Celina Evans, MScPT, graduated from the University of Toronto with a Masters in Physical Therapy in 2019. She also holds a Bachelors in Human Kinetics (Hons) from St. Francis Xavier University. She practices as an acute care physiotherapist at Surrey Memorial Hospital, in a position which rotates annually. Since graduation, her areas of practice have included oncology/palliative care and stroke, interspersed with several stints covering the COVID ICU and/or medical wards. Serving the ethnically, linguistically, and socioeconomically diverse population of Metro Vancouver, she uses her studies in the humanities to assist her patients in achieving equitable health outcomes, and to provide culturally sensitive services in whatever languages her patients may require.
Guided by the work of cultural theorist Sara Ahmed and critical race scholar Camara Phyllis Jones, these authors explore the perspectives of experts regarding barriers to and opportunities for increasing the recruitment of Black students into physical therapy programs in Canada.