Indigenous Cultural Safety & Humility

Regulated health-care professionals must make room for decolonization in health care and society by practising cultural humility and inviting Indigenous methods of good health maintenance, illness prevention, and healing in care. This includes understanding and applying the Cultural Safety, Humility, and Anti-Racism standard of practice, launched on September 30, 2022, by CHCPBC’s seven legacy colleges, along with four other BC health profession regulatory colleges. 

The standard was adapted from that developed and launched by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC (CPSBC) in February 2022. The standard ensures that health regulators have consistent expectations of their registrants to provide culturally safe and appropriate care to BC’s First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples.  

Read the Indigenous Cultural Safety, Humility, and Anti-Racism Standard for each profession:

• Audiologists, Hearing Instrument Practitioners, and Speech-Language Pathologists (PDF)
• Dietitians (PDF)
• Occupational Therapists (PDF)
• Opticians (PDF)
• Optometrists (PDF)
• Physical Therapists (PDF)
• Psychologists (PDF)

See resources to support the understanding and application of the standard (PDF).

The College’s mandate is to ensure the public receives safe, ethical, and effective care from the health professionals we regulate. The public includes Indigenous clients who receive health profession services. Indigenous clients are disproportionately subjected to unsafe care through stereotyping, racism, discrimination, and prejudice. CHCPBC remains accountable to the 2017 Declaration of Commitment and the 2021 Joint Apology and Commitment to Action. In addition to requiring our registrants provide culturally safe and appropriate care, we are committed to integrating cultural safety and humility into our work by decolonizing our culture, governance, and operations.  

Cultural humility is not a skill attained at one point in time. It is not a box that can be checked off and marked complete. Rather, it comes from a deep personal commitment to ongoing learning, continuous self-reflection, and examination of personal biases. It is a willingness to listen, learn, and act to protect Indigenous human rights. It is a set of evolving skills that allows the healthcare provider to make room for decolonization and create a culturally safe space, which might look different for each individual client.  

“Statistics and research paint a distressing picture of our society, in which too many people are struggling with violence and trauma. These challenges exist against the historical backdrop of Canada’s colonization of Inuit Nunangat, in which federal government policy directed the institutions and systems that have destabilized our society by undermining our ability to be self-reliant. The social and cultural challenges that exist today can similarly be undone in large part through policies that support and empower Inuit institutions, families, and communities.” –Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Learn more about CHCPBC’s commitments to Indigenous cultural safety, humility, and anti-racism (PDF).

Role: Lead, Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility

Team: Strategy, Governance, and Social Accountability

Category: Full-time equivalent (may be one person or shared between two)

Work hours: 37.5 hours per week (one person or shared between two)

Work arrangement: Candidate preference: hybrid at the Vancouver or Victoria office or remote within BC.

Compensation range: $91,360 – $114,200 annually (full-time)

About the role

We are looking for one person (or two people sharing one position) who can bring lived experience and deep knowledge as an Indigenous person to the Strategy, Governance, and Social Accountability (SGSA) team. The role will ensure that Indigenous voices and perspectives are meaningfully integrated into regulatory and operational processes and into all levels of decision-making and governance. Read more about the role in the full position description (PDF)

If you’ve read the position description and you would like to explore joining us here at CHCPBC, we encourage you to tell us about yourself by submitting an application. If you have questions about the role or the organization please contact Norah Xu, Manager Human Resources at norah.xu@chcpbc.org or 604-742-6750.

What we offer

CHCPBC provides competitive compensation, an attractive paid-time off package that gives annual vacation and personal days. For eligible team members, we offer a pension benefit and extended benefits that include health and dental care. We have a flexible, inclusive, supportive and learning work environment that includes that includes a remote or hybrid work model, two office locations and a flexible schedule.

What to expect

We are building a culturally safe recruitment process for Indigenous applicants and we have been working with Carrie Lamb (Sacred Workspaces) and Len Pierre (Len Pierre Consulting) to support us in this work. This role is an Indigenous-specific opportunity, held for an Indigenous person (or people) with ties to Indigenous communities. The successful candidate(s) will be asked to provide verification of their Indigenous identity.

How to apply

Please send us a resume and include a cover letter that describes your work experience and lived and living experience relevant to the work of CHCPBC and this role by 11:59 pm on March 3, 2025. This opportunity will remain posted until filled; however, priority consideration will be given to those who apply by the deadline. We welcome your cover letter in writing, as an audio file or as a video file if you prefer. Please send these to careers@chcpbc.org.

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you.

This posting is a summary only. You are encouraged to read the full position description (PDF) that contains more details about us and about this role. For information about working at CHCPBC, see Careers With CHCPBC.