According to the late Honourable Murray Sinclair, systemic racism is “when the system itself is based upon and founded upon racist beliefs and philosophies and thinking that has put in place policies and practices.” And so, we may understand systemic racism as one of the paradigms of the health care system.
The Giga Mino Ganawenimaag Anishinaabeg Training: Theory of Change and Implementation model defines cultural safety. It outlines corresponding challenges and solutions, and discusses anti-racist change, organizational culture, the role of the team, as well as psychological safety and supportive accountability. The model also lays out a way forward to cultural safety through change management and tangible actions we can take across the health care system in Canada.
The model was written by Dr. Marcia Anderson, Vice-Dean, Indigenous Health, Social Justice and Anti-Racism, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, with input from the Change Management and Evaluation Working Group.
(This resource has been published in English only.)