Equity-Oriented Care Training

1) Please complete this short 2 page survey before starting the modules. Thanks!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P5H55ZR

(the original can be found here: https://equiphealthcare.ca/files/2020/04/RYO-Feb-14-2020.pdf)

2) EQUIP modules

Once you’ve completed the short survey, it’s time to check out the modules!

https://equiphealthcare.ca/equipping-for-equity-online-modules/

Once you’ve completed the modules, please send the Principal Investigator (karina.czyzewski@vch.ca) a confirmation email with:

• your discipline

• how long you’ve worked in the DTES

• whether you work Womxn’s Night

• age/age range

3) Talking Circles with VCH Aboriginal Health Elders in residence (Fall 2020)

Talking Circles on the foundations of Equity-Oriented Care:

-Cultural Safety & Anti-Racism
- Harm Reduction
- Trauma & Violence-Informed Practice

4) Self-paced (this is living doc & not an exhaustive list)

- Reflecting/Journaling
- Films/shows

• The 8th Fire with Wab Kinew

• CBC https://gem.cbc.ca/category/through-our-eyes-indigenous-short-docs/featured-all/49e1596f-58c9-423f-9799-486ddedec3b4?cmp=sch-indigenous%20in%20the%20citiy

• NFB https://www.nfb.ca/indigenous-cinema/?&film_lang=en&sort=year:desc,title&year=1917..2020

- Presentations, workshops, trainings

- Books, articles, blogs

• The Truth and Reconciliation 94 calls to action, 18 - 24 specifically have to do with the health sector: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf

• Indigenous Canada - free open learning course https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html

• An Introduction to the Health of Two-Spirit People: Historical, contemporary and emergent issues: https://www.ccnsa-nccah.ca/docs/emerging/RPT-HealthTwoSpirit-Hunt-EN.pdf
  Also a number of videos and articles by Dr. Sarah Hunt.

• Black Experiences in Health Care Symposium Report:

  https://www.mountsinai.on.ca/about_us/health-equity/pdfs/SHS-BEHC-report-FINAL-aoda-final.pdf

• First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada: http://www.wellesleyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Report-First-Peoples-Second-Class-Treatment-Final.pdf

• Experiences of Trans Women and Two-Spirit Persons Accessing Women-Specific Health and Housing Services in a Downtown Neighborhood of Vancouver, Canada (2016).

• Women’s Health & Safety in the DTES: http://www.vch.ca/Documents/DTES-Womens-Companion-Paper.pdf

• FNHA video series and articles on overdose prevention and harm reduction: https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/mental-wellness-and-substance-use/overdose-information

• Decolonizing Anti-Racism: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/bonita-lawrence-decolonizing-anti-racism.pdf

• Decolonization is not a metaphor: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/277992187_Decolonization_Is_Not_a_Metaphor

• Mia Mingus blogs, videos, articles on Disability & Transformative Justice
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cJkUazW-jw&feature=youtu.be