{"id":71153,"date":"2021-03-15T15:47:16","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=71153"},"modified":"2021-03-15T15:59:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:59:34","slug":"third-annual-yosif-al-hasnawi-memorial-lecture-set-for-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/03\/third-annual-yosif-al-hasnawi-memorial-lecture-set-for-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Annual Yosif Al-Hasnawi Memorial Lecture set for Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lecture series held in honour of a Brock University student killed in 2017 continues Friday, March 19.<\/p>\n

Yosif Al-Hasnawi, a first-year medical sciences student who had ambitions of becoming a doctor, was shot and killed in Hamilton in December 2017 while trying to protect an older man from two aggressors.<\/p>\n

Organized by Brock\u2019s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Office of Human Rights and Equity and the Centre for Women\u2019s and Gender Studies, the third-annual Yosif Al-Hasnawi Memorial Lecture: Promoting racial justice in health care will be held online via Lifesize<\/a> Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. and will welcome back guest speaker Notisha Massaquoi.<\/p>\n

Massaquoi will present \u201cWhere do we go from here? Health care delivery in the age of racial reckoning.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is clear evidence that disparities in access to health care and successful outcomes are strikingly different for racialized communities in Canada,\u201d says Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Dean Peter Tiidus. \u201cBy continuing to educate and engage in public discussions of racism and racial equity in healthcare with our students and within our community, we are helping to improve the quality of service provision and reduce barriers to care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Massaquoi also delivered last year\u2019s Yosif Al-Hasnawi lecture, but organizers asked her to return after such a powerful and meaningful 2020 lecture.<\/p>\n

An expert in the areas of health equity, anti-oppression and anti-Black racism, she holds a PhD from the University of Toronto\/OISE in Social Justice Education and has consulted globally for the United Nations Social Development Council on the subject of racism and its impact on health outcomes for workforces.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very fortunate to welcome back one of Canada\u2019s leading experts in developing equity responsive organizations,\u201d says Associate Professor in the Centre for Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Margot Francis. \u201cThis topic could not be more important, particularly in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement. There is a pressing need for us to name racism as a specific barrier for racialized communities in our health care system. Notisha\u2019s experience developing policies and strategies to respond to anti-Black racism will enable us to gain a better understanding of how to go about this important work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Massaquoi is a past Executive Director of Women\u2019s Health in Women\u2019s Hands Community Health Centre in Toronto, which provides specialized primary health care for Black and racialized women. She has served on councils and working groups for the Ontario Association of Children\u2019s Aid Societies and the City of Toronto.<\/p>\n

The lecture series was founded by Brock Medical Sciences graduate Zanab Jafry (BSc \u201918) in memory of Al-Hasnawi.<\/p>\n

\u201cZanab Jafry said during the 2017 vigil for Yosif that his \u2018incredible sacrifice \u2026 will not be forgotten,\u2019\u201d says Brock Human Rights and Anti-Racism Advisor Kattawe Henry. \u201cThis is just one of the ways Brock is helping to fulfil that commitment and support the Al-Hasnawi family by honouring not only Yosif\u2019s memory, but also his goals and aspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n

What:<\/strong> Yosif Al-Hasnawi Memorial Lecture: \u201cWhere do we go from here? Health care delivery in the age of racial reckoning\u201d presented by Notisha Massaquoi<\/p>\n

When:<\/strong> Friday, March 19 from 1 to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n

Where:<\/strong> Online via Lifesize<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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