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Online · English · Free
When: Nov 26, 2020 01:00 PM EST
Register now! newcomernavigation.ca/culturalsafety
Join speaker Marie Serdynska, Coordinator of The Montreal Children’s Hospital Sociocultural Consultation and Interpretation Services, as she explores cultural safety in this online event.
The key objectives of this session are:
- The definitions and origins of cultural safety with implications for healthcare practice
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Equalizing power imbalances by acknowledging and inclusively engaging with diverse cultures through the examination of biases
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Reflecting on organizational interaction with cultural safety and the impact for practitioner empowerment
Audience: Healthcare and settlement practitioners
Speaker
Marie Serdynska
Coordinator of The Montreal Children’s Hospital Sociocultural Consultation and Interpretation Services
Marie Serdynska is the Coordinator of The Montreal Children’s Hospital Sociocultural Consultation and Interpretation Services, responsible for equity and social inclusion education, and interpreter recruitment and training. She was co-chair of Canadian Consortium for Health Equity (CCHE), and of the First National Transcultural Health Conference. After obtaining her B.S.W. with Great Distinction from McGill University, Marie joined Head and Hands as a youth counselor, educator and group facilitator exploring youth issues through theatre. With the YWCA, Marie counseled and hosted cross-cultural parenting groups for young families, using creative forms such as dance, theatre and poetry to demonstrate social issues. In addition, she coordinated an International Development Education initiative identifying global issues in health, literacy, food security and strategies for ‘unlearning racism’.
Register now! newcomernavigation.ca/culturalsafety
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