Transformative Change: Advancing Cultural Safety Across British Columbia
Transformative Change: Advancing Cultural Safety Across British Columbia
Webinar Recording | 85 min | English
A culturally safe environment is free of racism and discrimination and people feel safe when receiving health care (First Nations Health Authority [FNHA], 2016; (Turpel-Lafond, 2020a).
Across British Columbia (BC) and Canadian health systems, First Nations, Métis and Inuit experience racism and discrimination at many levels when seeking health-related care and services. The range of negative impacts from these experiences include harm and even death.
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 a HSO 75000:2022 (E) British Columbia Cultural Safety and Humility standard.
This standard addresses racism and discrimination against Indigenous peoples in BC. It has the potential to guide transformative change in BC health systems and organizations.
Listen to this webinar to hear from Indigenous leaders, patient partners, and health leaders and learn:
1. An understanding of the need for a system-wide cultural safety and humility standard;
2. An overview of the HSO 75000:2022 (E) British Columbia Cultural Safety and Humility standard and its unique development process; and
3. Examples of how you can put this standard into action today.
Let's talk about how we can fundamentally shift the paradigms that perpetuate racism and discrimination against Indigenous peoples and start the work that is needed to uphold cultural safety, cultural humility, and reconciliation for all Canadians.
More Cultural Safety and Humility resources are available on First Nations Health Authority.