Tips for a successful S&S: • diverse selection panel - physicians & non-physicians, Jr. & Sr. reps • skilled Chair - has EDI competencies, models vulnerability & encourages calling out of biases (including their own), strives for inclusion, all viewpoints voiced & considered

Please read this statement from the Indigenous Health Committee @Albertadoctors about significant changes in Indigenous Health at Alberta Health Services. #abhealth #abpoli #ableg #AHS #IndigenousHealth #IndigenousTwittter @AHS_media @CMA_Docs

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Presented to AMA staff on this new educational module on micro-aggressions available to all Alberta physicians through “myCPSA”. Of significance - the collaborative partnership with 3 provincial organizations to get this done!! #leadership #systempartnership #healthcare

For the past three years, Dr. Masuhara has been involved in EDI work at Vancouver Coastal Health, as a member of the Medical Staff EDI Committee, and more recently as the first Regional Medical Director of EDI. Congratulations to this amazing trailblazer!!

As a family physician, Dr. Masuhara has worked with the community mental health team for 25+ years, with a focus on care of the elderly. She has led a quality improvement project to improve care for frail Chinese seniors by addressing barriers to accessing mental health services.

agencies in Canada which works with multicultural communities to provide settlement services to newcomers, culturally appropriate care to seniors, and affordable housing to families.

concept. Dr. Masuhara is also Co-Chair of the General Assembly of Partners’ Sexual Orientation Gender Identity Partner Constituency Group, a civil society coalition with an advisory role to UN Habitat. She was past board director of SUCCESS, one of the largest social services

in local government, and has spoken at UN Habitat and the World Urban Forum on how cities can be more inclusive. Dr. Masuhara has talked about intersectional feminism for many years at the local, national, and international levels, before intersectionality became a more common

few racialized litigants in the case and also as a lesbian physician. Over the past 6 years, Dr. Masuhara has co-chaired Women Transforming Cities, a grassroots non-profit intersectional feminist organization. She has led initiatives to reduce barriers to women’s participation

challenge in the early 2000s that changed marriage law in Canada for 2SLGBTQ+ couples, the fourth country in the world to do so in 2005. The social climate at the time was such that opposition was vocal and at times threatening. Dr. Masuhara drew media attention as one of the

Dr. Joy Masuhara is a family physician in Vancouver, BC, and Regional Medical Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Vancouver Coastal Health. Dr. Masuhara has been working on social justice issues for many decades. She was a litigant in the same-sex marriage legal

Congratulations to Dr. Joy Masuhara, the second annual winner of @EquityinMed’s Dr. Pauline Alakija Trailblazer award!!! #EDI #womeninmedicine #trailblazer 🥳

Well, so after multiple emails and DM’s I’m going to attempt to answer my own (rhetorical) question. Why aren’t physicians coming to Alberta to train as family physicians? A short thread. /1

Last day to nominate or self-nominate for the #Trailblazer award!

We know awards are flawed and often the same people are recognized over and over. The @EquityinMed team created an award to recognize and celebrate the challenging and often unrewarded work of a #trailblazer. Nominations accepted until April 16! #EDI https://t.co/TQfX5v8Fv9

Our 4th Annual Disability in Healthcare & Medicine Conference is now open for registration! Hope to see you there! Agenda & registration link: https://t.co/g0aL7QUfma #DisabilityAdvocacy #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityHistory

Nominate a peer, colleague, mentor or sponsor for ⁦@EquityinMed⁩’s Dr. Pauline Alakija Trailblazer Award! Self-nominations also accepted. https://t.co/dmgRXiUZ2w

• understand and account for the fact that structural barriers have resulted in less awards, less traditional credentials (e.g. CCPE) & less opportunities for those from equity-deserving groups See the full discussion with @CashinMD & Ryna Young here: https://t.co/5HZN5uQMdq

• compensate panelists for their time •value lived experience of panelists and candidates • see this as an opportunity for succession planning, particularly for emerging leaders from equity-deserving groups • a matrix is helpful and should be used as a supportive tool