Centre for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health
Centre for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health
“At the Centre for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health (CWP-IH), the team understands the importance of creating a space for Indigenous students to learn and to have valuable work experience in a culturally safe environment. Working with two students from the Indigenous stream of Community Action Projects at the Centre for Community Partnerships, was a wonderful experience and such a pleasure. The report the learners prepared for our project, an Indigenous Rooftop Medicine Garden at Women’s College Hospital (WCH), will provide important information to the hospital’s Senior Leadership about the importance of having an Indigenous Medicine Garden at WCH for the Indigenous patients, staff and the Indigenous community. This partnership provided a mutually beneficial experience for the students and staff at the CWP-IH.”
Centre for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health
VISION
Women’s College Hospital Centre for Wise Practices in Indigenous Health (CWP-IH) is committed to the health and well-being of all First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals, families, and communities. Its purpose is to strategize, advocate for, and work to create a health system that acknowledges and respects Indigenous identity, trauma, and resilience while providing meaningful, culturally safe care, free of racism and discrimination—where Indigenous worldviews are recognized and valued.
SPIRIT
Our team of Indigenous clinicians, practitioners, Knowledge Keepers, Elders, Researchers, Educators and Aunties are dedicated to developing a health system that respects Indigenous identities (nation-to-nation and gender diverse) and the right to access cultural ceremonial practices while providing meaningful, trauma-informed and culturally safe care—free of racism and discrimination—that respects and values First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledge and worldviews.