The following are a list of courses and online resources you can use to help develop your knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide culturally safe care.
First Nations Health Authority Webinar Series – Cultural Safety & Humility Action
- Leading a Framework for Cultural Safety and Humility (Joe Gallagher)
- Learning and Advancing the Recommendations of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (Shelley Joseph)
- The Importance of Story to Cultural Safety Webinar (Brad Anderson and Vanessa Mitchell)
- Intergenerational Trauma and Institutional Avoidance (Dr. Evan Adams)
- Pursuing Cultural Safety (Carol Peters)
- Cultural Humility and Nursing in BC (Dr. Becky Palmer, Inez Louis, Lisa Sam)
- Cultural Safety: Respect and Dignity in Relationships: Indigenous Peoples and the Health Care System (Hilary McGregor)
- Racism as a Determinant of Health (Dr. Charlotte Loppie)
- Cultural Safety Framework and Action Plan from Vancouver Coastal Health (Leslie Bonshor)
- Responding to Anti-Indigenous Racism in the Health Care System (Yvette Ringham Cowan and Laurie Harding)
- Leading with Culture in First Nations Community Contexts (Elder Virginia Peters and Dr. Shannon McDonald)
Other BC Health Authority Resources
- San’Yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Program, BC Core Health Program (Provincial Health Services Authority)
- For the Next Seven Generations – for the Children (Island Health Online Course)
Cancer Care Ontario Online Courses
Visit Cancer Care Ontario’s Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Safety Course Series for online courses on culturally safe care, including:
- First Nations, Inuit and Métis Culture, Colonization and the Determinants of Health
- Aboriginal History and Political Governance
- The Need for Cultural Competence in Healthcare
- Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Health
- Aboriginal Community Health Services
- The Health Landscape of First Nation, Inuit and Métis People
- Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
- Health Literacy – Indigenous Perspectives on Health and Well-being
- Chronic Disease Prevention for First Nation, Inuit and Métis People
UBC Resources
Other Links
- The Kairos Blanket Exercise (Online Course)
- Indigenous Canada (University of Alberta Open Online Course)
Allyship Resources
- 10 ways to be an ally to Indigenous communities – Amnesty International
- Resources on Indigenous allyship – Laurentian University
- Guide to Pronunciation of BC First Nations – Government of BC
Land Acknowledgment Resources
See Land Acknowledgements for resources on recognizing the rightful guardians of the land.
