The HDRN Canada IDEA Unlearning Club is a learning curriculum designed to guide participants through topics of systemic oppression in Canada and how these issues intersect with data collection, access, and use. The curriculum begins with foundational concepts such as racism, privilege, and oppression, then connects them to the health administrative data lifecycle. Participants explore how data is created and collected, stewarded, accessed, and used throughout the research process. Download the modules to learn how you can implement your own Unlearning Club using this curriculum. The IDEA Unlearning Club Video Series provides short, easy-to-follow mini-modules that summarize the key resources and reflections from each module. Watch below!
Anti-Racism
Module 2 guides participants through understanding racism as a systemic…
Cultivating Safe Spaces
Module 1 of HDRN Canada’s Unlearning Club Video Series sets…
Anti-Racism
Module 2 guides participants through understanding racism as a systemic force rather than a collection of individual prejudices. It explores how race is socially constructed, how privilege shapes perspective, and how inequities take root in structural “soil” long before individual behaviours come into play. Participants are encouraged to move beyond recognizing only overt or blatant acts of racism and instead learn to recognize how systemic patterns produce inequitable outcomes. . The module also introduces practical upstander strategies for responding to microaggressions and underscores the critical role of organizational change in dismantling structural racism.
Cultivating Safe Spaces
Module 1 of HDRN Canada’s Unlearning Club Video Series sets the foundation for the learning journey ahead. For many participants, engaging with concepts of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility may be new—and at times uncomfortable. Because the Unlearning Club Curriculum encourages open dialogue and shared reflection, we begin by establishing a strong foundation of safety and inclusion. It’s important to note that psychological safety does not mean the absence of discomfort. Rather, these environments are often described as brave or accountable spaces—places where participants feel supported to raise challenging topics, question assumptions, and engage honestly without fear of judgment or reprisal.