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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-09-18 · by Alessia Passafiume The Canadian Press
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has revised its code of ethics to combat racism and discrimination in healthcare. Key updates include stronger guidance against racist behavior, respect for Indigenous worldviews and practices, and availability of the code in four Indigenous languages. Bolu Ogunyemi, CMA president, emphasized that these changes are crucial steps towards providing equitable care and fostering trust between physicians and patients, particularly Indigenous Peoples who have historically been harmed by medical institutions.
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The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has updated its code of ethics to address racism and discrimination in healthcare. The changes aim to provide clearer guidance on culturally safe, trauma-informed, and equitable care while respecting Indigenous knowledge. These updates are part of the CMA’s reconciliation action plan and now include the code of ethics in four Indigenous languages: Anishinaabemowin, Michif, Northern Michif-Cree, and Inuktitut. Dr. Bolu Ogunyemi, president of the CMA, emphasized that racism and discrimination persist in healthcare with tragic consequences and that this updated code is an important step towards improvement. The CMA has also acknowledged its role in past harms to Indigenous Peoples through practices such as Indian hospitals, forced medical experimentation, forced sterilization, and child apprehensions.
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The Canadian Medical Association has updated its code of ethics to clarify how doctors are expected to address racism and discrimination in health care.
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The CMA says the updates give physicians clearer guidance on providing culturally safe, trauma-informed and equitable care, respecting Indigenous knowledge and working with colleagues.
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“Racism and discrimination have no place in health care, yet we know that they persist, sometimes with tragic consequences,” said Bolu Ogunyemi, president of the CMA.
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“We can and must do better, and this updated code of ethics and professionalism is an important step in that process.”
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The CMA has apologized for the role it and the medical profession played in past and ongoing harms to Indigenous Peoples, citing Indian hospitals, forced medical experimentation, forced sterilization and child apprehensions.
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“We have not lived up to the ethical standards the medical profession is expected to uphold to ensure the highest standard of care is provided to patients and trust is fostered in physicians, residents and medical students,” Dr. Joss Reimer, CMA president at the time, said in a statement posted to the association’s website.
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“We realize we have left Indigenous Peoples out of that high standard of care.”
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The CMA also supported efforts to criminalize forced sterilization when the issue was debated in the House of Commons earlier this year.
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Changes to the code include what the CMA calls stronger guidance on racism and discrimination, with new language prohibiting racist and discriminatory behaviour.
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It also asks physicians to consider how care can support historically underserved groups and improve health outcomes.
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It also calls on physicians to respect Indigenous world views and traditional health and healing practices.
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Ogunyemi said he hopes the guide will inform the coming generation of physicians and encourage those already practising to reconsider the status quo.
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“It’s a duty for all of us,” he said.
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 18, 2026.
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