Creating Safe Spaces: Indigenous Cultural Safety in Opioid Use Disorder Care

At this webinar, participants will get an introduction to Indigenous-specific cultural safety and humility in the context of opioid use disorder-focused substance use care. We will discuss topics including providing substance use care and harm reduction with Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) patients, the role of measurement and indicators in this work, and additional supports to further your learning about embedding culturally safe practices in your settings. We will hear from panelists from a variety of roles who will share about themselves, their experience and knowledge related to this work, and key lessons they’d like to share. This will then be followed with a question-and-answer period with the panelists.

Panelists

Keshia Cleaver (she/her)

Program Advisor, Harm Reduction, Public Health Response – First Nations Health Authority

Mark Matthew (he/him)

Director, Indigenous Health Team, Health Quality BC

Treanna Delorme (she/her)
Nurse Prescriber – Westbank First Nation Health & Wellness Centre

Hattie Daumann (she/her)
Professional Practice Lead: Nurse Prescribing and Toxic Drug Response – First Nations Health Authority

Learning Objectives:

After the webinar, the learner will be able to:

1. Develop a better understanding about Indigenous-specific cultural safety & humility.
2. Identify one new change to try in their care setting to deliver culturally safer opioid use disorder care for Indigenous patients.
3. Discuss approaches to measures of culturally safe substance use care.