The International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia raises awareness of the realities of members of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities’ lives to help erase these phobias through understanding. The best way to participate in the commemoration of this day is to be an active ally to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Learn about the lives they lead and the struggles they face in terms of violence and bigotry and work to create a space where they can be heard and be legitimized – at the individual and systemic level.
The concept of an International Day Against Homophobia was conceived in 2004 and the first celebration held on May 17, 2005. May 17th was chosen as the day of recognition to commemorate the decision to remove homosexuality from the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization in 1990. Transphobia was added in 2009 and Biphobia was added to the campaign in 2015.
Despite progress in the area of 2SLGBTQIA+ recognition and rights many people in these communities in Canada and around the world continue to face fear, misunderstanding, hatred, violence and oppression.
This year’s campaign theme is: “Together always: united in diversity”. We encourage each member of the Faculty of Medicine community to commit to working to advance the rights of people with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities or expressions, and sex characteristics. These are not special rights but basic human rights recognized in law. If we are to stand up for justice for all then these rights must be recognized and supported. We must combat anti-gender movements that deny the humanity of those who challenge traditional roles and stereotypes.
Act in solidarity with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities on May 17th and every day.
In recognition of the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit people, Derek Thompson – Thlaapkiituup, Indigenous Advisor, reflects on his Grandmother’s legacy and the journey through personal and transformative changes.
Art installation inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black. At Seaforth Peace Park, Vancouver, today, the National Day for Vigils for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Photo credit Edna Watini.
Written by Derek Thompson – Thlaapkiituup
In 1989 in Port Alberni at a meeting of the fourteen Nuuchahnulth Nations, I stood at the side of my late paternal Grandmother, Ida Thompson (nee Modeste), as an assembly of Nuuchahnulth women confidently and urgently made a formal declaration to assert their individual and shared resolve to take back their rightful place in our communities, and be able to thrive in our communities free from any form of abuse, violence, addiction or suffering. I wrapped my arms around her as she listened to the declaration being read, and as her tears silently welled up I held her closer.
A Declaration of the Nuuchahnulth Women
Nuuchahnulth women, givers of life, are Mothers, Daughters, Grandmothers, Granddaughters, Aunts, Nieces, Sisters, Teachers, and Friends.
We treasure the values and traditions we have been taught; they have sustained us during the many changes throughout history;
We take pride in our culture, heritage and traditions, and we honor and respect our Elders and their teachers;
We are responsible for the health and safety of our children and our families, and we seek to ensure that our children will always be protected;
We believe in the strength of our family ties, and assert our right to always retain the love of our immediate and extended families;
We have the right to be respected in spirit, mind, and body, and to live free from sexual, physical, verbal, and emotional abuse;
We have the right to love and be loved, care and be cared for, protect and are protected;
We have the right to be heard and to be treated as partners in our relationships with family and friends;
We have the right to be individuals, to make our own choices and to pursue our personal goals;
We respect ourselves, and we will be respected;
We will teach our children by example, and we will ensure the well-being of future generations of Nuuchahnulth is not jeopardized in any way;
We recognize changes in our society, and we will call upon our strengths to live with those changes in a manner consistent with our traditions and values;
We will maintain integrity and pride in being Nuuchahnulth women.
My Gran was an amazing woman. She was graceful, clever, mindful, bright, humble, and generous of all things good and wholesome. My Gran never consumed alcohol or drugs, ever, and she was always sensitive to those in her extended family who were caught up in the trauma of unresolved grief, hurt and pain which always seemed to be married to some form of toxic dependency. She was a devout Christian and a follower of the Shaker Church, and was a staunch believer in our own customs, and she would always say that, “There are many roads that lead to some kind of religion, but there’s only one road that will guide you back to our Ancestors.” She never had anything bad to say about people who had only bad things to say about her or her family, and she was adamant to always light a candle for them, pray for them, and only ever wish for peace and security for people who were hurt and hurting. My Gran survived not one but two Indian Residential Schools, and if that wasn’t enough she was forced to watch her own children be shipped off to an Indian Residential School where she knew exactly what the outcome was going to be for her babies. She endured the continuing legacy of this hurt and pain written on the faces of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren who also suffered some form of abuse, some form of suicide, some form of neglect, and some form of unresolved trauma. My Gran was an amazing woman.
