Communication Health Resources for Indigenous Populations

Thank you for visiting the Communication Health Resources page on the Speech and Hearing BC website. Over the past several months, the Indigenous Services Working Group has been pulling together the resources that you see below. We want to thank our colleagues at First Nations Health Authority for reviewing these resources and for guiding our discussion about our next steps.

We know that the lists below are lengthy and possibly overwhelming. We are trying to come up with a better way to present this information with the help of those more tech savvy. That being said, we hope you will take the time to explore the resources that are available and find things that will help to start or continue your journey as a learner and ally. As a group, we have found that taking some of the education courses (i.e. San’yas Cultural Safety Training) has been a way to build our understanding of Indigenous history in Canada. The clinical articles have helped us evaluate our clinical practice in new ways and reconsider how we offer services to Indigenous families and communities. As well, we have found that reading books, listening to podcasts, watching videos and movies have offered new ways for us to understand Indigenous experiences and hear stories told by Indigenous voices.

So please, explore, listen, read, watch and reflect as you make your way through these lists. Reach out to any of the group members listed below if you have questions or want to share some of our ideas.

Thank you and be well.

Clinical Documents:

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action
• Exploring Social Responsive Approaches to Children’s Rehab – 2018 NCCIH
• Indigenous Early Child Development in Canada NCCIH 2019
• Occupational Therapy Now – July 2019
• Speech, Language and Hearing Services to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children in Canada, with a Focus on Children 0 to 6 Years of Age
• Non Standard Dialect and Educational Achievement-Blundon 2016
• Indigenous Led Practice
• A Resource Kit: To Assist Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists in Providing Informed Services to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People
• CJSLPA Summer 2014 Vol. 38 No 2 Special Issue
• UWO-Resource Toolkit for SLPs Working with Children from Indigenous Communities 
• FNESC: In Our Own Words: Bringing Authentic First Peoples Content to the K-3 Classroom

Professional Development & Training:

• National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) Webinars & Resources: https://www.nccih.ca/34/Publication.nccih?type=6
• First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) Cultural Safety and Humility Webinars: https://www.fnha.ca/wellness/cultural-humility/webinars
• San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training: http://www.sanyas.ca/home
• Indigenous Cultural Safety Collaborative Learning: http://www.icscollaborative.com/
• UBC Learning Circle:  https://learningcircle.ubc.ca/
• Indigenous Canada-Presented by the University of Alberta (free): https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html
• Free Cultural Safety course(Island Health): https://www.islandhealth.ca/learn-about-health/aboriginal-health/aboriginal-health-cultural-safety?fbclid=IwAR2t-lD1XaE2RIK59k6InVm5j07-jY12n6LlFy7p2aRi7MZebxmKUoXEflo
• Indigenous Cultural Safety Collaborative Learning Series (Free): http://www.icscollaborative.com/webinars  

Book, Video and Multimedia Recommendations:

For book recommendations, click here.

For video and multi-media recommendations, click here.

Websites:

• National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH): https://www.nccih.ca/en/
• SAC: https://www.sac-oac.ca/resources-inform-communication-health-services-indigenous-peoples
• Provincial Health Services Association (PHSA): http://www.phsa.ca/our-services/programs-services/indigenous-health#Our–work
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission: http://www.trc.ca/
• Early Childhood Development Intercultural Partnerships: http://www.ecdip.org/culturalsafety/
• First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC): http://www.fnesc.ca/
  
• First Nations Health Authority (FNHA): https://www.fnha.ca/
• Therapy BC: http://therapybc.ca/indigenous-resources/
• Jordan’s Principle: https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/maternal-child-and-family-health/jordans-principle
• First Voices- https://www.firstvoices.com/
• Native Land (a map showing Indigenous languages, treaties and territories): https://native-land.ca/

This list of resources was compiled by the Speech and Hearing BC Indigenous Services Working Group. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the members listed below:
Chelsea Van Tol: chelseanvantol@gmail.com Alyssa Dixon: alyssa.speech.language@gmail.com Kate Wishart: kate.wishart@me.com Kristan Nelson: nelson.kristan@gmail.com Shari Shabits: shari@red-house.ca Shandryn Kozin: shandryn.slomp@gmail.com Danielle Lafleur: danielle.lafleur@alumni.ubc.ca