Indigenous Cultural Safety
Indigenous cultural safety is an outcome based on respectful engagement that recognizes and strives to address power imbalances inherent in the health care system. It results in an environment free of racism and discrimination, where people feel safe when receiving health care.
Cultural humility is a process of self-reflection to understand personal and systemic biases and to develop and maintain respectful processes and relationships based on mutual trust. Cultural humility involves humbly acknowledging oneself as a learner when it comes to understanding another’s experience.
The Victoria Division is committed to creating culturally safe and respectful environments for all, implemented through the Victoria Primary Care Network.
All of the care teams in the Victoria Primary Care Network are eligible to participate in an Indigenous Cultural Safety learning journey. We hope that through these learnings our Primary Care Network team will be able to provide culturally informed care.
Training
San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training
San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training, “Core ICS Health”, is available online and is self-paced over an eight-week window and typically takes between eight-ten hours to complete. This self-learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 20 Mainpro+ credits. The course is available complimentary for those that have an Island Health email address. For those not employed by Island Health, the Division is currently supporting the registration fees. More information on the training.
Please email Katelyn Gordon for details on how to support your registration.
Island Health’s Indigenous Health Program
“For the Next Seven Generations – for the Children” is available online to the public. The course is self-paced and takes approximately 3-4 hours to complete. Learn more.
Looking for a personal conversation to discover additional learning opportunities relevant to you or your team?
Connect with Joan Brett, Victoria PCN Manager and Lead for Indigenous Health: [email protected].
The Victoria Division of Family Practice acknowledges with great respect and appreciation that our office is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish nations. We are privileged to be working on the lands of the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen/Songhees) and WSÁNEĆ (Tsartlip, Tsawout, Tseycum) Peoples.
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