​An accredited online course is now available to support health care providers across BC strengthen Indigenous cultural safety, advance anti-racist practices and improve the delivery of health care for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.

Alhgoh Together as One, Together as Community: Pathway to Indigenous Cultural Safety offers practical, reflective self-paced learning, designed for providers at all stages of their cultural safety and humility journey.

It supports clinicians in delivering care aligned with the Health Standards Organization, the Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti‑Racism Standard and the new Health Professions and Occupations Act.

“Anti‑Indigenous racism continues to cause real harm in our health care system, and we all have work to do, to change that reality," says Dr. Terri Aldred, Family Physician and Executive Medical Director, Primary Care at FNHA. “Alhgoh invites providers to walk this path with openness — deepening self‑awareness, acknowledging vulnerabilities and strengthening the foundation for truly safe and relational care."

Image credit: Clayton Gauthier

What the course offers

Offered through UBC Continuing Professional Development (CPD)​, Alhgoh provides health care professionals across BC with meaningful guidance, practical tools and accredited learning to strengthen safer, more respectful care.

Participants will learn through:

• Clinical scenarios that reflect real-world practice
• Self-reflection exercises that deepen awareness and humility
• Practical tools for use in clinical settings
• Guidance from Indigenous knowledge keepers and Elders

The course supports learners at any stage, whether just beginning or building upon prior training.

Accreditation and professional growth

The course offers continuing education credits and supports providers in meeting their professional responsibilities for culturally safe, anti-racist care.

• Physicians, specialists, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and other providers can earn accredited credits.
• Pharmacists can meet the required cultural safety and humility training hours.

The flexible, online format allows participants to complete the training on their own schedule.

Part of a bigger provincial effort

The Alhgoh course is part of a coordinated provincial effort to interrupt systemic racism in health care, reduce harm caused by bias and improve Indigenous patient experiences. The course was developed in partnership with Indigenous knowledge holders, Elders, clinical experts, FNHA, UBC Continuing Professional Development and the Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility Provincial Working Group.

“Alhgoh represents a positive step toward a health care system where Indigenous people feel safe, respected and seen," says Dr. Aldred. “This course supports every health care provider in BC to meet their responsibility to deliver culturally safe, anti‑racist care."

Alhgoh is grounded in the lands, language and teachings of the Lheidli T'enneh, the naming and the logo were led by Clayton Gauthier. Alhgoh means “together as one, together as a community" in Dakelh and neighboring Wet'suwet'en languages, reflecting a shared responsibility and relational approaches to health and wellbeing.

FNHA is honoured to be a partner in this work, contributing to the development of tools, resources and learning experiences that help transform care for First Nations living in BC.

Register for the course

Health care providers in BC can register for Alhgoh Together as One, Together as Community here.