Place Based Cultural Framework
How We Do Our Work
Through our partnerships with BC Centre for Disease Control and the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA), we have been gifted six Coast Salish Teachings by Knowledge Keeper Te’ta-in Shane Pointe.
Accepting these Coast Salish teachings is an acknowledgement that members of the U&U Lab live and work primarily on the lands of Coast Salish Peoples.
Research Frameworks
Steps We Take
We use two research frameworks, one reflecting BC First Nations matriarchal wisdom and the other reflecting Black public health expertise.
True Reconciliation Framework – Puglaas Jody Wilson-Raybould (We Wai Kai Nation)
Puglaas asks us to learn – understand – act to advance True Reconciliation.
We continually move through this circle ourselves.
Science & Practice of Anti-Racism Framework – Dr Camara Jones
Dr Camara Jones outlines 3 tasks to address systemic racism within public health:
- Naming racism
- Asking, “how is it operating here?”
- Oranizing and strategizing to act
We focus our attention on Jones’ five mechanisms of racism within Population and Public Health: structures, policies, practices, norms, and values.
Weaving in Intersectionality
Sex and Gender Equity
BC Minister’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Women’s Indigenous Gender Based Analysis Plus IGBA+ Toolkit
7 Guiding Principles to advance the rights, equity, health & wellness of Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Gender-Diverse Peoples.
We commit to working hard to ground ourselves in these 7 guiding principles and checking our work using this toolkit.