My Gran, and many from her generation, was never a part of today’s formal movements to redress the wrongs of the past, and yet she was one of many that created the very foundations for this era of truth, reconciliation, redress, and reclamation to exist. As we turn and face the girls and women in our communities and declare our collective will to end violence and suffering against them, let us remember those that never had a chance to come to terms with their own hurt, their own grief, and their own healing.
Admittedly, this is not at all an easy matter for me to reflect and write about. In my life I have been abusive, I have been neglectful, I have been controlling, I have been manipulative, and I have been equally selfish and indifferent to the needs of women that I have proclaimed to love and protect. My Gran insisted that I continue to be true to myself, to be accountable for my actions, and to be forgiving of my own limitations – of which there are many. In the twenty years since my Gran’s passing I’ve been aware of the need to grow, to learn, to have peace, and to figure out who I am and the man that I need to become. I have a long way yet in figuring this out. With my Gran at my side I know that I’ll come to terms with my past, with the man that I was, with the hurt and pain that I’ve inflicted, and be filled with the generosity of her memory, heart and spirit.
I am of the belief that if we are to make transformative changes in our systemic behaviors in regards to the formal work of today’s Indigenous-led commissions of truth, reconciliation, redress, and reclamation, then there must be a deliberate individual effort to be equally life-changing in how we treat girls and women. Every word, every utterance, every action, every behavior, every energy, every breath, and every purpose out of our male bodies and minds must be an effort to uplift the girls and women in our homes and communities, and create the men we need to become.
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The Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (REDI) shares upcoming events, stories, and links to recordings from previous speakers.
Events
Transformation, Inspiration and Guidance: Celebrating 20 Years of Indigenous Excellence in Medicine
Join us virtually on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 from 12–1:30 pm for a conversation with James Andrew, a member of Lil’wat Nation’s Mount Currie Band and the Associate Director of Indigenous Initiatives at the Faculty of Medicine.
James Andrew has been a source of inspiration and guidance in helping to create and transform the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Indigenous MD Admissions Pathway. In 2022, the Faculty of Medicine community celebrated 20 years of the Pathway as well as the Indigenous Family Medicine Residency Program, and over this time period more than 120 Indigenous doctors have graduated and are now serving communities across the province as family doctors, surgeons, pediatricians and more.
Disrupting the Status Quo: Intersecting Inequities Impacting Women in the Faculty of Medicine and Opportunities for Change
Register for the second virtual REDI Annual Symposium on Wednesday, June 7, 2023 from 9:30 am–1:30 pm. During this virtual event, hear from a diverse group of women about their perspectives on leadership, opportunities and barriers in the context of health professions practice, education and research. We will centre intersectionality and the differentiated experiences of women as we critically examine how current academic systems and hierarchies create additional barriers for women and ideas for change.
UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety: Creating Excellence in the Arenas of Truth, Reconciliation and Academia
Join us virtually on Thursday, April 27, 2023 from 12–1:30 pm for a conversation with Dr. Nadine Caron, Co-Director of the UBC Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, Dr. Gwendolyn Point, Stó:lõ Nation, Cultural Knowledge Keeper for The Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, and Courtney Smith, UBC 23 24 Curriculum Manager.
In this Indigenous Speaker Series session, they will discuss the work of cultural safety, cultural humility, and the broader work in regards to the recommendations from the In Plain Sight report, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan. This important and timely dialogue will highlight the work being undertaken across the UBC Faculty of Medicine in an effort to reconcile and redress the relationship between Indigenous peoples and health care professionals and systems.
