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Cultural Safety & Humility

Quality care respects individuals for their unique perspectives and acknowledges their cultural contexts. It acknowledges that each of us holds biases and beliefs that shape our worldview, and requires that care providers reflect on and understand how these biases may impact the care they provide.

To foster quality care that is safe and appropriate for Indigenous people, the Council has built a partnership with the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA). In 2016, we began actively collaborating with FNHA to promote Indigenous cultural safety and humility, build capability and capacity within the system, ensure that Indigenous people are part of the Patient Voices Network, and hardwire an Indigenous lens into quality across BC’s health care system.

To further advance awareness and action on cultural safety and humility, together with the FNHA we launched a year-long webinar series that ran from October 2016 to November 2017. The series developed health care professionals’ tools and skills needed to be effective allies for advancing cultural safety and humility, and to understand and integrate this work into their practice or interaction with First Nations and Aboriginal clients. It also advances the Declaration of Cultural Humility & Safety.

All webinar recordings and materials are archived for continued learning.

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Cultural Safety & Humility Action Series

Creating a culturally safe health care system requires the participation and commitment of every person in BC. We partnered with the First Nations Health Authority for a webinar action series – watch the recordings to learn about cultural safety and humility and how to integrate practice into your work. Watch the recordings below.

Webinar 11: Leading with Culture in First Nations Community Contexts

Webinar 10: Responding to Anti-Indigenous Racism in the Health Care System

Webinar 9: Cultural Safety Framework and Action Plan from Vancouver Coastal Health with Leslie Bonshor

Webinar 8: Racism as a Determinant of Health

Webinar 7: Cultural Safety – Respect and Dignity in Relationships Indigenous Peoples and the Health Care System

Webinar 6: Cultural Humility and Nursing in BC

Webinar 5: Pursuing Cultural Safety

Webinar 4: Intergenerational Trauma and Institutional Avoidance

Webinar 3: The Importance of Story to Cultural Safety Webinar

Webinar 2: Learning and Advancing the Recommendations of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission with Shelley Joseph

Webinar 1: Leading a Framework for Cultural Safety & Humility with FNHA CEO Joe Gallagher

Culturally Safe Engagement: What Matters to Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) Patient Partners

Companion Guide

This guide to creating culturally safe engagements was created from the voices of Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) patient partners. From these meaningful discussions, eight key principles emerged along with a series of recommended actions to help and encourage health care partners to provide culturally safe patient engagement opportunities.

Download the Guide