Surrey Memorial Hospital Medical Staff Association

A Physician’s Guide to Resources to Start Truth and Reconciliation

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action 

The policy recommendations are meant to aid the healing process by acknowledging the history and preventing further abuse. 

 

CBC’s Beyond 94: Tracking Canada’s progress on the 94 Calls to Action 

See how Canada is making progress on the Calls to Action. 

 

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: Residential School History 

Information on Residential School History. 

Read on the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation website here

 

Native Land 

Explore this interactive map to learn which Indigenous groups’ traditional territories you live, work and play. Discover what languages have been spoken there and understand the treaties that apply to your area. 

View the map on Native Land here

 

Historica Canada: Residential Schools Podcast 

This three-part podcasts hosted by Shaneen Robinson-Desjarlais, an Indigenous journalist, commemorates the history and legacy of residential schools. It serves to honour the stories of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Survivors, their families and their communities. 

 

Video of Chief Robert Joseph 

Chief Robert Joseph, Hereditary Chief of the Gwawaenuk First Nation, shares his experience as a residential school survivor and the importance of truth and reconciliation in Canada. 

 

How to Start the Conversation

Start a conversation about reconciliation with this guide from Reconciliation Canada.

View and download the PDF on the Reconciliation Canada website here

Traditional Wellness Experience for Healthcare Practitioners

The First Nations Health Authority, along with the First Nations Communities of the Fraser Salish Region, invite Healthcare providers to join them to hear origin stories, experience community based traditional wellness practices, understand the deep historical roots of ongoing issues stemming from colonialism, and to appreciate First Nations People’s cultural identity and relationships with the land.

View and download the PDF here

Medical staff at Surrey Memorial Hospital and Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre