NURS 4450 - Awareness, Resilience, Advocacy, and Action

Credit(s): 3
Lecture Hour(s): 3
Lecture Hours Schedule Type: Blended, Lecture, Online
This course provides future healthcare providers with a greater understanding and the ability to develop skills to navigate current health disparities and the realities of healthcare in Canada. Treaty 7 Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Educators were integral in the development and facilitation of this course in order to provide wisdom and insight into the awareness of Indigenous experience, opportunities for understanding Indigenous resilience, explore the potential for advocacy and to help deconstruct the systematic and personal barriers through social action. Classes will be offered by both Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Educators, and the mode delivery will focus on oral discussions and experiential stories. At the completion of the course, future healthcare professional will have greater skill in advocating and supporting Indigenous Communities within a framework of respect, empowerment and resilience

Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s): NURS 4111