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The process of the colonization of the Americas has been written about and discussed primarily in academic circles for at least the past century, although Indigenous peoples have lived the impacts of colonization and marginalization throughout multiple generations. The suffering has been documented and more recently contributed to by Indigenous peoples themselves. There is still work to be done, healing, as well as substantial change to federal and provincial policy and practice. This paper looks at culture through a clinical lens, gazing through the eyes of people from the past, and seeing clearly the hopes for today and for the future. The authors will reflect on embedding cultural safety through uncomfortable conversations, and moving beyond cultural sensitivity and competence. Cultural safety in clinical practice becomes the aspirational space of ‘right relations’ now being mobilized through truth and reconciliation across Canada.
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Wesley-Esquimaux, C.C., Koptie, S. (2019). Culture Through a Clinical Lens. In: Zangeneh, M., Al-Krenawi, A. (eds) Culture, Diversity and Mental Health - Enhancing Clinical Practice. Advances in Mental Health and Addiction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26437-6_11
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