Commitment to the Indigenous Health Dialogue

Commitment to self-determined Indigenous engagement with CSM

• Create an independent Indigenous office
• Create dedicated Indigenous leadership roles within CSM
• Support strategies for equity of access and authentic inclusion of Indigenous perspective and people within all levels of CSM

Build Indigenous health education content across all educational units

• Require all educational curricula to include Indigenous content and pedagogy
• Require all educational programs to develop Indigenous admissions pathways
• Address institutional barriers towards prioritizing Indigenous health education

Promote Indigenous people and knowledge while dismantling barriers and bias within the institution

• Require all faculty and staff to take Indigenous anti-racism training
• Grow capacity for equity and promote Indigenous-based approaches in the CSM
• Engage in a formal institutional decolonization process
• Require all new faculty to complete the Indigenous Canada Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)

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Require ethical and rigorous Indigenous health research within our institution that effectively responds to community identified priorities

• Build Indigenous health research capacity within CSM in partnership with the Indigenous community
• In collaboration with the community, health systems and health resource partners, develop innovations in health care approaches and models
• Focus on ethical engagement with key partners in shared goals of advancing Indigenous health