Monday, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which honours survivors of residential schools, the children who never returned home, and their families and communities. It is also a day to reflect on and support the commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.
Doctors of BC and the Joint Collaborative Committees (JCCs) are committed to advancing Indigenous-specific anti racism (ISAR) and cultural safety (CS) in partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, and to ensuring that Indigenous patients have access to a culturally safe health care system.
We encourage physicians to use this opportunity to read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action on health (18-24), reflect on how to integrate cultural safety and humility into their practices, and access JCC resources, webinars, and community-based experiential learning sessions to gain skills that promote addressing and eliminating racism in health care.