Tools and Resources

Any team or individual at any level in the health system can use the Truth and Reconciliation tool to:

• Focus exploration of the legislation and guidance that applies to the provincial health system, including Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action
• Capture how the team can address and/or is addressing the relevant legislation and guidance, including direction and commitment from Manitoba’s Health Senior Leadership Council on disrupting racism
• Apply an Indigenous lens to strategic, annual operating and work plans
• Plan services and facilities that are more culturally safe and accessible​​
• Work towards closing the gap in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Manitoba 
• Action the Indigenous Partnership Strategy Framework

The Truth and Reconciliation tool may evolve over time to align with operations and health priorities. The Truth and Reconciliation tool guide provides instruction for workshop facilitators.

Accountability Guidance: Health authority executive teams are accountable for organizational use of the tool. A suggested process is for executive teams to determine which teams complete the tool and then prioritize the committed actions captured in the Summary of actions for strategic plan, annual operating plan, and/or work plan section at the back of the tool. Executive teams determine which actions will be included in the current annual operating plan, what remains in departmental plans, and what may get moved out to a different fiscal year.

The Indigenous Partnership Strategic Framework was collaboratively developed by health system individuals with extensive wisdom, knowledge and experience in Indigenous health and wellness to support beneficial change. The Truth and Reconciliation tool was developed to help the health system operationalize the recommendations in the Framework.

Provincial, federal, and international legislation and guidance calls for meaningful change to ensure the collective and human rights of Indigenous peoples are recognized and upheld. Documents include:

• The Path to Reconciliation Act (Manitoba)
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Principles
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action (including Jordan’s Principle)
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Articles
  • What we learned to date report on the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
  • The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan
• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Calls for Justice
• Disrupt Racism commitment

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