This Earth Day, the Office of REDI calls specific attention to climate justice, which seeks to address the inequities associated with the impacts, causes, and solutions to climate change.
May is Asian Heritage Month. Over the last two centuries, immigrants have journeyed to Canada from East Asia, Southern Asia, Western, Central and Southeast Asia, bringing our society a rich cultural heritage representing many languages, ethnicities and religious traditions. Asian Heritage Month offers us an opportunity to learn more about the history of Canadians of Asian heritage and to celebrate their diverse contributions to our society.
UBC Orthopaedics READI Spotlight — Dr. Charles Bouchard
The Department of Orthopaedics READI Spotlight series features an in-depth conversation with a department member about how respect, equity, accessibility, diversity, and inclusion (READI) appears in their life. In this spotlight, we speak with UBC Orthopaedics Trauma Fellow, Dr. Charles Bouchard.
You Are On Indian Land: Crossing the Borders of Truth, Reconciliation and Redress
Watch the recording of our conversation with Grand Chief Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell of the Mohawks of Akwesasne, and director of You Are On Indian Land (1969). In this Indigenous Speaker Series session, we learn more about the broader reach of truth, reconciliation and redress.
IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Dr. Kishore Mulpuri
Watch the recording of our conversation with Dr. Kishore Mulpuri. Dr. Mulpuri is the Head of the Department of Orthopaedics at the University of British Columbia, as well as a Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon at BC Children’s Hospital.
Earth Day is an occasion for healthcare professionals and institutions to reflect on the link between the condition of our planet and its effects on our health. Alarmingly, a March, 2023 report from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) describes the situation as “urgent” due to the anticipated harms caused by climate change, many of which are already being realized.
What is Climate Change?
According Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns, mainly caused by human activities, especially the burning of fossil fuels. The full impact of these changes is not entirely known, but emergent observations indicate dire consequences for health that will continue to grow in severity unless substantial action is taken to reduce fossil fuel emissions and develop a climate resilient society.
This Earth Day, the UBC Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) calls specific attention to climate justice, which seeks to address the inequities associated with the impacts, causes, and solutions to climate change. We remind Faculty of Medicine staff, faculty, and students that while some progress is being made, the healthcare industry plays a complex role in the quest for climate justice, contributing both challenges to its success and progress to its pursuit.
At the heart of climate justice is the tragic fact that members of marginalized communities-which include Indigenous Peoples, Black Peoples, and Peoples of Color (IBPOC)-are more acutely impacted by the negative effects of climate change than the general population.
Healthcare Facing the Impacts of Climate Change
The healthcare industry fails to adequately serve members of marginalized communities, who are more vulnerable to the negative health impacts of climate change. When climate change causes a decline in air quality, an increase in extreme weather events, rising temperatures, and higher incidences of vector-borne diseases (such as Lyme disease, malaria, Zika, West Nile Virus), marginalized communities are often the most vulnerable to the effects and least likely to receive the care they need. Therefore, greater action must be taken to address inequities in care and ensure that medical care is provided to all people.
According to Health Canada, inequities are due in part because of disparities in society, such as those related to racism, poverty, disability, colonialism, homelessness, sex and gender, and access to health care. As a result, members of marginalized communities are more like to experience the following health detriments from climate change:
shorter lifespans
higher rates of chronic diseases
greater food and water insecurity in many communities
Locally, progress is being made to provide more care where it is most needed. As part of its Climate Emergency Plan UBC states that,
“in order to undo the systems of oppression that enable exploitation, UBC is working to acknowledge and reckon with its own role in contributing to the climate crisis, while leveraging its intellectual and moral authority as well as its social and financial procurement power to advance climate justice in other organizations and advocate for broader social change beyond its institutional boundaries.”
However, as the effects of climate change become more severe… more action will be needed.
