Indigenous | TouchPoints

NURS 353

Posted by michelle lam in 2021 Spring/Summer

Promoting the Health of Indigenous People In response to the Truth & Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, a BSN course was introduced in 2018 for students to learn about how racism and ongoing colonialism contribute to health inequities experienced by Indigenous peoples in Canada within the wider historical, social, economic, and political context. Students learn about their own positionality as the basis for providing safe, ethical and respectful care for Indigenous Peoples and how integrating Indigenous ways of knowing can contribute to the decolonization of systems through equitable and culturally…read more

ICSSI

Back to Table of Contents The Role of Nursing in Promoting the Health of Indigenous Peoples Indigenous Cultural Safety Strategic Initiatives On March 26, 2019, guests gathered in the Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall at the First Nations Longhouse at UBC to consider and discuss the role of nursing in the promotion of health for Indigenous peoples. Helen Brown, the chair of the newly minted Indigenous Cultural Safety and Strategic Initiatives (ICSSI) committee at the School of Nursing, introduced Elder Thelma Stogan and her brother, Arthur, who attended on behalf of…read more