Please note that the Respectful Relationship course was designed specifically for health care professionals and was originally open only to Northern Health employees.

As of Fall 2023, UNBC employees and UNBC students are also able to enroll.

Please select the correct registration link below.

The Respectful Relationships course is premised on two fundamental principles: first, we learn throughout our lives, and second, we work in colonial systems and institutions.

With this in mind, these learning modules focus on cultural safety and how it is realized in practice. Culturally safe health care environments and interactions require special skills gained from expanding our knowledge and understanding of Indigenous peoples, their histories and their lives.

This learning is situated in a unique social-political environment where BC Health Authorities and other BC allied professionals have signed the Declaration of Commitment to Cultural Safety and Humility.

By signing the Declaration, groups have committed to taking steps toward embedding cultural safety and humility within health care services for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples.

This course contains four learning modules. Each module is between four and six lessons. The modules are intended to be completed sequentially with knowledge and skills in one lesson building upon knowledge and skills from the previous lesson.

Modules

1. Introducing Cultural Safety
2. Setting the Context: History and Contemporary Realities
3. Critically Reflecting on Self and Systems
4. Getting to Change: Addressing Cultural Safety and Anti-Indigenous Racism

This course is specifically designed for Northern Health physicians and staff, however, they can be equally informative for others from different sectors and disciplines.

Course structure

Respectful Relationships is an asynchronous online course consisting of a series of four modules each containing between four to six 45-90 minute lessons. The total time to complete all four modules is approximately 20 hours.

All modules contain text, videos, slide presentations, reflective questions, and learning activities. Participants will have access to a printable Participant Learning Journal Guide to support learning activity completion.

Please note that once you register, you will have six months to complete the course.

Acknowledgements

This curriculum was co-developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) and Indigenous Health, Northern Health and authored by Dr. Margo Greenwood and Dr. Roseann Larstone with the contribution and support of Dr. Theresa Healy, Dr. David Loewen, Teri Delaney, Shelby Petersen, and Taylor Turgeon.

Technical expertise was provided by Spark and Co. This work was also made possible by technical and financial support provided by the University of Northern British Columbia.

NOTICE TO NORTHERN HEALTH EMPLOYEES

If you wish to register - May 31, 2024 was the last date for NH employees to to enroll in the Respectful Relationships course through UNBC. As of June 1, 2024 NH employees can register for this course through the Learning Hub. 

If you are already registered - NH employees who are already registered will continue to access the course through UNBC's D2L platform.  You will have access to this course until December 15, 2024 so please ensure you complete the course before then. If you need technical support, please email cssupport@unbc.ca .

If you have already completed the course - The Respectful Relationships course content is the same on both platforms. If you completed this course through D2L, you do not need to take it again through Learning Hub. 

NOTICE TO UNBC EMPLOYEES AND STUDENTS

UNBC employees and students will continue to have access through UNBC's D2L platform. Please register using the links below.