From the margins : cultural safety from an Okanagan/Sqilxw perspective ...

• Main Author: Mitchell, Vanessa
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of British Columbia 2018
• Subjects: First Nations
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0364669; https://doi.library.ubc.ca/10.14288/1.0364669

The purpose of this research project was to examine cultural safety from an Okanagan/Sqilxw perspective. Cultural safety is a term that originated in New Zealand with the Maori people in their need to address the health disparities and power imbalances within the institution of health. As cultural safety has become adapted in practice within the Interior Region, it became necessary to examine the concept closer with peoples of the Interior. As the Syilx (Okanagan) are one of the seven First Nations located in the Interior Region, and of which I am a member, this project was primarily conducted with Okanagan/Sqilxw members of the Okanagan Indian Band. The research was guided by participatory action research and Indigenous methodologies. The analytical framework was based on the enowkinwixw, which is an Okanagan/Sqilxw decision making process that undertakes serious issues of concern in the community. In order to ground this research in community, it was equally necessary that I abide by community ethics. ...