Thursday, May 19, 2022

14:15 - 16:15

Room 157

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Cultural Safety is an outcome that results in an environment where people feel safe when receiving health care and other services. Although it emerged from collective efforts to foster safe and equitable health care and health promoting environments for Indigenous peoples, cultural safety training is essential for anyone working with Indigenous peoples. Those of us committed to community-engaged research have a responsibility to practice culturally safe research. This Dare2Share session will be led by an Indigenous Elder, an Indigenous faculty member, an Indigenous graduate student and a non-Indigenous ally researcher from Canada. This introduction to cultural safety will provide insight into the social and historical context of structural inequality affecting Indigenous peoples across the globe drawing on inspiration from interactive theatre. We will take participants on a journey through the colonization of Turtle Island, exploring Indigenous conceptualizations of health and wellness with reference to cultural safety and its relevance to participatory health promotion research. Topics will include trauma-informed and relational approaches, challenging systemic barriers and promoting the self-determination of Indigenous peoples. This workshop will take place exclusively outside in order for participants to reflect deeply on their relationship to the land. Concrete takeaways for participants include strategies for integrating cultural safety practices into research. Attendees' participation will encourage transformative thinking through guided reflection, discussion, and planning for action to create culturally safe community-researcher relationships and environments.

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