A decades-old decision created a system where Black Canadians need to be sicker than the rest of the population to qualify for a living kidney donor transplant. How did this happen? And why does it persist today if science doesn’t support it?

Voices in this episode:

Charles Cook, donor recipient

Lydia-Joi Marshall, project lead at the Health Commons Solutions Lab and President of the Black Health Alliance

Dr. Bourne Auguste, nephrologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre