Notre travail à l'ACME et le racisme systémique au Canada

The Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE/ACME) addresses the impact of systemic racism and colonialism in Canada, specifically citing the discovery of children's graves at a residential school in Kamloops and a hate crime against a Muslim family in London, Ontario. The author argues that environmentalism and medicine are not immune to these systems; environmentalism has a history of erasing Indigenous peoples and sacrificing their rights for environmental gains, while the medical system has been used to perpetrate genocide and racism against Indigenous people. The statement calls for the ACME community to engage in antiracist work, support the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's calls to action, and recognize that systemic hate is an inherent part of Canada's colonial foundation.

• The author asserts that environmentalism as a movement has a poor record of engagement with Indigenous peoples because it was founded on the premise that non-Indigenous settlers should determine the use of Indigenous lands, which risks the "effacement des autochtones".
• Global conservation efforts have led to the forced displacement of Indigenous peoples and damage to sacred sites, while in Canada, environmental campaigns have sometimes inadvertently sacrificed Indigenous health and rights for the sake of environmental change.
• The medical system in Canada is described as having systemic issues where genocide was perpetrated against Indigenous peoples and racism continues to affect those seeking care, noting that the Viens Commission in Quebec proposed 142 measures for public services including health and social services.
• The document argues that systemic racism, Islamophobia, and white supremacy are not anomalies but are rooted in the "violence de la fondation même du Canada" as a settler-colonial state.

APA

Anjali (2021). Notre travail à l'ACME et le racisme systémique au Canada. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. https://cape.ca/notre-travail-a-lacme-et-le-racisme-systemique-au-canada/

Chicago

Anjali. Notre travail à l'ACME et le racisme systémique au Canada. Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment, 2021. https://cape.ca/notre-travail-a-lacme-et-le-racisme-systemique-au-canada/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Anjali |title=Notre travail à l'ACME et le racisme systémique au Canada |publisher=Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment |date=22 June 2021 |url=https://cape.ca/notre-travail-a-lacme-et-le-racisme-systemique-au-canada/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{anjali2021notre, author = {Anjali}, title = {{Notre travail à l'ACME et le racisme systémique au Canada}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2021}, month = jun, url = {https://cape.ca/notre-travail-a-lacme-et-le-racisme-systemique-au-canada/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }