This is a clip was aired on CKDU 88.1FM as a pack for the November 17th Signal Radio show. University of King's College Bachelor of Journalism student Jayde Tynes was sent on assignment to capture this story by Pauline Daikin. 

The IWK hospital in Halifax Nova Scotia has been active in finding ways to inform patients of the fact that due to a lack of genomic data diversity in clinical research marginalized groups data may not be properly examined.

Today, genomics has quickly become integrated into our health-care system. It creates personalized drug regimens, and uncovers  rare genetic diseases. It can predict someone’s risk for developing some diseases.

But a lack of diversity in existing genomic data is limiting that benefit for ethnic minorities

SignalRadio Clip Tynes/GenomicData

This episode of My Blackness, My Truth is about the paralysis many black professionals feel when faced with a new career choice that affects the Black community.

The episode opens with a first-person narrative, painting a picture of host Jayde Symone's experience helping Halifax City Councilor Lindell Smith with his own "Black Professional Paralysis" back in 2016. 

Then we bring it back to today, host Jayde Symone sat with Councilor Smith in the lobby of Halifax City Hall and unpacked the factors that cause Black professionals to think about how career choices impact not just their own careers but the community as well. 

Host Jayde Symone speaks her own truth, about the process she went through when deciding to take a broadcast placement with CBC Talk Radio in Halifax and Toronto. 

Listen to us talk about our truths as Black professionals, while unpacking some larger issues.

Follow host Jayde Symone on Twitter:  @jaydesyomone 
Follow Councilor Lindell Smith on Twitter: @LindellSmithHFX

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