All Healthcare Professionals
Attendees will learn about:
- Review the professional Code of Ethics that delineates responsible conduct and the ethical and moral behaviour of MRITs
- Understand that each MRIT is personally responsible for behaving according to the ethical principles of right, fair, good and just action
- Consider their own responsibility to treat all patients equitably
- Consider their own responsibility not to discriminate on any of the grounds set out in the Ontario Human Rights Code, including race, ancestry, and colour
- Raise awareness about the barriers Black people face in the healthcare system and their impacts
- Examine ways to intentionally practice anti-Black racism in one’s practice
Short Biographies Linda Gough: CMRITO Registrar and CEO Regine King: PhD in Social WorkShort BiographyLinda Gough, CMRITO Registrar and CEO, Linda graduated from the Toronto Institute of Medical Technology with a diploma in radiography in 1978. She practised as a front-line MRT at Sick Kids hospital, where she became a supervisor, and then the Technical Director of the Diagnostic Imaging department where she supported MRTs, radiologists and staff in radiography, nuclear medicine, ultrasound and MRI. Linda joined the College of Medical Radiation Technologists in 1996 as the Deputy Registrar. She completed a Masters degree in public policy at Queen’s University, and became the Registrar & CEO of CMRITO in 2007.Regine King: , PhD in Social Work, Dr. Régine Uwibereyeho King is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of MSW Leadership, in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary. King has a PhD in Social Work from University of Toronto. Her research interests include social processes of healing, forgiveness and reconciliation, refugee issues, cross-cultural mental health, indigenous knowledges, and racial justice. Her research is informed by anti-colonial and antiracist perspectives. King is a community-based researcher who utilizes critical ethnography and critical storytelling/narrative methods in her research projects. King’s community engagement includes genocide prevention, various academic committees, advocacy, and support to marginalized communities. |