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Category: COTBC Newsletter – May 2022

Progress on Our Indigenous Cultural Safety Commitment

May 9, 2022

We continue to prioritize activities to embed the principles of cultural safety and humility into the College’s culture, governance, and operations.

Examples of current initiatives include:

  • Developing a learning session for registrants in the Fall
  • Collaborating with BC Health regulators to explore the development of Practice Standards for Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility
  • Planning a gathering for OTs that self-identified as Indigenous and showed interest in providing insights and perspectives on regulatory issues

It is critical that we undertake these important activities in a way that is both culturally safe and meaningful, and as such, we continue to make connections with Indigenous Elders and consultants for advice and guidance.

The College recently worked with Sage Paul, an Indigenous artist from W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip) First Nation, to create five custom pieces of digital art titled Respect, Knowledge Keeper, Land Acknowledgement, Ambassador, and Current.

Drawing upon Recommendation #10 of the In Plain Sight report, the College commits to visibly include Indigenous artwork and territorial acknowledgements in both our physical and online spaces to help foster culturally safer environments for Indigenous peoples.

Given the College’s office is privileged to be located on the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) peoples, including the BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁ,UTW̱ (Tsawout), W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), and W̱SÍḴEM (Tseycum) First Nations, it was important that COTBC supported the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council’s ask that “all government institutions, private companies, and individuals operating within W̱SÁNEĆ territory … help the W̱SÁNEĆ Nation in their efforts to revitalize W̱SÁNEĆ culture and re-establish a W̱SÁNEĆ presence on W̱SÁNEĆ lands.”

While we finalize the new cultural safety and humility section of our website where this artwork will be posted, we are excited to share this piece with you. Titled, Land Acknowledgement, Sage Paul states that she designed this image “to be a collection of elements representing the movement and growth of our land.”

Read a full description of this digital art, as well as to learn more about the Artist. Watch for website updates where we will share four additional captivating, inspiring, and thought-provoking pieces created by Sage Paul.

Posted in COTBC Newsletter – May 2022

2022 Renewal is Approaching – Time for a Currency Check

May 9, 2022

We anticipate registration renewal to begin in mid-May. Over the past several years, many people have faced interruptions to employment and may have experienced a decrease in hours worked. To renew, College Bylaws require registrants to meet one the following currency hour requirements:

  • Successful completion of at least 600 hours within the scope of the profession in the preceding three years,
  • Successful completion of a re-entry program within the preceding 18 months,
  • Graduation from a recognized Canadian occupational therapy program or being deemed substantially equivalent, having obtained an academic qualification from a program or institution outside Canada, within the past 18 months.

Given registration renewal will be for the 2022/2023 period, the hours completed during the following years will be eligible towards meeting the 600 hours in the preceding three years currency hour requirement: 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022. Please review your currency to ensure you will be eligible for renewal in June.

The College website offers a currency calculator to help you tally your hours.

If you are short on currency, the Registration Committee will consider hours you spent in other activities that support your continuing competence and the delivery of safe, ethical, and effective care. These activities may include participation in volunteer work and continuing professional development (both formal and informal study) from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2022.

Note these hours cannot exceed 25% of the 600 required hours (i.e., 150 hours), and cannot have been accumulated while your registration status was non-practising or cancelled, or while you were participating in a re-entry program.

To apply for consideration fill out the online form by June 7, 2022 and/or contact the College for next steps at registration@cotbc.org.

Posted in COTBC Newsletter – May 2022

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The COTBC office is located on the traditional territory of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) peoples, including the BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin), SȾÁ,UTW̱ (Tsawout), W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), and W̱SÍḴEM (Tseycum) First Nations, who have had a special relationship with this land since time immemorial. We are grateful visitors here where we conduct our important work.

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