"Ah, it's best not to mention that here:" Experiences of LGBTQ+ health professionals in (heteronormative) workplaces in Canada.

Introduction: Despite human rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, LGBTQ+ professionals may continue to experience discrimination working in heteronormative systems and spaces.

Methods: In this qualitative study 13 health professionals (nurses, occupational therapists, and physicians) from across Canada participated in in-depth qualitative interviews to explore their experiences with work-related microaggressions and heteronormativity.

Results: Heterosexist microaggressions from both patients/clients and colleagues were the norm, perpetuating and bolstered by heteronormative workplace and professional cultures.

Factors influencing LGBTQ+ disclosure decision-making by Canadian health professionals: A qualitative study.

Disclosure of LGBTQ+ identities at work may reap benefits, but may also exacerbate harms. Faced with ambiguous outcomes, people engage in complex concealment/disclosure decision-making. For health professionals, in contexts of pervasive heteronormativity where disclosure to patients/clients is deemed to violate professional boundaries, stakes are high.

Epistemic racism in the health professions: A qualitative study with Black women in Canada.

Systemic racism within health care is increasingly garnering critical attention, but to date attention to the racism experienced by health professionals themselves has been scant. In Canada, anti-Black racism may be embodied in structures, policies, institutional practices and interpersonal interactions. Epistemic racism is an aspect of systemic racism wherein the knowledge claims, ways of knowing and 'knowers' themselves are constructed as invalid, or less credible.

Interpersonal, institutional, and structural racism in Canadian nursing: A culture of silence.

Background: Alongside declarations against racism, the nursing profession in Canada needs examination of experiences of racism within its ranks. Racism at multiple levels can create a context wherein racialized nurses experience barriers and ongoing marginalization.

Purpose: This critical interpretive qualitative study asks how interpersonal, institutional, and structural racisms intersect in the professional experiences of racialized nurses in Canada, and how nurses respond.

Systemic Racism in Canadian Occupational Therapy: A Qualitative Study with Therapists.

Research on racism within occupational therapy is scant, though there are hints that racialized therapists struggle. This paper examines experiences of racism in occupational therapy, including coping strategies and resistance. Ten therapists from racialized groups (not including Indigenous peoples) were recruited for cross-Canada, in-person or telephone interviews.