Publications

Updates, reports & publications

As part of our commitment to addressing and ending Indigenous-specific racism in health care, we report regularly on our progress on this work. We invite you to review the below reports.

Constructive disruption

These reports describe our efforts to enact the recommendations put forth in the In Plan Sight report and lay out a roadmap for BCCNM to follow as we work to make the health-care system culturally safe.

Constructive disruption to Indigenous-specific racism amongst B.C. Nurses and Midwives. Published September 2021.
One-year progress update: Constructive Disruption. Published September 2022.

Redressing harm

These two publications outline the college's commitments for the coming two years and provide a progress report on these activites.

BCCNM's Commitment to Action: 2023–24 Redressing Harm to Indigenous Peoples in the Health-care System. Published April 2023.
Six-month progress update on the Redressing Harm plan. Published September 2023.

Complaints process review

BCCNM in 2022 commissioned a review of its complaints process to make it safer for Indigenous Peoples.

Final report: Looking Back to Look Forward. Finalized December 2022, published April 2023.

Practice standard for nurses and midwives

The practice standard, Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility, and Anti-Racism, was developed in collaboration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (CPSBC). It came into effect Feb. 25, 2022.

Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility, and Anti-Racism practice standard
Companion Guide
Survey results: registrant feedback on standard

Video series — co-produced with CPSBC.

How we engage

Elders and Knowledge Keepers are very important members of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities, and have invaluable knowledge to share with BCCNM. We're pleased to share our guidelines for this work.