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Indigenous Health
As rural physicians who provide services across many Indigenous communities, we felt it was imperative to show our support towards helping to address systemic racism and support cultural sensitivity. The SRPC has created an Indigenous Health Webinar Series to help educate our members. We hope that these videos are viewed and shared widely, helping to bring about positive change in our communities.
We ask SRPC members to listen to and learn from Indigenous patients and community members. To help identify injustices and inequities and advocate for change in policies and laws negatively impacting Indigenous patients.
Truth and Reconciliation Statement
September 30, 2021
As members of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) and its Indigenous Committee, we are profoundly saddened by the discovery of the many unmarked graves containing the remains of Indigenous children at the sites of numerous residential schools across the country. We are reminded that we must all listen and acknowledge the truths of our colonial past and present. The SRPC strongly condemns the systemic racism in policy and decision-making that continues today as a direct result of our country’s colonial history. These policies have caused unquantifiable damage to Indigenous Peoples and continues to reverberate in our day-to-day work as rural and remote physicians. The SRPC believes our duty as healthcare providers is to identify legislation and health policies that lead to racially inequitable outcomes and challenge our current and future governments to move ahead on a path to truth and reconciliation.
Read the full statement : Truth and Reconciliation Statement
Recorded webinarsThe SRPC will record the Indigenous Education Series and make the videos available to everyone for self-guided learning. We recommend that you fill in the Linking Learning Activity through your Mainpro+ portal to get credits. If you have questions about registering or accessing the video, please get in touch with jennak@srpc.ca. Watch all the videos in the series and share them with your peers. | RESOURCESThis information was compiled by Dr. Darlene Kitty and Ms. Lisa Abel, Indigenous Program - Faculty of Medicine This resource list has been compiled by National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation | Centre national pour la vérité et la réconciliation It includes links to Resources for Learning, Courses, books, Videos/documentaries, Podcasts. |
Indigenous Health Educational Series
Indigenous Experiences in the Colonial Medical System
With guest speaker Sandra Bender.
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is the permanent, safe home for all statements, documents, and other materials gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC). In this presentation, we will discuss the history of Indian Hospitals and segregated health care in Canada, eugenics laws and forced sterilizations, clashes between traditional Indigenous medicine and western medicine, the health-related sections of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), and the TRC’s Calls to Action on health.
Hosted: Tuesday, January 30th, 2024 at 8pm EST.
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Sandra wanted to also provide a list of recommended books on traditional Indigenous health practices.
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Indigenous Approach to Trauma Informed Care – ACEs the Engine Behind Intergenerational Trauma
With Guest Speaker Dr. Terri Aldred
Dr. Terri Aldred is Dakelh (Carrier) from the Tl’Azt’En Nation, located north of Fort St.James. Dr. Aldred is the Site Director for the Indigenous Family Medicine Program, Family Physician for Carrier Sekani Family Services, Executive Medical Director for Primary Care for FNHA, the Indigenous Lead for the RCcBC, and on the editorial board for the BCMJ. She was a recipient of the 2018 BCCFP’s First Five-Years in Practice Achievement Award, 2020-21 RDoC Mikhael Award for Medical Education, 2021-22 Alumni Horizon Award. She is passionate about Indigenous health, physician well-being, and medical leadership.
Objectives:
- Review of adverse childhood events (ACEs) and the pathophysiology of trauma and its impacts on health
- Discuss how colonialism, culturally unsafe care, and bias has contributed to an over burden of trauma in Indigenous communities.
- Share a two-eyed seeing approach to supporting trauma informed care with Indigenous people.
