Birgit Umaigba-Omoruyi RN
@birgitomo.bsky.social
http://birgitumaigba.com
Award-Winning Registered Nurse. Keynote Speaker. Nurse consultant. Educator. Everything Equity. Everything Coconut.
Award-Winning Registered Nurse. Keynote Speaker. Nurse consultant. Educator. Everything Equity. Everything Coconut.
Are you a Black man living in Ontario? This is an event you don’t want to miss!
Research shows that Black men face higher health risks, but we can change that. There will be free blood pressure, blood sugar, sickle cell, & prostate screenings, + free food & community connections. #DurhamRegion
Research shows that Black men face higher health risks, but we can change that. There will be free blood pressure, blood sugar, sickle cell, & prostate screenings, + free food & community connections. #DurhamRegion
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Are you a Black man living in Ontario? This is an event you don’t want to miss!
Research shows that Black men face higher health risks, but we can change that. There will be free blood pressure, blood sugar, sickle cell, & prostate screenings, + free food & community connections. #DurhamRegion
Research shows that Black men face higher health risks, but we can change that. There will be free blood pressure, blood sugar, sickle cell, & prostate screenings, + free food & community connections. #DurhamRegion
Honoured to call myself a CIHR scholar. Thank you to my community of supporters cheering me all the way. Grateful to be chosen by Queen’s University School of Nursing for this life-changing award. Looking forward to contributing to #blackmaternalhealth research in #Canada and beyond!
October 7, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Honoured to call myself a CIHR scholar. Thank you to my community of supporters cheering me all the way. Grateful to be chosen by Queen’s University School of Nursing for this life-changing award. Looking forward to contributing to #blackmaternalhealth research in #Canada and beyond!
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The Washington Post Fired Karen Attiah, But They Only Elevated Her
The Post fired Karen Attiah, its last Black opinion columnist, because she posted about America's history of coddling white violence. Well, she's got a few things to get off her chest.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Post fired Karen Attiah, its last Black opinion columnist, because she posted about America's history of coddling white violence. Well, she's got a few things to get off her chest.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-washin...
September 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Washington Post Fired Karen Attiah, But They Only Elevated Her
The Post fired Karen Attiah, its last Black opinion columnist, because she posted about America's history of coddling white violence. Well, she's got a few things to get off her chest.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-washin...
The Post fired Karen Attiah, its last Black opinion columnist, because she posted about America's history of coddling white violence. Well, she's got a few things to get off her chest.
thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-washin...
Where did the U.S. ambassador to Canada park his emotions when Trump was busy calling Canada the 51st state?
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Where did the U.S. ambassador to Canada park his emotions when Trump was busy calling Canada the 51st state?
Can’t say this enough - the discomfort of learning about racism is no way comparable to the trauma of experiencing it firsthand. Enough with the victim mentality.
August 12, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Can’t say this enough - the discomfort of learning about racism is no way comparable to the trauma of experiencing it firsthand. Enough with the victim mentality.
Did you know that Canada was not just a safe haven, but also a site of slavery for over 200 years? Black and Indigenous peoples were enslaved in colonial Canada. This part of Canadian history is often erased. On this #EmancipationDay, take some time to do some digging.
humanrights.ca/story/story-...
humanrights.ca/story/story-...
The story of Black slavery in Canadian history | CMHR
Canada celebrates being a destination for Americans who escaped slavery via the Underground Railroad. But slavery was also part of Canada’s history for more than 200 years.
humanrights.ca
August 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Did you know that Canada was not just a safe haven, but also a site of slavery for over 200 years? Black and Indigenous peoples were enslaved in colonial Canada. This part of Canadian history is often erased. On this #EmancipationDay, take some time to do some digging.
humanrights.ca/story/story-...
humanrights.ca/story/story-...
On this day in 1834, slavery was officially abolished. Emancipation Day serves as a reminder for us to keep disrupting the status quo, and to keep breaking institutional chains.
Happy #EmancipationDay
Happy #EmancipationDay
August 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
On this day in 1834, slavery was officially abolished. Emancipation Day serves as a reminder for us to keep disrupting the status quo, and to keep breaking institutional chains.
Happy #EmancipationDay
Happy #EmancipationDay
According to the government of Canada, Black nurses are met with harsher treatment in the healthcare system than their white counterparts.
Let’s not even talk about the lack of representation in leadership and academia. Progress has been painstakingly slow.
Let’s not even talk about the lack of representation in leadership and academia. Progress has been painstakingly slow.
June 6, 2025 at 1:54 AM
According to the government of Canada, Black nurses are met with harsher treatment in the healthcare system than their white counterparts.
