Using Theatre to Stop Anti Indigenous Discrimination in the Health System: A Response to Call to Action 24
24. We call upon medical and nursing schools in Canada to require all students to take a course dealing with Aboriginal health issues, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, and Indigenous teachings and practices. This will require skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.
This event is a tangible response to the Truth Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action 24 and is presented in the spirit of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We will be talking specifically about anti-Indigenous racism in Canadian health system delivery. This may trigger difficult emotions in some participants. Extra support will be available. Be prepared to engage in an applied theatre activity led by Mirror Theatre (no acting is required).
Monday, September 16, 2024, from 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Pond Inlet at Brock University
Registration required. Please register on ExperienceBU. Lunch will be provided for registered participants (maximum of 80).
Sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies, Indigenous Educational Studies Program and a New Frontiers in Research Fund grant, Special Call for COVID 19 Response Research NFRFR-2022-00200. A door prize has been donated by the Hadiyaˀdagénhahs First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Centre.