Cultural safety and humility

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​​​​​BCCNM and the College of Physicians and Surgeons​​​ of B.C. have collaborated on a n​ew standard, Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti-Racism. This standard came into effect Feb. 25,​​​​​​ 2022.

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As part of helping registrants prepare for this new standard, we've put together a preliminary list of learning resources, and we'll be adding to this list over the coming weeks and months.

Please email us at culturalsafety@bccnm.ca if you have suggestions for additional resources or questions.

Below are resources that you may find helpful as you begin or continue your learning journey about Indigenous cultural safety, cultural humility, and anti-racism. This list will be added to so check back frequently.

Resources listed are free to access unless otherwise noted.

BCCNM also collaborated with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC on a series of videos​ to support registrant learning. These videos are available below.

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Readings​

Organization/Author	Title and link	Content covered	Time commitment
​B.C. Ministr​y of Children an​​​​d Family Development	​Healing Families, Helping Systems: A Trauma-Informed Practice Guide for Working with Children, Youth and Families	​Self-reflection, knowledge, strengths​-based and trauma-informed care	​1 ½–2 hours
​B.C. Patient Safety & Quality Council	​Culturally Safe Engagement	​Creating safe environments, person-led care	​About an hour
​B.C. Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use Planning Council	​Trauma-Informed Practice Guide (2013)	​Trauma-informed practice	​About 3 hours
​National Collaborating Center for Determinants of Health	​Let's talk about racism and health equity	​Knowledge, antiracism, creating safe environments	​About 15 mins
​National Collaborating Center for Determinants of Health	​Social determinants of health: Indigenous experiences with racism and its impacts	​Knowledge, antiracism, creating safe environments	​About 30 mins
​National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health	​NCCIH Publications	​Creating safe environments, cultural safety and humility	​15 mins up to several hours depending on resource
​Open Text BC	​Pulling Together: Foundations Guide	​History, knowledge	​About 3 ½ hours
​PHSA/B.C. Women's Hospital	​Culturally Connected Exercise self-reflection and critique	​Self-reflection, creating safe environments, person-led care	​30 mins–1 hour depending on level of reflection
​University of British Columbia	​Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (Indian hospitals)	​Knowledge, history	​15 mins
​Vancouver Coastal Health	​Aboriginal Cultural Practices: A Guide for Physicians and Allied Health Care Professionals	​Self-reflection, knowledge, creating safe environments	​1 ½–2 hours
​Visions Journal	​Here to Help	​Trauma-informed practice, mental health and addictions​	​About 1 hour
​​Wellesley Institute	​First Peoples, Second Class Treatment	​History, knowledge, antiracism	​About 2 hours
​First Nations Health Authority	​Remembering Keegan: A B.C. First Nations Ca​se Study Refection	​Creating safe environments, person-led care​	​About 3 hours

Videos​​

Organization/Author	Title and link	Content covered	Time commitment
​Aussie Michelin	​How to talk about Indigenous people	​Anti-racism	​2 ½ mins
​B.C. Provincial Mental Health and Substance Use Planning Council	​Trauma-Informed Practice webinars	​Trauma-informed practice	​20–40 mins each
​Canadian Medical Association	​The Unforgotten	​History, knowledge	​3​​6 mins
​The Agenda​ with Steve Paikin (TVO)	​The Indian Act Explained	​History	​26 mins
​University of Victoria	​Challenging Racist “British Columbia"	​Knowledge, history	​13 mins
World​ Health Organization. (2017, Jun​e 21)​	What is people-centred care?	Person-led care	​2 ½ mins

Courses​​

​Organization/Author	Title and link	Content covered	Time commitment
​Island He​alth	​For the Next Seven Generations – for the Children	​History, Safe care	​4–5 hours
​PHSA ($)	​San'yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Online Training	​Knowledge, history, self-reflection	​6 to 10 hours
​University of Alberta	​Indigenous Canada	​History, knowledge	​21 hours
​University of British Columbia	​Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education	​Knowledge, history, building Indigenous relationships	​6 weeks
​University of Victoria	​Cultural Safety: Module One | Peoples Experiences of Colonization	​Cultural safety	​About 30 to 45 mins
​U​niversity of Victoria	​Cultural Safety: Module Two | Peoples Experiences of Oppression	​Cultural safety	​About 30 to 45 mins
​Universi​ty of Victoria	​Cultura​​​l Safety: Module Three | Peoples Experiences of Colonization in Relation to Health Care	​Cultural safety	​About 30 to 45 mins

Reports​​

​Organization/A​uthor​	Tit​le and link	Content covered	Time commitment
​Chief Commissioner Marion Buller	​National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls - Reclaiming Power and Place	​Knowledge, history, self-reflection	​About 40 hours
​Government of B.C.	​Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act – Bill 41, S.B.C. 2019, c. 44	​History, safe care	​4–5 hours
​Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond	In Plain Sight Summary Report	​Knowledge, history, building Indigenous relationships	About 2 ½ hours