Truth and Reconciliation

Monday, September 30, marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, which honours survivors of residential schools, the children who never returned home, and their families and communities. It is also a day to reflect on and support the commitment to Truth and Reconciliation.

Doctors of BC and the Joint Collaborative Committees (JCCs) are committed to advancing Indigenous-specific anti-racism (ISAR) and cultural safety (CS) in partnership with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, and to ensuring that Indigenous patients have access to a culturally safe health care system.

We encourage physicians to use this opportunity to read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action on health (18-24), reflect on how to integrate cultural safety and humility into their practices, and access JCC resources, webinars, and community-based experiential learning sessions to gain skills that promote addressing and eliminating racism in health care.