A physician’s mission to advance reconciliation – OMA
June 10, 2026
Dr. Jamaica Cass is driving systemic change to improve care and outcomes for Indigenous Peoples
A key reason Dr. Jamaica Cass works in Indigenous health is to remove the shame and blame Indigenous patients face for the health disparities that affect them.
“If I sat here constantly hearing all the things that my patients experience within the system, outside of community, that moral injury would cause me to burn out and quit,” she told the OMA. “But it’s because I hear these things that I spend my time doing something about it.”
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