What Is Cultural Safety and Humility?
Cultural safety is an outcome based on respectful engagement that recognizes and strives to address power imbalances inherent in the health care system. It results in an environment free of racism and discrimination, where people feel safe when receiving health care.
Cultural humility is a process of self-reflection to understand personal and systemic biases and to develop and maintain respectful processes and relationships based on mutual trust. Cultural humility involves humbly acknowledging oneself as a learner when it comes to understanding another’s experience.
– from Creating a Climate for Change
"Creating a Climate for Change"
FNHA is committed to cultural safety and humility in the delivery of health services for First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples in British Columbia.
In 2016, FNHA carried out an extensive initiative to support health service staff in achieving the collective goal of culturally safe health services for First Nations and Aboriginal people in BC. The initiative was called Creating a Climate for Change (#It Starts With Me).
This page is a collection of the materials produced to support the initiative, including print and video resources, webinar recordings and presentions and promotional items.
These materials would be useful for any organization that wishes to carry out their own cultural safety and humility campaign.
Resources
Webinar 2:
Learning and Advancing the Recommendations of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission (Shelley Joseph) |
Presentation Slides | Event Poster
Webinar 3:
The Importance of Story to Cultural Safety Webinar (Brad Anderson and Vanessa Mitchell) |
Presentation Slides |
Event Poster
Webinar 4:
Intergenerational Trauma and Institutional Avoidance (Dr. Evan Adams) | Presentation Slides |
Event Poster
Webinar 5:
Pursuing Cultural Safety (Carol Peters) |
Presentation Slides | Event Poster
Webinar 6:
Cultural Humility and Nursing in BC (Becky Palmer, Inez Louis, Lisa Sam) |
Presentation Slides |
Event Poster
Webinar 7:
Cultural Safety: Respect and Dignity in Relationships: Indigenous Peoples and the Health Care System (Hilary McGregor) |
Presentation Slides |
Event Poster
Webinar 8:
Racism as a Determinant of Health (Dr. Charlotte Loppie) |
Presentation Slides
Webinar 9:
Cultural Safety Framework and Action Plan from Vancouver Coastal Health (Leslie Bonshor) |
Presentation Slides |
Event Poster
Webinar 10:
Responding to Anti-Indigenous Racism in the Health Care System (Yvette Ringham Cowan and Laurie Harding) | Presentation Slides |
Event Poster
Webinar 11:
Leading with Culture in First Nations Community Contexts (Elder Virginia Peters and Dr. Shannon McDonald) | Presentation Slides
Promotional Materials
Sample Tweets and Facebook Posts
"Leading a Framework for Cultural Safety & Humility" Infographic (Sam Bradd)
Social Media Banners
Declaration of Commitment (poster)
"My Committment to Cultural Safety & Humility" Pledge Card
FNHA Staff Pledges Album (Facebook)