Let’s not even talk about the lack of representation in leadership and academia. Progress has been painstakingly slow.
Let’s not even talk about the lack of representation in leadership and academia. Progress has been painstakingly slow.
Doug Ford froze minimum wage for years.
He froze wages for female-dominated professions for years.
He’s failed to boost ODSP for years.
He’s made cuts to education.
He’s grossly underfunded public healthcare.
Today, he gives MPPs a 35% raise & turns his back on the rest of us. #onpoli
He froze wages for female-dominated professions for years.
He’s failed to boost ODSP for years.
He’s made cuts to education.
He’s grossly underfunded public healthcare.
Today, he gives MPPs a 35% raise & turns his back on the rest of us. #onpoli
May 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Doug Ford froze minimum wage for years.
He froze wages for female-dominated professions for years.
He’s failed to boost ODSP for years.
He’s made cuts to education.
He’s grossly underfunded public healthcare.
Today, he gives MPPs a 35% raise & turns his back on the rest of us. #onpoli
He froze wages for female-dominated professions for years.
He’s failed to boost ODSP for years.
He’s made cuts to education.
He’s grossly underfunded public healthcare.
Today, he gives MPPs a 35% raise & turns his back on the rest of us. #onpoli
Who else agrees that nurses should be at every table where healthcare decisions are being made? I do ✋🏿
Happy nursing week!
Happy nursing week!
May 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Who else agrees that nurses should be at every table where healthcare decisions are being made? I do ✋🏿
Happy nursing week!
Happy nursing week!
This nurses week, I challenge each of us to call out racism when we see it. Let us remember Joyce Echaquan, the 37yo Atikamekw woman who died in a Quebec hospital after being subjected to racist abuse by health staff. Stop being a passive ally & DO something.
Happy Nurses week!
Happy Nurses week!
May 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
This nurses week, I challenge each of us to call out racism when we see it. Let us remember Joyce Echaquan, the 37yo Atikamekw woman who died in a Quebec hospital after being subjected to racist abuse by health staff. Stop being a passive ally & DO something.
Happy Nurses week!
Happy Nurses week!
While I support free hospital parking in Ontario, it's important to recognize that hospitals are grossly underfunded and depend on parking fees to maintain services. To eliminate these fees without compromising patient care, Premier Doug Ford must increase hospital funding. #onpoli
May 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
While I support free hospital parking in Ontario, it's important to recognize that hospitals are grossly underfunded and depend on parking fees to maintain services. To eliminate these fees without compromising patient care, Premier Doug Ford must increase hospital funding. #onpoli
The anti-woke Poilievre did not just lose the election, he also lost his own parliamentary seat. That’s not just defeat, but a full-blown political faceplant. I can’t get over it 😂
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
May 1, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The anti-woke Poilievre did not just lose the election, he also lost his own parliamentary seat. That’s not just defeat, but a full-blown political faceplant. I can’t get over it 😂
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
A beautiful thank you to all the people who did not vote for Pierre Poilievre. You are the real MVPs.
#CanadaElection #CanadaElections2025
#CanadaElection #CanadaElections2025
April 29, 2025 at 5:37 AM
A beautiful thank you to all the people who did not vote for Pierre Poilievre. You are the real MVPs.
#CanadaElection #CanadaElections2025
#CanadaElection #CanadaElections2025
The original meaning of woke is to be alert to social justice issues. To stay woke is to stay aware of what is going on in society. Politicians have colonized the word to criticize efforts around social justice & to spread anti-Black sentiments. We won’t let them. Forever woke 👊🏿
April 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The original meaning of woke is to be alert to social justice issues. To stay woke is to stay aware of what is going on in society. Politicians have colonized the word to criticize efforts around social justice & to spread anti-Black sentiments. We won’t let them. Forever woke 👊🏿
We should all be alarmed byPoilievre’s threats to pull back federal funding from universities if elected. Federal research grants are needed to fund cancer research, mental health, cybersecurity & many others.
Pierre plans to end life-saving & cutting-edge science.
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Pierre plans to end life-saving & cutting-edge science.
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Pierre Poilievre says he’ll end ‘woke ideology’ — he isn’t saying what that means
Pierre Poilievre is vowing to eliminate 'woke ideology' from the public service, federal funding for university research and military culture.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We should all be alarmed byPoilievre’s threats to pull back federal funding from universities if elected. Federal research grants are needed to fund cancer research, mental health, cybersecurity & many others.
Pierre plans to end life-saving & cutting-edge science.
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
Pierre plans to end life-saving & cutting-edge science.
www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...
