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Welcome to Changing Lenses!
You’re invited to step into the lives of people on the front lines of discrimination, racism, and exclusion; to see the world through their eyes; and to hear their personal story of their fight for social justice.
I’m your host, Rosie Yeung, a Chinese-Canadian, immigrant, cis-straight female with invisible disabilities, and I’m passionate about justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
Do you also want to see social change happen? Then please join me in Changing Lenses.
Each episode is hosted on colonized land that was taken from many Indigenous nations, including the Anishinaabe, the Huron-Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. I seek Truth and Reconciliation with First Nations, Inuit and Métis people of Turtle Island, and I call upon us all to decolonize our thinking, not just our systems.
Episode 05 - Not-So-Universal Healthcare: Caring for the Uncared-For, with Doret Cheng
November 2, 2020
Have you ever considered the specific health issues faced by people who are homeless, opioid addicts, or otherwise marginalized? It’s much deeper than the obvious, and the challenges for healthcare practitioners in caring for “vulnerable” groups are complex.
In this two-part series on healthcare in Canada, we explore (and dismantle) some myths about our “free, universal” system which is so lauded by Americans.
Join pharmacist Doret Cheng in part one, as she takes us behind the scenes of a Toronto Family Medicine Clinic, caring for her incredible patients who fight against both personal trauma and social stigma.
Episode 04 -
Hope Amid Darkness
with Dave Addison
October 22, 2020
Dave Addison is a former corporate executive and survivor of alcohol abuse disorder, manic and bipolar I. Now as a Peer Support Champion and Mental Health Advocate, he tells his very personal story, and how current sufferers and their supporters can find hope.
Episode 03 - I Am Canadian Part 2 - with Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman
October 8, 2020
“Research actually demonstrates that the two most targeted groups or communities in Canada that face discrimination are Muslims and Indigenous people. Polls in the United States have found that…even communities of colour, including Black people and Latino people…have negative views of Muslims or have Islamophobia.”
Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman shares about his personal experiences with religious discrimination, and his ideas for real allyship and change.
Episode 02 - I Am Canadian Part 1 -
with Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman
September 30, 2020
“[We are never fully pulled] into the circle. [We’re allowed] a closer view of the warm fire everybody is sitting around. But never quite in the inner circle.”
Hear Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman’s personal stories of discrimination and racism, and the struggle for immigrants to be viewed as Canadian.
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