Exploring Theme: "Retention of Healthcare Worker"

Over the last two years, the NE LHIN has provided Indigenous Cultural Safety on-line training to more than 400 people working in health care across Northeastern Ontario. These efforts are in keeping with the NE LHIN’s Aboriginal Health Care Reconciliation Action Plan, published in 2016, which identifies cultural competency as a core value. The Action...

 One of the four focus areas is “Primary Care” that includes delivery of Indigenous cultural competency training to front-line health care workers who work with First Nation communities....

The provincial government is taking steps to address the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) Calls to Action regarding education and training, including introducing mandatory Indigenous cultural competency and anti-racism training for every employee in the Ontario Public Service (OPS) and implementing mandatory learning expectations in Ontario’s public education system curriculum. The new employee...

The Province of Ontario made San’yas training mandatory for every employee in the Ontario Public Service...