Monday 6 November 2017

OT in the News: OT students learn to care for Indigenous people by understanding racist legacy

Image credit: CTV News
A recent CTV News article highlights an online course and two workshops that are part of the UBC curriculum for occupational therapy and other health discipline students.

"The name of the program -- UBC 23-24 Indigenous Cultural Safety Interdisciplinary Learning Experience -- is a response to calls for actions 23 and 24 from a report by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. They're among a list of 94 actions recommended by the commission to redress the legacy of residential schools." 

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