Healthcare as a Cause of Climate Change
Climate justice requires that healthcare look within itself to acknowledge-and address-the role it plays in creating climate change. The UBC Faculty of Medicine Planetary Healthcare Lab—the first of its kind in Canada— examines the environmental effects of healthcare delivery and services in B.C., and works to generate solutions to chart a path forward to net zero emissions.
According to Dr. Andrea MacNeill, a surgical oncologist in Vancouver and global leader in healthcare sustainability,
“In Canada, the healthcare industry is responsible for more than four and a half percent of greenhouse gas emissions—equivalent to the aviation industry. While four and half per cent of greenhouse gas emissions may not sound like much, if we were to decarbonize healthcare, it would actually be equivalent to eliminating air travel.”
The effects of the healthcare industry’s contributions to greenhouse gas emissions have a disproportionately negative impact on marginalized communities.
One group working to address these contributions in healthcare is the Planetary Health Alliance, a growing consortium of over 350 universities, non-governmental organizations, research institutes, and government entities from 60+ countries around the world committed to understanding and addressing the impacts of global environmental change on human health and wellbeing. Their pledge for planetary health to unite health professionals in the Anthropocene calls upon healthcare professionals and institutions to recommit themselves to primum non nocere (first do no harm), recognizing that planetary health is a key foundation for ensuring human health.
Healthcare’s Conscious Pursuit of Solutions to Climate Change
Climate justice recognizes that members of marginalized communities are also more likely to be left out of and suffer from the negative downsides of solutions to address climate change. For example, in healthcare, building new, modern hospitals may be a laudable and necessary action for delivering better patient care to underserved communities, but the structural inequities in society mean that marginalized communities are more likely to be displaced or otherwise hurt by the construction process.
For this reason, Earth Day is an occasion to emphasize the importance of including and prioritizing the voices of marginalized communities as healthcare leaders seek climate change solutions that work for everyone. The March, 2023 IPCC report indicates,
“To be effective, these choices need to be rooted in our diverse values, worldviews and knowledges, including scientific knowledge, Indigenous Knowledge and local knowledge. This approach will facilitate climate resilient development and allow locally appropriate, socially acceptable solutions.”
One group working to amplify the voices of Indigenous Peoples for climate justice is Indigenous Climate Action (ICA), an Indigenous-led organization guided by a diverse group of Indigenous knowledge keepers, water protectors and land defenders from communities and regions across Canada.
Until the voices of marginalized communities are included and respected in conversations about the solutions to climate change in healthcare, climate injustice will persist.
Thank you for joining us on Monday, April 17th, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (PST), for “IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Jorden Hendry.” Jorden Hendry is Tsimshian/settler and a member of the Lax Kw’alaams band with nine years of experience contributing to reconciliation and anti-racism in the health and educational system. As a PhD student at the University of British Columbia, Jorden studies Indigenous Public Health and the systems that drive health disparities.
This virtual event is part of the IBPOC Voices, a new monthly series led by Dr. Neila Miled the anti-racism Advisor.
IBPOC Voices is an opportunity to meet and have a conversation with guests who identify as Indigenous, Black and people of color. This series centers IBPOC experiences and knowledge, and highlights how they navigate the different challenges and how they engage with equity, diversity and inclusion. It is also a space where guests talk about their vision of an equitable and just environment. This series is an opportunity to open spaces where we know each other more and create a sense of community because “We are fully dependent on each other for the possibility of being understood and without this understanding we are not intelligible, we do not make sense, we are not solid, visible, integrated; we are lacking. So, travelling to each other’s “worlds” would enable us to be through loving each other” (Maria Lugones)
Jorden Hendry (she/her) is Tsimshian/settler and a member of the Lax Kw’alaams band with nine years of experience contributing to reconciliation and anti-racism in the health and educational system. As a PhD student at the University of British Columbia, Jorden studies Indigenous Public Health and the systems that drive health disparities. She intends to better understand the prevalence and factors associated with experiences of racism to inform policy and service provision. Jorden works at the Office of the Provincial Health Officer as a research assistant for the Unlearning and Undoing White Supremacy Project. Taking her learnings from her various lived and academic experiences, Jorden founded the SPPH Unlearning Club. She uses strong leadership to embed anti-racism and Indigenous ways of knowing into multiple levels of governance at UBC, doing so through serving on committees at the School of Population and Public Health and being a graduate student representative to the UBC Vancouver Senate.
