Cultural Safety Training - Indigenous Primary Health Care Council

About the Anishinaabe Mino’Ayawiin
– People in Good Health approach to Indigenous Cultural Safety

The Anishinaabe Mino’Ayaawin – People in Good Health is Indigenous Primary Health Care Council’s (IPHCC) approach to Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS). This approach is a comprehensive vision of Indigenous Cultural Safety that encompasses online training courses, customized workshops, change management support, and the development of tools and resources.

Integrates cultural awareness, sensitivity, competency, humility and safety to transform healthcare systems
Prepares healthcare professionals with essential skills and knowledge to create compassionate environments
Accounts for social and historical contexts shaping healthcare experiences
Addresses structural and interpersonal power imbalances
Aims to dismantle anti-Indigenous racism through transformative, decolonizing, and Indigenous-informed strategies

Improve Health Outcomes:

Understanding the cultural context of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples builds trust and fosters meaningful connections, enabling more effective care and improved health outcomes.

Build Stronger Patient Relationships:

Establish trust-based relationships with First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples to ensure accurate diagnoses, effective treatment plans, and improved patient satisfaction.

Professional Growth and Responsibility:

Expand your professional capabilities by integrating cultural safety into your practice, aligning with best practices and ethical standards in healthcare.

Contribute to Reconciliation:

Taking our training fulfills Truth & Reconciliation Call to Action #23 (iii) which calls for cultural competency training for all healthcare professionals in Canada.

The Impact:

A Safer Healthcare Environment

Adopting culturally safe practices contributes to a healthcare environment where First Nations, Inuit, and Metis peoples can express their health concerns without fear of misunderstanding or discrimination

Enhanced Communication Skills

Gain tools to communicate more effectively with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, ensuring their perspectives and preferences are integral to their care plan

Leadership in Healthcare

Set a new standard for culturally safe care in the professional community, inspiring others to adopt similar practices, improve healthcare outcomes and contribute to systemic change

Courses

Foundations of ICS

This foundational course is the first course that officially launched under IPHCC’s Anishinaabe Mino’Ayaawin on October 27, 2021. Foundations of ICS equips healthcare professionals with essential skills and knowledge to adopt culturally safe practices. Delivered as a self-guided online course, it explores the historical and ongoing impacts of colonization and provides actionable strategies for fostering equitable and safe healthcare environments.

Key Features

Trauma-informed and rights-based approach
Grounded in Indigenous perspectives and lived experiences
Practical tools for culturally safe care

To begin the registration process for the Foundations of ICS course click below

Foundations of ICS

Indigenous Cultural Safety in Mental Health (NEW)

The Indigenous Cultural Safety in Mental Health course provides a comprehensive understanding of mental health challenges within Indigenous communities. It combines historical and present-day contexts with actionable and effective strategies to support culturally safe mental health practices.

Learners are strongly encouraged to complete Foundations of ICS as a prerequisite to this course.

Key Features

Historical and contemporary mental health contexts
Strategies for culturally safe mental health practices
Emphasis on trauma-informed care

To begin the registration process for the ICS in Mental Health course

[click here] or email ics@iphcc.ca

Countdown to ICS Mental Health Course Launch

Days

Hours

Minutes

Seconds

How IPHCC approaches Indigenous Cultural Safety and Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care:

Ongoing Curriculum Development and Focused Trainings
Customized Information Sessions, Workshops and Webinars
Development of Toolkits and Resources
Supports Organizational Change Initiatives
Relationship Building and Strategic, Collaborative Partnerships

Testimonials

"Having previously completed other ICS trainings, not only was the course content and supplemental information excellent and informative; but I found the format, pace and layout very engaging and easy to navigate!"

– Francophone and Resource Policy Lead, Alliance for Healthier Communities

"I found the format of using real-world patient experiences to introduce and illustrate key concepts to be particularly effective. I would recommend this course to healthcare workers in Ontario."

– Indigenous Project Coordinator, Simcoe Muskoka Regional Cancer Program

"I appreciated this informative and well-organized presentation. While this information can be challenging to hear, we need to better acknowledge Canada's history with Indigenous Peoples to inform our clinical practices, policies, environments, etc. I hope more of my colleagues will participate in your future offerings."

"I appreciate the facilitators for their balanced approach to group work. Their willingness to share personal stories and truths was a pivotal moment for reflecting on the past, present, and future. As young Indigenous women, each of them showed resilience and hope for the future of Indigenous peoples. It was a powerful experience."

"The facilitators were welcoming and supportive to learners. I appreciated their professionalism and respectful interactions. Thank you!"

"I received helpful feedback from the breakout room facilitator while working on my personal Land Acknowledgement. With their assistance, I gained more knowledge about what I should include. The dedicated time we had to work on our land acknowledgement encouraged me to learn more about the treaty covering my area. This sparked more interest in the treaty negotiations, and I will continue to learn more."

What’s to Come

The IPHCC is continuing to develop and advance it’s curriculum, the following trainings are currently in development and will be launching soon!

Bioethics; co-designed using the Two-Eyed Seeing approach which aims to equip healthcare workers across all sectors of care with the tools and resources to incorporate Indigenous perspectives and traditional healing strategies within patient care pathways.
Organizational Change
Traditional Healing

MIIGWECH | THANK YOU

The IPHCC would like to thank our Knowledge Keeper’s Circle, content experts, Indigenous people with lived experience, and IPHCC members from across Ontario for their contributions to the ongoing development of Anishinaabe Mino’Ayaawin.

All courses within the Anishinaabe Mino’Ayaawin are hosted on IPHCC’s Learning Portal.

To register for the learning portal, contact ics@iphcc.ca

Visit the Learning Portal

Interested in wanting to learn more?

Find out more

About the Anishinaabe Mino’Ayawiin– People in Good Health approach to Indigenous Cultural Safety