Reconciliation

• Food is Our Medicine Learning Journey (Nourish Indigenous and Allies Advisory): Food is Our Medicine was designed to introduce health care professionals and leaders to new and different ways of understanding the complex relationships between Indigenous foodways, reconciliation, healing, and health care.
• Indigenous Canada (University of Alberta): Indigenous Canada is a 12-lesson Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores the different histories and contemporary perspectives of Indigenous peoples living in Canada. From an Indigenous perspective, this course explores complex experiences Indigenous peoples face today from a historical and critical perspective highlighting national and local Indigenous-settler relations.
• Indigenous Food Sovereignty (Alberta Recreation & Parks Association): This module provides an introductory look into Indigenous Food Sovereignty within Alberta. Learn from Elders and Indigenous Communities across the province why Indigenous Food Sovereignty is important, how communities are practicing it, and what role you can play in supporting Food Sovereignty.
• Indigenous Traditional Food Systems (Alberta Recreation & Parks Association): This module provides an introductory look into Indigenous Traditional Food Systems within Alberta. Learn from Elders and Indigenous communities across the province why returning to a Traditional Food System is important, how communities are returning to it and what role you can play in supporting Traditional Food Systems.
• Indigenous Healthcare Education and Practice: A Community-Led and Community-Informed Collaborative Initiative (Queen’s University, Faculty of Health Sciences): Guided by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) Calls to Action on healthcare education and drawing on notions of cultural safety, decolonization, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity (EDII), the aim of this project was to create an interactive digital collection that translates the TRC’s Calls to Action into strategies that can be implemented in meaningful, accessible, practical, and culturally appropriate ways within healthcare education and practice. The educational resource is designed for healthcare learners to provide them with strategies for applying the content in their educational study and future healthcare practice. The seven themes of this work include: “Historical Perspectives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Implications for Health Outcomes”, “Biases, Racism, and Discrimination in Healthcare”, “Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Healthcare”, “Healthcare Rights”, “Healthcare Services”, “Culturally Safe Healthcare”, and “Intersections between Education and Healthcare”.

From Alberta Health Services News Releases (5/30/2022)

Indigenous Peoples in the North Zone Area 1 of Alberta Health Services (AHS) have a dedicated support line to help them better navigate the health system. North Zone Area 1 includes North Peace Tribal Council First Nations, High Level Friendship Centre, Paddle Prairie Métis Settlement, Fort Vermillion Metis Local, and McLennan Metis Local.

The toll-free Indigenous support line can be reached by calling 1-844-944-4744. The support line is staffed by Indigenous Health Link staff and available weekdays (Monday-Friday) from 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Click here for a poster on the Indigenous Support Line.

Staff will answer callers’ questions, help them access culturally appropriate care and support and assist them with navigating the healthcare system. Clients can call at any time during their healthcare journey with questions or concerns – whether they are not currently receiving care, about to start care, in care, or discharged from care.

The Alberta Health Services’ Indigenous Wellness Core partners with Indigenous peoples, communities and key stakeholders to provide accessible, culturally appropriate health services for First Nations, Métis and Inuit people in Alberta.

For more information, access https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/info/page11949.aspx