Health Equity: A France–Canada Dialogue
Perspectives on culture, discrimination and transforming care
Oct 27, 2026 — 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Every Tuesday
How do implicit bias, discrimination, and cultural and structural factors shape access to care and patients’ experiences? More importantly, how can we act to make care more equitable?
Join us for Health Equity: A France–Canada Dialogue, a hybrid symposium bringing together French and Canadian perspectives on health equity, cultural safety and the transformation of care.
Through presentations and a multidisciplinary roundtable, participants will explore Indigenous, community, structural and clinical perspectives and consider practical approaches that can be applied in healthcare, education, management and research settings.
Learning objectives
By the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- better understand the social, cultural and structural determinants that contribute to health inequities;
- recognize the influence of implicit bias, discrimination and systemic racism on healthcare experiences and pathways;
- identify approaches that promote cultural safety and more equitable care;
- identify practical strategies that can be implemented within their own professional environments.
Priscille Sauvegrain-Mellina
Speaker
Priscille Sauvegrain-Mellina is a midwife and sociologist, professor and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Health at Sorbonne University, where she leads the Department of Midwifery.
Her research focuses on social inequalities in maternal health, particularly among immigrant women, as well as the impact of healthcare professionals’ implicit biases on the quality of care.