Cultivating Culturally Safe Care

Welcome to kbculturalsafety.org, a resource hub for healthcare practitioners & teams – with tools to inspire & support you in building approaches to care that contribute to cultural safety for all Aboriginal patients in Kootenay Boundary.

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Celebrating Indigenous Brilliance: A Summer Invitation to Explore & Reflect

Celebrating Indigenous Brilliance: A Summer Invitation to Explore & Reflect

Indigenous brilliance is all around us—in stories, songs, science, & vibrant expressions of culture like art, fashion, & music. As summer begins, we invite you to explore, reflect, & celebrate. We’ve gathered a Summer Inspiration List -featuring Indigenous artists, authors, & places to discover throughout the season.

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Practitioner Toolkit

Information practitioners can use to take action in building approaches to care that foster greater cultural humility, with the goal of creating safety and improving care for Aboriginal peoples in Kootenay Boundary.

Patient Resources

An inventory of resources available, filterable by nation, for practitioners to use and share to help patients find the health care supports they need for themselves, and/or their family.

Learning With Humility

A selection of resources to support ongoing learning and self-reflection to understand personal and systemic biases and to develop and maintain respectful processes and relationships based on mutual trust.

This resource has been developed by the KB Cultural Safety Working Group, with the support of Kootenay Boundary Primary Care Network, Circle of Indigenous Nations Society, Kootenay Boundary Aboriginal Services Collaborative & Kootenay Boundary Division of Family Practice .