Indigenous Cultural Safety: An outcome based on respectful engagement that recognizes and strives to address the power imbalances inherent in colonial systems. It results in an environment free of racism, and discrimination where Indigenous people can feel safe.
Strategies for Promoting Cultural Safety:
Break down the status quo and colonial narratives and barriers
Acknowledge history accurately and honestly
Promote and uplift voices who have lived experiences
Build a foundation of knowledge
Engage in thoughtful and meaningful conversations
Be okay with being uncomfortable
Hold space
Create a bias incident reporting system
Discourage and confront racist rhetoric
Understand Indigenous students are exposed to harmful stereotypes and representations of their culture
Testify on behalf of Indigenous students about racist incidents
Support Indigenous students mental health
Make Indigenous culture visible
Provide presentations about misrepresentations and excursion of Indigenous history
Encourage school to have guest speaks from host nations
Give Indigenous students dedicated space and time to discuss issues they face
Build relations with local nation
Listen to families
Support language revitalization
Provide opportunities for Indigenous youth to be included in gifted/talent programs
Provide multimodal lessons and assessment
Provide support for Indigenous students
Have collaborative and land-based learning opportunities
Use Indigenous literature
Use FPPL when creating lessons
Build relationships with Indigenous students
Use anti-racist strategies
Examine and acknowledge power imbalances
Learn about nation and provide land acknowledgements
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