Troubling the Comfort Zone of Nursing Education Through Critical Allied Educators.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic exposed long-standing connections between health inequity and social injustice. With Millennials and Gen Z at the forefront of protests against racial injustices, the disconnect between students and educators is increasing. Students expect educators to trouble the comfort zone of the classroom and clinical settings to address the complex dynamics of anti-Black racism and oppressive practices.

'I Was Shattered and Broken': Unmasking the Experiences and Responses of Black Canadian to Pregnancy Loss.

Background: Pregnancy loss remains an invisible tragedy that impacts on the psychosocial well-being of women and their families. Cultural norms and beliefs about pregnancy loss affect how some women respond and process the loss. Yet research about Black Canadian women's experiences of pregnancy loss is lacking.

Scale-Up of Tailor-Made Onsite Enzyme Blend From Cassava Peels for Industrial Bioethanol Production.

Bioethanol production is one of the key alternatives for fossil fuel use due to climate change. The study seeks to upscale tailor-made onsite enzyme blends for the bioconversion of cassava peels to bioethanol in simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) process using cassava peels-degrading fungi. The starch and cellulose contents of peels were determined.

Challenging anti-racism in nursing education: A moral and professional call to action.

The call to implement anti-racism pedagogy in nursing education and practice is reverberating globally. Racist ideologies are foundational to systems of health inequity. An antiracist approach is critical to dismantling systemic racism and promoting optimal health outcomes in the quest for health equity.

Racialized and Immigrant Status and the Pursuit of Living Donor Kidney Transplant - a Canadian Cohort Study.

Introduction: Both immigrant and racialized status may be associated with the pursuit of living donor kidney transplant (LDKT).

Methods: This study was a secondary analysis of a convenience cross-sectional sample of patients with kidney failure in Toronto, obtained from our "Comprehensive Psychosocial Research Data System" research database. The exposures included racialized, immigrant, and combined immigrant and racialized status (White nonimmigrant, racialized nonimmigrant, White immigrant and racialized immigrant).