My heart goes out to all those mourning and hurting after the senseless violence at the Filipino Festival in Vancouver, where a man drove a car right into the crowd, killing and harming people while they celebrated.
Such tragedy! I pray for healing in our society.
#Canada
Such tragedy! I pray for healing in our society.
#Canada
April 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
My heart goes out to all those mourning and hurting after the senseless violence at the Filipino Festival in Vancouver, where a man drove a car right into the crowd, killing and harming people while they celebrated.
Such tragedy! I pray for healing in our society.
#Canada
Such tragedy! I pray for healing in our society.
#Canada
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Public health leaders talk of re-establishing trust www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/p...
“We advance conspiracy theorists over people who are scientists. We have experts silenced & public health workers being demonized for doing their jobs.”
Distrust was CREATED & weaponized by misinformation mongers.
“We advance conspiracy theorists over people who are scientists. We have experts silenced & public health workers being demonized for doing their jobs.”
Distrust was CREATED & weaponized by misinformation mongers.
Public health leaders, besieged and regretful, talk of re-establishing trust
Public health leaders met to celebrate the field but also to talk about regret and strategies for re-establishing public trust, for example, empathetic listening.
www.statnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Public health leaders talk of re-establishing trust www.statnews.com/2025/04/09/p...
“We advance conspiracy theorists over people who are scientists. We have experts silenced & public health workers being demonized for doing their jobs.”
Distrust was CREATED & weaponized by misinformation mongers.
“We advance conspiracy theorists over people who are scientists. We have experts silenced & public health workers being demonized for doing their jobs.”
Distrust was CREATED & weaponized by misinformation mongers.
A patient received priority care after assaulting a nurse. How is this not an example of rewarding violent behaviour? Does this mean that patients can attack nurses and get special treatment in return? This is sickening. Nurses deserve better!
www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
Patient seen sooner after allegedly assaulting nurse at Winnipeg hospital
Questions are being raised about how health officials handled a patient at Grace Hospital who allegedly assaulted a nurse.
www.ctvnews.ca
April 10, 2025 at 1:27 AM
A patient received priority care after assaulting a nurse. How is this not an example of rewarding violent behaviour? Does this mean that patients can attack nurses and get special treatment in return? This is sickening. Nurses deserve better!
www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
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When I wrote "Resilience is Futile", I never expected so many workplace speaking gigs.
But it seems that more and more employers are choosing "Building Resilience" band-aid BS solutions to what are actually systemic problems like burnout, pay inequity, discriminatory practises, etc.
But it seems that more and more employers are choosing "Building Resilience" band-aid BS solutions to what are actually systemic problems like burnout, pay inequity, discriminatory practises, etc.
I recently spoke at a conference where I explained how the word resilience has been weaponized by many employers to justify unhealthy and toxic work environments.
Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.
Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.
April 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
When I wrote "Resilience is Futile", I never expected so many workplace speaking gigs.
But it seems that more and more employers are choosing "Building Resilience" band-aid BS solutions to what are actually systemic problems like burnout, pay inequity, discriminatory practises, etc.
But it seems that more and more employers are choosing "Building Resilience" band-aid BS solutions to what are actually systemic problems like burnout, pay inequity, discriminatory practises, etc.
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A work environment that requires or even just relies on employee resilience is not only toxic, it is also doomed as it will quickly lose that invaluable resource, the discretionary effort of their employees.
I recently spoke at a conference where I explained how the word resilience has been weaponized by many employers to justify unhealthy and toxic work environments.
Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.
Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.
April 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
A work environment that requires or even just relies on employee resilience is not only toxic, it is also doomed as it will quickly lose that invaluable resource, the discretionary effort of their employees.
I recently spoke at a conference where I explained how the word resilience has been weaponized by many employers to justify unhealthy and toxic work environments.
Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.
Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.
April 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I recently spoke at a conference where I explained how the word resilience has been weaponized by many employers to justify unhealthy and toxic work environments.
Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.
Please, don’t fall for it anymore. We don’t need resilience training. We need healthy work environments. Thank you.
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During COVID, we learned the hard way that nearly all our hospital PPE i.e. masks, gowns, gloves comes from China.
A 104% tariff could send us straight back to pandemic-level shortages or drive healthcare costs even higher.🫠
A 104% tariff could send us straight back to pandemic-level shortages or drive healthcare costs even higher.🫠
April 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
During COVID, we learned the hard way that nearly all our hospital PPE i.e. masks, gowns, gloves comes from China.
A 104% tariff could send us straight back to pandemic-level shortages or drive healthcare costs even higher.🫠
A 104% tariff could send us straight back to pandemic-level shortages or drive healthcare costs even higher.🫠