Updated on: April 11, 2022
Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility learning is apart of a layered and multifaceted learning opportunities including a variety of reading, courses, in-person sessions, building relationships, personal development, hearing from communities and doing critical self-reflection and being self aware.
San'yas is a facilitated online 8-10 hour course is offered over 8 weeks. Island Health pays for these spots for staff and we hope you consider your ability to complete this course before taking a spot. Staff should start off with Core Health Training and should sign up for Advanced training 4-6 months after taking Core Health.
Core Health Training
Participants are introduced to key aspects of cultural safety and addressing Indigenous anti-racism. This courses are self-paced and facilitated. Course topics include:
- Colonization in Canada
- Racism, discrimination, stereotyping, and their impacts on Indigenous people
- Taking action to strengthen Indigenous Cultural Safety in relationships, practices, and services.
Learning Goals
The curriculum and learning activities have been designed to help participants:
- Strengthen their knowledge, awareness, and skills for working with and providing service to Indigenous people and communities
- Work more safely and effectively with Indigenous people.
Begin considering their role in correcting, rebuilding and transforming systems to uproot Indigenous-specific racism
https://sanyas.ca/core-training/british-columbia
To Register for Core Health:
Please go to www.sanyas.ca and click on https://sanyas.ca/registration and register with your Island Health email
Advanced Training - Bystander to Ally (BTA)
The Bystander to Ally (BTA) course provides information, encourages critical self-reflection, and teaches practical skills that can help people become more effective allies. Participants learn ways to assess and respond to situations in which bias, discrimination, or racism is suspected.
Participants also learn tools and strategies that they can apply in their workplaces and daily lives. We hope that in applying the learning from this course, participants can become powerful agents for change in their personal and professional lives.
Who should take this course?
BTA is designed for people who have completed one or more Core Training courses, and wish to enhance their skills in speaking out and advocating for social justice for Indigenous people.
https://sanyas.ca/advanced-training
To Register for Advanced Training – please email Yula.Stevens@islandhealth.ca
Island Health pays $300 for each staff spot so we hope you see the value in this important and dynamic learning. If you are unable to complete it you will NOT be able to retake the course for two years. If you are new to this learning please register for the Core Health, if you have taken Core Health please sign up for Advanced Bystander to Ally training.
San'yas means “way of knowing' in Kwak'wala the language of the Kwakwaka'wakw Peoples.