Indigenous Health

USask Continuing Medical Education offers 'The Role of Practitioners in Indigenous Wellness'.  This course is offered regularly and you can register through the CME website. Click Here to view more details on this course.

USask Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression website


The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH)


The USask College of Medicine Division of Social Accountability has many resources and events to support your work in this area.


View the summary of the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada here

View the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada here


Indigenous Health is a priority area of the AFMC (Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada).  https://afmc.ca/priorities/indigenous-health is an excellent source of the resources they have available.


 Indigenous Engagement

The University of Saskatchewan is dedicated to Indigenous student success, to fostering meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities and to promoting Indigenous knowledges and scholarship. Through collaboration, innovation, respect and humility, the university fosters a welcoming environment that is grounded in the principles of reconciliation and is able to address the calls to action placed on everyone in this country.

Office of the Vice-Provost Indigenous Engagement - Strategic Goals:

• Respectful and constructive engagement
• Active communications
• Systemic and systems transformation
• System-wide learning 

"Two Spirit! Let's Hear it! - An Introduction to Two-Spirit Health" 

Dr. Sarah Hunt with the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) provides an introduction to the health of Two-Spirit people.  An overview: 

  • Intro to the health of Two-Spirit people
  • Discuss meanings ascribed to 'Two Spirit'
  • Overview implacts of colonization as key to understanding Two-Spirit health
  • Review framing of Two-Spirit people in health literature
  • Tools to continue learning beyond the webinar

Viewing options: 

Watch on YouTube | Listen on SoundCloud | View PowerPoint 

Self-reflection questions | Beyond "At Risk" info sheet for service providers

Post webinar resource links