Moderator
Dr. Neila Miled – Anti-Racism Advisor
Topic: IBPOC Voices: A Conversation with Jorden Hendry
Date: Monday, April 17th, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm PST
What Will I Learn?
You will learn more about IBPOC experiences and knowledge, and how IBPOC navigate the different challenges and engage with equity, diversity and inclusion.
Thank you for joining us on Thursday, April 27th, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (PST), for “UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety: Creating Excellence in the Arenas of Truth, Reconciliation and Academia.” This Indigenous Speaker Series session brought together Dr. Nadine Caron, Dr. Gwendolyn Point and Courtney Smith to discuss the work of cultural safety, cultural humility, and the broader work in regards to the recommendations from In Plain Sight, Truth and Reconciliation, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan. This important and timely dialogue shed light on the work being undertaken across the UBC Faculty of Medicine in an effort to reconcile and redress the relationship between Indigenous peoples and health care professionals and systems.
Join us virtually on Thursday, April 27th, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (PST), for “UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety: Creating Excellence in the Arenas of Truth, Reconciliation and Academia.” This virtual event is presented by the Indigenous Speakers Series.
Dr. Nadine Caron, MD, MPH, FRCSC – Professor, Dept. of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine (NMP), Co-Director of Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health
Nadine Caron is the daughter of an Ojibwe mother and an Italian immigrant father. Her mother is from the Sagamok Anishinaabe First Nation on the north shore of Lake Huron, where she attended residential school and became a schoolteacher. Dr. Caron was born and raised in Kamloops, BC, and completed her Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University (1993) and her Medical Degree (1997) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. During her surgical residency, Nadine completed her Masters of Public Health (2001) from Harvard University and after completion of residency training (2003), moved to San Francisco to complete her Postgraduate Fellowship Training in Endocrine Surgical Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco (2004). But her love for BC brought her home and since January 2005, Nadine has been working as a General and Endocrine Surgeon at the University Hospital of Northern BC. She is a Professor at UBC’s Northern Medical Program, as well as an Associate Faculty member at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Public Health, Adjunct Professor at University of Northern British Columbia, Associate Faculty at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health and BCCA Scientist, Genome Sciences Centre.
As the first female First Nations student to graduate from the University of British Columbia’s medical school, she won the Hamber Gold Medal as the top graduating student and was named one of Maclean’s “One Hundred Canadians to Watch.” Dr. Caron’s main research focus involves access to equal health status, health care services and the research that leads to these for our marginalized populations – including Aboriginal, northern and rural. She is currently a member of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Board of Directors, the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Regional Advisory Committee for the Terry Fox Research Institute (BC Node), the BCCA Surgical Oncology Network and member of the Northern Aboriginal Cancer Care Advisory Committee. As well, Nadine is the Co-Director of the UBC Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health which aims to be a focal point for collaboration involving UBC students/faculty and community in partnerships to optimize health science curriculum, education, student supports and health research through an Indigenous lens. Nadine has also been a part of multiple presentations nationally and internationally on Indigenous health, cancer care in rural and northern populations, and addressing the inequities – both known and suspected – for Canada’s marginalized populations.
Dr. Gwendolyn Point, Stó:lõ Nation Cultural Knowledge Keeper for The Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health (CEIH)
Dr. Point currently serves as an Adjunct Professor and Cultural Knowledge Keeper for The Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health (CEIH) Director, Dr. Nadine Caron who is the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) Chair in Cancer and Wellness, which includes advising on matters related to Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS) and the Centre’s ICS Program, ‘UBC 23 24’.
