Diversity and Cultural Sensitivity

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Diversity andCultural Sensitivity

• Paul MacPherson PhD, MD, FRCPC
• Dept of Medicine
• Dept of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology
• University of Ottawa

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Discrimination

• Visible minorities

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Discrimination

• Visible minorities
• Invisible minorities

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Discrimination

• Visible minorities
• Invisible minorities
• Visible majority

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Diversity how do people define themselves?
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Diversity how do people define themselves?

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Language
• Place of origin
• Religion
• Sexual orientation
• Nationality
• Profession

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Diversity how do people define themselves?

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Language
• Place of origin Culture
• Religion
• Sexual orientation
• Nationality
• Profession

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Discrimination

• Overt active exclusion or persecution of a
  person or group of people

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Discrimination

• Overt active exclusion or persecution of a
  person or group of people
• Subtle assumption of superiority among the
  majority, ie to be in the majority is preferable
  and desirable to all

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Discrimination

• Overt active exclusion or persecution of a
  person or group of people
• Subtle assumption of superiority among the
  majority, ie to be in the majority is preferable
  and desirable to all
• Subtle diversity not recognized. Assumption that
  everyone belongs to the majority.

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What do we do?
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What do we do?

• Recognize the diversity within yourself
• Recognize the value of different perspectives
• Recognize the need to be seen and heard
• Recognize the fundamental need to belong
• Categorization is a form of thought, not a
  reality.