Topics covered: cultural humility, culture, and psychosocial support.
Are you working in a multicultural setting and looking for a quick and easy reference to guide your culturally responsive interventions? These posters, created by the YWCA Montreal, are the perfect tools for you!
Together, the two posters offer complementary tools: The first poster encourages a practice that takes cultural differences into account. The second highlights key recommended actions to prioritize in your day-to-day work.
Designed in the colors of our Sans Violence Free platform and featuring key words, they can be printed and displayed in strategic spaces within your organization.
These tools aim to support a mindset of continuous learning and compassionate self-reflection on our professional reflexes. By integrating cultural humility into your everyday practice, you help foster a more inclusive, safe, and respectful environment for everyone you support, regardless of their backgrounds or lived experiences.
This list is based on current literature and shared professional consensus. YWCA Montreal encourages you to stay informed and to adapt your practices as new knowledge becomes available over time.
Through immersive virtual reality experiences or dynamic training workshops, you can offer your school or workplace teams awareness and prevention session focused on sexual violence, gender-based violence, racial or ethnic discrimination, ageism, or violence based on sexual orientation.
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Sources:
- Government of Canada. (2023). Common Definitions on Cultural Safety: Chief Public Health Officer Health Professional Forum. https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/chief-public-health-officer-health-professional-forum-common-definitions-cultural-safety.html
- Pour une pédagogie sensible et adaptée à la culture (PSAC). (n.d.). L’humilité culturelle. [Web site] https://psac.lecentrefranco.ca/Storyline/Capsule_Humilite.html
- Gouvernement du Québec. (2021). La sécurisation culturelle en santé et services sociaux : vers des soins et des services culturellement sécurisant pour les premières nations et les Inuit. https://publications.msss.gouv.qc.ca/msss/fichiers/2020/20-613-02W.pdf
