This foundations course is intentionally designed to build over three distinct sections: cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, and cultural safety. As students build their skills and capacity for cultural humility, they will engage in individual and group work to provide culturally safe care, adjust interactions with patients, locate resources and foster relationships with Indigenous communities and organizations in healthcare. This course directly addresses the following Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action: “10 iii. Development of culturally appropriate curricula; 23. iii. Provide cultural competency training for all healthcare professionals; and 24. We call upon medical and nursing schools in Canada to require all students to take a course dealing with Aboriginal health issues” (Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 2015, p. 2 and 3).
- Teacher: Auroara Leigh