Cultural Safety Flashcards
(20 cards)
Define colonization
The removal and replacement of indigenous people to access land, resources, or labor. It is the culmination of white supremacy, heteropatriarchy, and exploitation.
What does frontier refer to
A time period When settlers would kill indigenous people
What does post frontier refer to?
After this settlers realized they could no longer get rid of the indigenous peoples. They decided to assimilate them such as through residential schools.
Why is it important to contextualize cultural safety in settler colonization?
It helps us Identify varying areas of impact from settler colonization and how. As a society we can address systemic issues
Define genocide
And ask committed with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. This includes killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life meant to bring physical destruction in whole or in part, imposing measures to prevent births, and forcibly transferring children to another group
Define Cultural safety
The creation or maintenance of a space or a community or service and service providers/professionals are respectful of cultural values, norms, and practices
What is the primary focus of cultural safety in terms of professionals
Indigenous and non-indigenous professionals need to be able to communicate appropriately to a person who is a part of a culturally distinct group
What do professionals need to do to practice cultural safety
They have to be conscious of structural inequalities and barriers that impact people’s lives, thus awareness is important. They’re also needs to be self-reflection of our own biases, prejudice, attitudes, and behavior that affect others
What are the key concepts of cultural safety?
Power, power inequality, structural inequalities, consciousness, critical consciousness, reflection
What is the origin of cultural safety?
It came from the 1980s in New Zealand with nursing patient care
Where did cultural competence come from?
It came from the US in the 1980s or ’90s.
Where did the convergence of cultural competency and safety happen and when?
It happened around 2010 in Canada
Why is it important to know the history of cultural safety?
Because it helps us see how it is changed through time and understand what strategies work and which do not
Define cultural competency
The integration of cultural knowledge into various practices including attitudes and behaviors and policies that allow professionals to engage across different cultures
What do cultural competency and cultural safety have in common?
They both need people to have a level of cultural awareness and improvement in the relationship between culturally distinct people
what is the difference between cultural competency and cultural safety?
Cultural competency is based on the acquisition of skills and knowledge, whereas cultural safety focuses on individuals and their experiences in specific contexts and creating a safe space.
What are the common misconceptions of cultural safety?
That it is anti-white, this is false as it is actually just anti-white supremacy. And another is that there are no objective assessment protocols and that they are too difficult to enforce. But this is also not true. There is training and supervision available. Lastly, exposure to different ways of doing our cultures make someone completely proficient in that culture. This is false and this is going by the path of lease resistance
What are some common misconceptions of indigenous peoples?
That they are all the same. This is not true. There’s a variety of different languages governing systems and variations on their Creation story. Another is that indigenous views are unchanging and stuck in tradition. This is also not true but they are instead focused on sustainability. Another is that all indigenous people have the same experiences. Again, this is false
How do we make a cultural safe education system
Think about the concept such as reflection, power, consciousness. Reflect on our own beliefs and prejudices, and we may need to preface our questions or statements. Also work on unlearning harmful biases and prejudice
How is settler colonization related to cultural safety?
Settler colonization informs the contacts in which cultural safety exists and operates. We have to be aware of how this affected indigenous peoples.