In addition to this, Dr. Point has also been appointed the Knowledge Keeper for the BC Assembly of First Nation Chiefs and served a term 2015-2018 as the Chancellor for the University of the Fraser Valley. She has a Doctor of Education from Simon Fraser University, a Master of Education from the University of Portland, a Post Baccalaureate from SFU, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of British Columbia. Numerous awards include, Paul Harris Fellow, Order of Chilliwack, BC Aboriginal Tourism Award, Seattle Art Museum: “The Recognition for work in First Nation Language & Culture”, The University of the Fraser Valley: “The Betty Urqhart Community Service Award”, Chilliwack School District set up 2 bursaries in her name.
Courtney Smith, UBC 23 24 Curriculum Manager
Courtney Smith is a second generation Canadian settler of Scottish highlander and German ancestry. She was raised on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia on shíshálh swiya* and has strong ties to the shíshálh community, whom she worked doing rights and title work for a number of years. Courtney has an educational background in First Nations and Indigenous Studies with a strong focus in Education and is currently pursuing a Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary studies from UBC researching connections between Indigenous Cultural Safety & Social and Emotional Learning education.
As the Curriculum Manager for UBC 23 24, Courtney is responsible for the maintenance, sustainability and expansion of the curriculum in the effort to support students, faculty and staff in teaching, learning and applyingIndigenous Cultural Safetyprinciples in health care and health care related settings. As a non-Indigenous settler, Courtney is committed to improving relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada that are based on respect, reciprocity and healing.
*swiya: the she shashishalhem (shíshálhlanguage) word for ‘world’. The word ‘territory’ does not exist in she shashishalhem, thus elders, knowledge keepers and the Nation request that the word ‘swiya’ is used instead.
Moderator
Derek K Thompson – Thlaapkiituup, Indigenous Advisor
Description
The UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety Program has been forging the way forward in designing and delivering training for students and faculty since 2017. Approximately 4500 students have completed this important program, and with their combined efforts and determination there’s great promise that someday we’ll have figured out how to end racism and discrimination against Indigenous – First Nations, Inuit, Métis – peoples within academic and health care systems.
This panel brings together Dr. Nadine Caron and Courtney Smith to discuss the work of cultural safety, cultural humility, and the broader work in regards to the recommendations from In Plain Sight, Truth and Reconciliation, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan. This important and timely dialogue will highlight the work being undertaken across the UBC Faculty of Medicine in an effort to reconcile and redress the relationship between Indigenous peoples and health care professionals and systems.
In November 2020, the report In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care showed us what was already in plain sight as far as Indigenous peoples were concerned – that racism and discrimination against our people in BC Health Care organizations was happening on an epidemic scale.
Grand Chief Stuart Phillip, President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, stated in response to the report In Plain Sight that, “Racism against Indigenous peoples is a malignant disease that has been in the health care system in British Columbia since inception…[and] Racism is not just hurtful words or ideas – in health care, it leaves Indigenous peoples suffering without proper care. In the moment when you need health care, it is too much of a burden to put on the backs of First Nations peoples, having to deal with this racism. That is not compassionate, it is cruel and painful.”
Racism against Indigenous peoples is cruel and painful. Racism against First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples from health professionals, people who are charged with upholding organizational, professional, ethical, and legislative policies only serves to worsen this experience and move it from cruel to harmful and from painful to irreparable. Health care professionals in BC must aspire to great and greater ways to move this experience from cruel to compassionate, from painful to hopeful, and to challenge the status quo and work towards correcting the very systems in which they work. This is not an easy task but it is a task worthy of our best efforts.
Topic: UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety: Creating Excellence in the Arenas of Truth, Reconciliation and Academia
Date: Thursday, April 27th, 2022
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm PST
What Will I Learn?
You will learn about the current work being undertaken by the UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety Program.
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