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Practice 16 Justice-Doing: Institutional\u2013Organizational Change<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

By Sandra Collins, Melissa Jay, Jane Arscott, Kitana Connelly, Lisa Gunderson, Kirby Huminuik, Jo Anni Joncas, Gina Ko, Kaltrina Kusari, Stephanie Martin, Annie Pilote, Fatima Saleem, and Sonya Sehgal<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book: Decolonizing Health, Healing, and Care<\/a>
Published: June 1, 2025
Publisher: Counselling Concepts<\/a>
Chapter DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.71446\/as10160543<\/a>
Book ISBN: 978-0-9738085-6-8
Format: ePub
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Justice-doing goes beyond recognizing inequities and advocating for change. It involves taking direct, intentional, concrete actions to dismantle oppressive systems and co-create more equitable ones. Sandra, Melissa, and Jane examine how counsellors and psychotherapists can engage in justice-doing as part of their professional practice, turning their commitment to social justice into meaningful, transformative action within the organizations, communities, and institutions. They position therapy and activism as intertwined. Rather than helping those who are suffering to accommodate oppressive lives, justice-doing involves using any access to collective power to work toward transforming the social contexts that create and sustain oppression. The authors describe common elements in justice-doing. They then focus on specific examples of how healthcare practitioners might take action to enact institutional\u2013organizational change: (a) advocacy, including interprofessional and interorganizational collaboration; (b) community work, including community-engagement, community outreach, community capacity-enhancement, and consultation; (c) organizational development; (d) organizational policy change; and (e) program development and evaluation. Jane threads her expertise in community, organizational, and policy change throughout the chapter. Sandra, Melissa, and Jane emphasize the importance of cultural humility, practitioners to step back, listen deeply, and recognize when to follow the leadership of others who are actively within their own cultural communities. An invitation to action encourages practitioners to demonstrate solidarity in healthcare and other settings through initiatives centring justice, accessibility , inclusion, diversity, and equity (JAIDE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sandra, Melissa, and Jane are honoured to feature practice illustrations by the following co-authors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n