Culture, Equity & Justice in Occupational Therapy Practice: Learning More – Additional Resources

This list contains resources that occupational therapists can access for additional information to support their practice.  It is organized into resources developed at provincial, national, and international levels.

Ontario

• Supporting your professional practice: Territorial or land acknowledgments. (Ontario Society of Occupational Therapists [OSOT], 2021)
• Diversity, Engagement, Equality, Justice (OSOT)
• Occupational Therapists for Equity Advancement
• Equity, Inclusion, Diversity, and Anti-Racism Framework (Ontario Health)

Canada

• Equity & Justice (CAOT)
• Unpacking Language: Equity-Informed Occupational Therapy (CAOT, 2021)
• Occupational Therapy and Social Inclusion (CAOT, 2021)
• Questioning White Supremacy in OT Practice and Education (Grenier, M. via CAOT, 2021)
• CAOT Position Statement: Occupational therapy and Indigenous Peoples (CAOT, 2018)
• Occupational Therapy Now, Special Issue (2019). Time for action: Occupational therapy responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. https://www.caot.ca/document/6761/July_OTNow_2019_test.pdf
• Occupational Therapy Now, Special Issue (2022): Socially Accountable Occupational Therapy (Upcoming)

International/Global

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Occupational Therapy Toolkit (AOTA)
• Occupational Therapy and Human Rights (World Federation of Occupational Therapists [WFOT], 2019)
• Advocacy Toolkit (WFOT, 2020)
• Statement on Systemic Racism (WFOT)
• Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD)
• Disrupt OT
• OT Diversity, Inclusivity, and Implicit Bias (Seniors’ Flourish Podcast)

This list contains resources to help occupational therapists deepen their understanding of topics discussed in the Culture, Equity, & Justice practice document.

Understanding Intersectionality

• Intersectionality 101 (Hankivsky, 2014)

Understanding & Challenging Oppression and Injustice

• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Pedagogy and Practice (Queen’s University)
• Addressing stigma: Towards a more inclusive health system
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack (McIntosh, 1989)

Uncovering Bias

• Me and White Supremacy (Book by Layla Saad)
• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (Book by Jennifer L. Eberhardt)

Cultural Safety & Humility

• Culturally Connected
• Stories of Pediatric Rehabilitation Practitioners with/in Indigenous Communities – A Guide to Becoming Culturally Safer (Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay & McGill University, 2020)

Trauma

• Trauma- and Violence Informed Care Tool (Equip Health Care)
• Trauma- and Violence Informed Care Toolkit (Canadian Public Health Association)
• Trauma and violence informed approaches to policy and practice (Government of Canada)
• Colonial Trauma: Complex, continuous, collective, cumulative, and compounding effect on the health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and beyond (Mitchell, 2019)

Indigenous Rights

Truth & Reconciliation

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Beyond 94
• Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (2019)
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP, 2007)

Health & Healthcare

• First peoples, second class treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada (2015, Allan B. & Smylie, J. via the Wellesley Institute).
• National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health
• First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
• Jordan’s Principle
• Joyce’s Principle

Land & Territorial Acknowledgements

• Traditional Territory Acknowledgements in Ontario
• Beyond territorial acknowledgements
• Whose Land?
• Native Land

Additional Learning

• Indigenous Canada (University of Alberta’s free, online, self-paced course)
• 21 Things You May Not Know about The Indian Act (Book by Bob Joseph)
• Indigenous Peoples: A Guide to Terminology

Anti-Racism

• The Skin We’re In (Book by Cole, 2020)
• SURJ Toronto
• Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion Toolkits
• Black Lives Matter Canada

Allyship 

• University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine: Microaggressions and Allyship
• The Coin Model of Privilege and Critical Allyship: Implications for Health

Disability

• Patients with Disabilities: Avoiding Unconscious Bias When Discussing Goals of Care
• Addressing Challenges for People with Disabilities — Chapter 6 in the University of Toronto Family Medicine report “Caring for Our Diverse Populations“

Gender Equality

• Women and the Workplace — How Employers Can Advance Equality and Diversity

Implicit Bias

• A Framework for Integrating Implicit Bias Recognition into Health Professions Education
• Implicit Bias in Health Professions: From Recognition to Transformation
• Implicit Bias in Health Care
• Implicit Association Test (IAT) 
• Blog post: Strengthening the Therapeutic Relationship: Identifying and Addressing Implicit Bias

LGBTQ2S+

• Rainbow Health Ontario Resource Library
• A Guide to Gender Identity Terms
• Supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, and Two-Spirit (LGBTQ2S+) People — Chapter 12 in the University of Toronto Family Medicine report “Caring for Our Diverse Populations”

Microaggressions

• Professionalism: Microaggression in the Healthcare Setting
• Examples of Racial Microaggressions

Racism

• Combating Anti-Asian Sentiment — A Practical Guide
• Understanding Race, Racism and Health — Chapter 16 in the University of Toronto Family Medicine report “Caring for Our Diverse Populations”

Anti-BIPOC Racism

• Time to Dismantle Systemic Anti-Black Racism in Medicine in Canada
• Diagnosing and Treating Systemic Racism
• College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario eDialogue Article: Black Patients Matter

Anti-Indigenous Racism

• Health and Health Care Implications of Systemic Racism on Indigenous Peoples in Canada
• First Nations Health Authority: Cultural Safety and Humility
• Cancer Care Ontario: Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Safety Courses
• Acknowledging the Importance of Reconciliation for Indigenous Health and Wellbeing — Chapter 14 in Caring for Our Diverse Populations

Religious-based Care

• Cultural Competence in the Care of Muslim Patients and Their Families
• Cultural Religious Competence In Clinical Practice
• Religious Diversity: Practical Points for Health Care Providers
• Supporting Indian and Other South Asians Facing COVID-19 and Other Serious Illnesses

Weight Bias

• Reducing Weight Bias in Obesity Management, Practice and Policy
• Obesity Management and Indigenous Peoples