Indigenous Cultural Safety Resources

Resources Related to Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility & Anti-Racism

BCCNM Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility, and Anti-Racism Practice Standard:

“British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons​​​ of B.C. collaborated on the practice standard Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti-Racism. This standard came into effect Feb. 25,​​​​​​ 2022.

BCCNM has created and collated a repository of resources to support nurses’ learning and professional development.”

These resources can be viewed at: https://www.bccnm.ca/RN/learning/cultural_safety_humility/Pages/Default.aspx

British Columbia Cultural Safety and Humility Standard:

“The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) partnered with Health Standards Organization (HSO) to bring together a BC First Nations-led Cultural Safety and Humility Technical Committee to oversee the development of HSO 75000:2022 (E) British Columbia Cultural Safety and Humility standard” (https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/cultural-safety-and-humility).

Information about the standard and a repository of related resources can be viewed at: https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/cultural-safety-and-humility

UBC Learning Circle:

“The UBC Learning Circle is a partnership between the Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health and the First Nations Health Authority. Our intention is to provide educational and informational opportunities to health care workers and professionals in First Nations communities. The knowledge comes from your sharing of successful health practices and interventions, speakers, researchers and other experts” (https://learningcircle.ubc.ca/).

Information about the Learning Circle programming and archive of webinars can be viewed here: https://learningcircle.ubc.ca/

The Indigenous Learning Pathways Program:

“The Indigenous Learning Pathways (ILP) program is a self-directed, multi-course suite of training that supports new employees to meaningfully and respectfully engage with Indigenous histories, knowledges, perspectives, and realities in their role at UBC.  

Through a series of guided activities, reflections, and learning prompts, ILP orients learners to Indigenous focused resources already available to the UBC community, providing tips and ideas for how they can be creatively included and utilized in professional and personal development plans” (https://indigenousinitiatives.ctlt.ubc.ca/programming/ilp/).

Access the Indigenous Learning Pathways program at: https://indigenousinitiatives.ctlt.ubc.ca/programming/ilp/

Applied Science – Weaving Relations:

“Weaving Relations is a self-directed course developed jointly by the Faculty of Applied Science and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Weaving Relations explores Indigenous histories, people, and contexts, as well as settler colonialism in Canada, through the lens of Indigenous-Canadian relationships. The course considers how we got to where we are now, and how we can build a better future together” (https://apsc.ubc.ca/weaving-relations). To learn more and enroll: https://apsc.ubc.ca/weaving-relations