Indigenous people have the right to high-quality health care. Despite this, multiple reports show how persistent systemic racism and discrimination is toward Indigenous people across the Ontario health care system. This has widened the existing gap in the delivery and accessibility of care, leading to poorer health outcomes for Indigenous people. Providing equitable and culturally safe care to First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Urban Indigenous people is a collective effort involving Indigenous partners, health service providers, and health system partners. Together, we must identify and address gaps in the quality of care and contribute to ongoing efforts toward healing and reconciliation.
Ontario Health is working to produce a new quality standard on equitable and culturally safe care for First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and Urban Indigenous people. The quality standard will focus on care provided to Indigenous people of all ages in hospitals, primary care, and community-based settings across Ontario.
The work on this quality standard starts in: September 2024.
Thank you for your interest. The application period for this committee has now closed.
Successful applicants will be notified by email.