One thing I've observed happily in our community is the flowering of first nations indigenous culture apart from health authorities. It has a place, and we support that within our clinics and so forth, but the actual community itself is finding its own power and voice. That has been, in my view, the most powerful path to healing for the majority of my indigenous patients. When they have access to someone who has the lived experience they've had.... For example, when they have to fill out sixties scoop forms, that is highly traumatizing, so who should be with them? Various people are with them, but who better to be with them than someone from their own culture? Recognizing, honouring, and supporting that approach within our health system is really amazing. It's the only thing that's making a difference, quite frankly.
