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Black Nova Scotians experience significant health disparities rooted in systemic anti-Black racism and historical injustices, including slavery and colonialism (Hamilton-Hinch, 2015; Kisely et al., 2008). While policy frameworks such as Nova Scotia's Health Equity Framework acknowledge the imperative to eliminate racism in healthcare (Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, 2023), these disparities persist. Contributing factors include the underrepresentation of Black professionals in healthcare and significant gaps in professional education curricula that fail to adequately address these systemic issues (Ewers et al., 2022).

Program overview: In response to these persistent inequities, we have co-designed two comprehensive 5-hour Africentric Interprofessional Health Education (IPHE) workshops. This document outlines Part 1 of the two-part training series, which employs Participatory Action Research (PAR) methodology and transformative pedagogical approaches.

The workshops are grounded in African-centered values and principles, including relational storytelling, Ubuntu philosophy, communal wisdom, spirituality, collective well-being, and holistic approaches to health and healing. Central to the learning experience are filmed narratives shared by interracial and intergenerational team members from the SSHRC-funded "Moving Forward Together" research project. These authentic stories serve as catalysts for critical reflection, interprofessional collaboration, and the development of actionable strategies for

Through facilitated reflection sessions, critical dialogue, and culturally responsive practice exercises, participants engage in transformative learning that bridges theory and practice. The workshops create safe spaces for honest examination of systemic barriers while building practical skills for anti-racist healthcare delivery.

Ideal for students, practicing clinicians, educators, and managers, this workshop moves beyond 鈥渃ultural competence鈥� to foster ongoing interprofessional solidarity, system-level change, and genuine repair of community trust.

This interprofessional education (IPE) mini-course equips health professional students with the skills and knowledge needed to provide accessible, compassionate, and effective care for patients with vision impairment. Students will gain insights into the lived experiences faced by navigating the health care system by vision-impaired patients, understand the community resources and education available and explore practical steps to enhance accessibility in healthcare environments. The course features interactive modules, including environmental audits and interactive workshops with community partner Vision Loss Rehab Canada to promote hands-on learning and interprofessional collaboration.听听

Engagement with individuals with lived experiences of vision impairment is a key component, providing students with valuable perspectives. By the end of the course, students will be well-prepared to implement best practices for accessible care, work effectively in interprofessional teams, and contribute to a more inclusive healthcare system.听

This mini course will help provide students with information on the history of abortion in Canada and current access to abortion. The course will focus on recent changes in Atlantic Canada including the removal of the Therapeutic Abortion Committee in NB in 2014; the creation of the abortion clinic in PEI in 2017; and the removal of referral requirement and introduction of centralized intake in NS in 2018. Students will understand medical abortion was approved by Health Canada in 2015, became widely available in 2017, and nurse practitioners now prescribe medical abortion in every province and territory in Canada.听听Throughout the course students will learn how various health professions play a role in abortion care provision, systems navigation and advocacy, notably in medicine, nursing and social work. It will be emphasized how effective communication/collaboration amongst professions is essential to provide comprehensive, quality patient care.

By participating in this mini course students will:听

• Have reflected upon their beliefs, values and assumptions relative to contraception, reproductive autonomy and abortion, and learned the relevance of this reflection on their professional role of support with people who have experienced unplanned pregnancy and reproductive coercion听
• Better understand the personal, cultural and institutional contexts of reproductive control and their effects on people seeking care from health care professionals听
• Have enhanced consciousness regarding politicized action that can be taken to counter the personal, cultural and institutional contexts of reproductive control听
• Understand the roles of various health professions in direct abortion care provision and systemic/community responsibilities around access to information and promoting awareness

Part 2 builds on the foundational competencies established in Part 1, guiding participants toward transformative practice and systemic change. Please note that completion of Part 1 is required before enrolling in Part 2 to ensure participants are prepared for advanced accountability work.

Part 2 employs sacred Africentric methodologies including talking circles and Ubuntu-based accountability practices. Participants engage in emotionally intensive work examining professional complicity in anti-Black racism, supported through healing circles and culturally responsive facilitation. Through critical dialogue and culturally responsive exercises, participants strengthen Team Communication, Collaborative Leadership, Team Functioning, and Team Differences/Disagreements Processing skills.

Participants co-create comprehensive action plans to dismantle structural barriers and embed Africentric care practices, demonstrating Role Clarification & Negotiation and implementing Relationship-Focused Care/Services that honor African-centered values. The workshop cultivates authentic community engagement skills that center Black Nova Scotian voices, developing competencies for sustainable partnerships that challenge power imbalances and promote genuine collaboration between healthcare systems and communities.