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Title:

Cultural Safety Facilitator for Indigenous Health

Agreement Number:

BC21799

Agreement Value:

$468,250.00

Agreement Date:

Nov 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Victoria Native Friendship Centre will achieve this by addressing systemic racism and misogyny within Island Health healthcare by informing a revised patient bill of rights, hiring a cultural safety facilitator to be part of the newly formed Cultural Safety Engagement Panel initiatives, supporting Indigenous women and girls through the patient empowerment program, and developing and delivering a cultural safety training for settler healthcare practitioners. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change The project will result in 12 Cultural Safety Training sessions delivered to health practitioners and 18 Patient Empowerment Program for Indigenous women and girls. Statistics will be collected to inform policy and practice change documents that will improve Indigenous women’s experience of Island healthcare overall. Island Health will assist in building networks, communication of project and recruitment of staff for training.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.

Location:

Victoria, British Columbia, CA V8Z 1J6

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q3-00035

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Aboriginal recipient

Recipient's Legal Name:

Victoria Native Friendship Centre

Program:

Women's Program

Program Purpose:

The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.