Quebec’s provincial health system promotes integrated health and social services that are intended to provide accessible, continuous, and safe services, respectful of people’s rights. Chapter 8 of the NCCIH’s Indigenous cultural safety: An environmental scan of cultural safety initiatives in Canada identifies cultural safety initiatives and resources that have been developed and implemented by the Government of Quebec and its various departments and agencies, alone or in partnership with other governments and organizations, as well as by Indigenous and non-Indigenous health and social services organizations, professional organizations, and other organizations with a health mandate operating in the province. However, the search strategy for this chapter was limited by the use of only English search terms, thus, some relevant initiatives in Quebec may be missing.

Examples of the types of initiatives implemented in Quebec include two integrated models of health and social services delivery in the James Bay region which enable First Nations and Inuit, respectively, to exercise a high degree of self-determination in matters pertaining to health and social services, tripartite agreements that provide frameworks for incorporating Mi’gmaq perspectives into health planning and decision-making, and strategies and initiatives that aim to address reconciliation and anti-Indigenous racism. Indigenous groups are active in advocating for cultural safety in the province, as well as in undertaking Indigenous-led initiatives to improve service delivery for urban Indigenous populations. However, this chapter reveals few cultural safety initiatives undertaken by other organizations with a health mandate in the province.

Note to reader: While all resources in the Indigenous cultural safety chapters were freely accessible on the Internet when they were included, the NCCIH assumes no responsibility for any links that are broken or changes in free access. The resources listed are, in large part, resources that are external to the NCCIH. They are intended for general information only on an "as is" and “as available” basis. Please refer to the NCCIH’s disclaimer on its Privacy policy.

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