Core Area
People and Place
Strategic Area
Advancement of decolonization, EDI, and anti-racism throughout the Faculty
Goal Status
In Progress
Objectives
- Identify best ways to maintain relationships with individuals involved in the Building Foundations project (2024).
- Maintain First Nation Health Authority (FNHA) relationships through staff turnover throughout the Faculty, and potentially extend into academic, research and graduate portfolios, including building curriculum.
- Advocate for funding from FNHA for a faculty position in Indigenous health area.
Achieved Goals
- ADPI met with FNHA to discuss ongoing projects (July 2023).
- Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Manager initiated meetings with Musqueam (Aug 2023).
- Launched two courses (Cultivating Relationships and Creating Safer Spaces in Pharmacy for First Nations Clients and A Case-Based Approach for Pharmacy Teams on Providing CARE for First Nations Clients) under a project focused on “Building Cultural Safety and Humility for First Nations Clients into Pharmacy Practice”, developed to help pharmacy team members learn how to address systemic anti-Indigenous racism and barriers to healthcare access in pharmacy care settings, as part of a collective effort to reduce experiences of culturally unsafe care for First Nations clients across the British Columbia healthcare system. Courses were developed in collaboration with the First Nations Health Authority and a First Nations Advisory Group. Evelyn Alec, a First Nations artist from the Penticton Indian Band, created the designs used in the courses (Sep 2023). An article promoting uptake was published in "BCPhA – The Tablet".