Hosted: Tuesday November 28th
Determinants of Illness for Indigenous Women
With Guest Speaker Dr. Terri Aldred
Dr. Terri Aldred is Dakelh (Carrier) from the Tl’Azt’En Nation, located north of Fort St.James. Dr. Aldred is the Site Director for the Indigenous Family Medicine Program, Family Physician for Carrier Sekani Family Services, Executive Medical Director for Primary Care for FNHA, the Indigenous Lead for the RCcBC, and on the editorial board for the BCMJ. She was a recipient of the 2018 BCCFP’s First Five-Years in Practice Achievement Award, 2020-21 RDoC Mikhael Award for Medical Education, 2021-22 Alumni Horizon Award. She is passionate about Indigenous health, physician well-being, and medical leadership.
Objectives:
- Storytelling – sharing my own story as a Dakelh woman
- Overview of the impacts of colonialism on Indigenous Women
- Discuss briefly In Plain Sight and National Inquiry into MMIW findings and recommendations
- Reviewing Determinants of Indigenous Women’s Wellness
Hosted: Monday October 30th, 2023
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care PDF Document |
Reclaiming Power and Place The National Inquiry's Final Report reveals that persistent and deliberate human and Indigenous rights violations and abuses are the root cause behind Canada's staggering rates of violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people.
The Legacy of the Residential School System & Impacts on Health
With guest speaker Sandra Bender. Community Engagement and Education Coordinator | National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
In this presentation, we will discuss a brief history of the health-specific issues in the residential schools and the ongoing impacts of that experience, including intergenerational trauma, the importance of a trauma-informed approach across the board for service providers, and some of the other social impacts of the schools. We will also look at the TRC's Calls to Action around health, ongoing barriers to reconciliation, and conclude with some concrete ideas about how to implement reconciliation from within the medical field.
Hosted: Thursday, September 28th, 2023 at 8pm EST.
Understanding the Context of Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Our third webinar, with Dr. Karen Lawford, PhD, RSC Registered midwife, Anishinaabe midwife Assistant Professor, Department of Gender Studies Queen’s University. Moderated by Dr. Sarah Giles.
Objectives:
- Begin to understand the history of Canada in relation to Indigenous Peoples.
- Initiate an appreciation of the extent to which the Euro-Canadian biomedical model—including those working within this model—have purposefully marginalized Indigenous midwives.
- Recognize the complexity of Indigenous Peoples’ relationships with healthcare systems and healthcare providers.
- Encourage modification of the provision of healthcare to be grounded in an anti-oppressive model of care.
Hosted: Monday, September 20th at 8pm EST.
Jordan, Joyce, and Justice: Decolonizing Healthcare for Indigenous Children and Youth
Our second webinar "Jordan, Joyce, and Justice: Decolonizing Healthcare for Indigenous Children and Youth" With guest speakers Raven Dumont-Maurice, Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Alisha Tukkiapik and Teyohá:te Brant. Moderated by Darlene Kitty.
Hosted Thursday February 24th, 2021
OBJECTIVES:
- Briefly review indigenous child health issues
- Recognize the healthcare system as a key site of anti-Indigenous systemic racism
- Develop tools to work towards decolonizing pediatric healthcare
- Learn pearls and best practices to optimizing care in indigenous care and youth
Moving Towards Cultural Safety, Reconciliation, and Anti-racism.
Objectives
- Define cultural awareness, cultural sensitivity, cultural competency, cultural safety, and cultural humility.
- Explain the historical impact of residential schools and how the TRC Calls to Action contribute to reconciliation.
- Describe briefly the demographics, health, and social issues that affect Indigenous populations.
- Discuss how racism has negatively affected the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples and ways to address it in your workplace.
- Learn pearls to effectively interact with and give culturally safe care to Indigenous patients, families, and communities.
Our first event in the series is "Moving Towards Cultural Safety, Reconciliation, and Anti-racism with Dr. Darlene Kitty, and guest speakers Dr. Nadin Gilroy and Dr. Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay and moderated by Dr. Gabe Woollam, SRPC President.
Hosted : Tuesday December 15th, 2020
| Indigenous Canada is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada.
Indigenous Canada is for students from faculties outside the Faculty of Native Studies with an interest in acquiring a basic familiarity with Indigenous/non-Indigenous relationships. Registration is now open. Register Online |
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