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Upcoming iCON-VCH Indigenous Health Round Sessions
October 17, 2023 - 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Uplifting Cultural Safety
Date & Time: Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. PT
Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting – the Zoom ID will be provided to registered participants
Speaker: Cathy Almost and Kwelkwáyel7simia Wendy Nahanee
This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by UBC CPD.
iCON has partnered with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) Indigenous Health to develop Indigenous Health Rounds, which serve as a platform to bring Indigenous voices to health care providers, policy makers and health administrators for knowledge sharing, dialogue, and brainstorming solutions to combat racism and foster culturally safe healthcare settings for Indigenous patients and families.
Speakers:
Cathy Almost is Cree, Gwitch’in and Scottish. She is a member of the NWT Métis Association. Cathy won the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Indigenous Engagement Award, with the BC Patient Safety & Quality Council in 2022 for her work with the late Bill Blackwater Jr., Gitxsan Hereditary Chief and many other Indigenous (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) patient voices across the province, developing Principles of Cultural Safety. Cathy currently works at Vancouver Coastal Health, Indigenous Health as the Director of Indigenous Cultural Safety. She has a graduate degree in leadership and brings over thirty years of experience in engagement, teaching, leadership training, and program design in health and academics.
Kwelkwáyel7simia Wendy Nahanee is from the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Nation. She was born and raised in North Vancouver, a village formerly known as Eslaha7an. Wendy is a Host Nation Matriarch and mother to one mén̓men, or child. She lives and works in the village formerly known as K’emk’emelá, or East Vancouver where she, among many other hats she wears, is the appointed Chair for the Urban Indigenous Advisory Council for the City of Vancouver, Chair of the DTES Powwow and sits on the Board of Directors for Britannia, Carnegie and the DTES Indigenous People’s Day Celebration. Professionally Wendy is the Indigenous Strategic Lead for Indigenous Cultural Safety at Vancouver Coastal Health.
