First Nations and Métis Health Specialty Services

Building a Representative and Culturally Competent Workforce 

First Nations and Métis Health / Representative Workforce (RW) offers the following specialty services to ensure that the Saskatchewan Health Authority's a culturally safe place for their clients, residents, patients and employees from all cultures.  

• Program consultations towards cultural competence and cultural safety
• Professional development and learning opportunities in cultural competency/safety
• Cultural conflict advisory and mediation consultations (individual or group)
• Recruitment and retention consultations
• Research consultations

Click here for a full description of our services and for a PDF printable version.  

Truth & Reconciliation Commitment and Key Policies

• SHR Reconciliation Commitment Statement 
• Truth & Reconciliation Flag Raising Ceremony - the story
• Representative Workforce and Cultural Competency Policy
• Smudging Policy

First Nations and Métis Health Services

• St. Paul's Chart Audit Report, (Full Report) | (Summary)
• Royal University Hospital Chart Audit Report (Full Report) | (Summary)
• Emergency Department Literature Review 
• Navigation Services Literature Review
• Representative Workforce & First Nations & Métis Health Service Annual Report 2013-14  

Representative Workforce Resources 

• Awaken the Power of Change: Representative Workforce Strategic Plan Renewal 2015-2018
• Representative Workforce Strategic Action Plan 2015-2018  
• Awaken the Power of Change, Representative Workforce Strategic Action Plan 2010-2014  
• Representative Workforce Annual Report, 2013-14
• 2011 Leaders Forum Report

Aboriginal Health Summit Oct 2015 Documents

• Aboriginal Health Summit Report Oct 2016  
• Aboriginal Health Summit Program Oct 2015  
• Aboriginal Health Strategy Update Oct 2015 
• Aboriginal Health Strategy, 2010 – 2015 (Full Report) | (Summary) | (Poster)
• Cultural Safety and Health Equity in the Safety Hoshin A3 

Representative Workforce Newsletters

• Winter 2014
• Spring/Summer 2014
• Fall 2014
• Spring/Summer 2015
• Fall 2015
• Winter 2016
• Spring/Summer 2016
• Fall 2016
• Winter 2017

Health Equity and Cultural Safety Resources

• Cultural Competency and Cultural Safety Toolkit
  
• Advancing Health Equity in Health Care (Series 3)
• Health Equity Position Statement
• Additional Reports and Publications

Other Resources

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation

Legacy of Hope Foundation 

Mental Wellness Help Line for Indigenous Peoples:  toll free 24/7   1-855-242-3310