ABSTRACT
The very practice of medicine perpetuates colonialism and racism on multiple levels, such as erroneously including race as a risk factor for disease and the dominance of Euro-ethnocentric scientific methods in medicine. In both nations, Indigenous communities are still fighting for greater sovereignty, fundamental human rights, including access to health care, and religious rights and are facing discrimination at the intersections of class, religion, colour, gender, and race. [...]there has been a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases and mortality among South Asian communities in Canada due to factors such as low wages, no paid sick leave, job insecurity, overcrowded housing, and poor health-care access. Asian women who fight for Black and Indigenous rights run counter to stereotyped expectations by having strong opinions and insisting on being seen and heard. [...]we stall in mid-level roles, or alternatively are unsupported and even punished for being justice-oriented if we take up leadership roles.