HICA Virtual Education Day

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Pathways to Healing: Indigenous Perspectives on Healthcare Access and Equity

Speaker: Jennefer Simo, Indigenous Wellness Specialist, Unity Health Toronto

An educational opportunity to learn about Indigenous, Inuit, and Metis peoples, and the health care system. From barriers to accessing healthcare, to the creation of pathways.

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Let’s Talk about Sex (and Gender). Supporting Inclusive Data Collection Practices

Speaker: Lindsay Beavers, DSc. RHL (Candidate), MPT, BSc.Kin, Manager, Simulation Program & Doctoral Candidate (DSc RHL), Queen’s University, Unity Health Toronto & Queen’s University

This session offers participants a chance to understand how systems of inequity related to sex, sexual orientation and gender impact healthcare experiences; come learn, unlearn, relearn!

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Enhancing Health Outcomes Through Patient-Centred Language

Speaker: Julia Lee, BSc, RRT, FCSRT

The objectives of this session:

1. Define Person-Centred Language (PCL)
2. Understand the impact of PCL in the healthcare setting
3. Reflect on the use of PCL and non-PCL

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Content coming soon!