Indigenous applicants

We have assembled a team to address Indigenous-specific issues at a policy level and to work as direct liaisons with Indigenous patients and families. At the policy level, this team develops strategy and policy direction that promotes Reconciliation and addresses anti-Indigenous racism and discrimination, and facilitates system transformation through initiatives, programs, and research. Our patient-facing team of Indigenous Wellness Liaisons and peer support workers help individual Indigenous patients and their families who are receiving care at our sites.

Learn more about the IWR Team and their work at Providence

The Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation Action Plan (IWRAP) is the first-of-its-kind at Providence, and is in direct support of the findings shared in the watershed report, In Plain Sight. The IWRAP guides Providence’s collective commitment to taking action. Grounded in humility, the plan’s actions are anchored to the recommendations of In Plain Sight and other key reports, to address systemic anti-Indigenous racism in the healthcare system, and advance cultural safety, Indigenous Wellness, Reconciliation and Human Rights.

Read our Indigenous Wellness and Reconciliation Action Plan

We want all job candidates to know that our recruitment policy sets out these objectives:

• Ensure a fair, transparent and consistent approach for the recruitment process and alignment with equity, diversity and inclusion best practices;
• Align with Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS) policy;
• Be guided by PHC values of respect and dignity for each person, and conduct recruitment in a non-discriminatory manner.

This policy also stipulates:

• Interview questions must be written to ensure they do not directly or indirectly discriminate against Equity Deserving Groups, and must directly relate to the job description and candidate profile and include culturally safe questions and best answers.
  • “Equity Deserving Groups” are communities that experience significant collective barriers in participating in society. This could include attitudinal, historic, social and environmental barriers based on age, ethnicity, disability, economic status, gender, nationality, race, sexual orientation and transgender status, etc.