Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 10:00

Thu, March 30, 2017 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM See description. FREE. What are some stories of success between Indigenous peoples and health care professionals?

Join UBC Learning Circle, in collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health’s Aboriginal Health Department, in welcoming Elder Roberta Price and Dr. David Tu.

Cultural safety is an outcome based on respectful engagement that recognizes and strives to address power imbalances inherent in the healthcare system. It results in an environment free of racism and discrimination, where people feel safe when receiving health care.

Learning Objectives:
- Explore what cultural safety means
- Identify what cultural safety looks like within a health care setting
- From a cultural safety perspective, hear successful relationship stories between Indigenous Elders, - health care professionals and Indigenous patients with their families