Indigenous Health Sub-Committee Goals for 2020-2022
Contribute to health equity for Indigenous Peoples living in Canada by:
- Developing a partnership with the CPA National Office to support authentic engagement of the CPA with Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
- Supporting the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Calls to Action within the Canadian Physiotherapy profession.
- Nurturing connections between Indigenous PTs and PTAs in Canada by creating a safe space for them to connect, as a step towards Indigenous leadership within PT in Canada.
- Supporting PTs and PTAs in Canada to mitigate health inequities and the perpetuation of colonialism through building capacity in:
- Practicing cultural safety; and
- Understanding their complicity in the systems of inequality that produce and perpetuate Indigenous-settler health inequities, primarily colonialism and racism.
- Practicing cultural safety; and