty), UVic is coordinating the sale of delicious homemade samosas.

Samosas are sold by the dozen at $25 per dozen. Orders must be submitted and paid for by Tuesday, June 25 at 4:00 p.m.

Love pizza? Love reading? Visit the Ask Us desk this summer and pick up a Book Bingo Card.

How does it work? When you finish reading a book, see us to receive a stamp on your bingo card. For every bingo line you get, you will be entered in a draw for a free large pizza at the end of thesummer!

So happy reading and happy eating!

Contest rules

This foodshare program provides food for UVic students through the Multifaith Centre.

Synopsis:Recent political activism, including the Black Lives Matter movement and the global COVID-19 pandemic, has prompted many researchers and health providers to reevaluate howdisaggregated data is collected and used to promote health equity and mitigate health disparities for Black, Indigenous, and other racialized population groups. The growing attention to healthdisparities related to racism in healthcare and other contexts has also led to the advancement of policy guidelines for the collection of disaggregated data.

For example, in 2020, the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner in BC developed a policy report emphasizing that local governments and the Anti-Discrimination Data Act (ADDA) adopt the"grandmother perspective" of data governance. This perspective emphasizes caring for, rather than controlling, socio-demographic data through practical, concrete methods of data collection, use, anddisclosure.

In parallel, there has been increased research aiming to advance human rights for racialized groups, calling for the standardization of "race" and ethnicity data alongside other socio-demographicvariables to improve health and healthcare quality. Despite rapid and evolving evidence and guidance on how to best collect "race"-based data, there has not been a comprehensive review of opinions onhow disaggregated data should be collected and used in healthcare.

The purpose of this JBI text and opinion evidence review is to better understand the uptake of recent evidence. Adopting changes in practice requires a deeper understanding of the values ofresearchers and health providers. In this presentation, we will provide a brief overview of the JBI text and opinion methodology and share preliminary findings and insights gained from our review.

Speakers:

• Dr. Nancy Clark conducts research in health equity, adopting a critical theoretical orientation to research related to racialized and structurally marginalized newcomers (immigrants and refugees)in Canada. Critical social theory of intersectionality and postcolonial theory are applied in her work to advance healthcare equity. Dr. Clark's research focuses on the factors that promote themental health and well-being of refugees and people experiencing forced migration.
• Dr. Cindy Quan is trained as a clinical psychologist with expertise in mixed-methods research on the intersections of culture, ethnicity, and mental health. She explores digital interventionsaimed at improving health outcomes for racialized populations. More generally, Dr. Quan is interested in leveraging technology to create inclusive and accessible mental health care at both individualand systemic levels.

Join us for the School of Health Information Science Seminar Series. This series features International experts in the field of Health Informatics. With the current global changes and demands in health care, optimizing our systems isbecoming increasingly important and urgent. This seminar series focuses on how we can use advances in a range of areas like virtual and patient-centered care, AI and data science to improve healthoutcomes, and to streamline health care processes.

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