Tools of Allyship: Moving Beyond Witness

This keynote address will shine a spotlight on nursing care and health equity for Indigenous people. It will inspire new relationships and pathways ahead and will invite you through the threshold of understanding, respect, and reconciliation. As we explore lived experiences through the lens of equity and diversity, let us also add new tools of advocacy and allyship to our nursing care toolbox.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify nursing opportunities to achieve health equity for Indigenous people.
• Demonstrate cultural safety through a shared understanding within healthcare relationships with indigenous patients, families and communities.
• Assemble a clinical toolbox for allyship, in partnership with Indigenous patients, families, and communities.

Presenter: Cheyenne Joseph, RN, BScK, BScN, MPH, CCHN(c)

Cheyenne Joseph is a member of Bear River First Nation in Nova Scotia. Cheyenne has been a registered nurse for 14 years, working with Atlantic Canada’s Indigenous communities on a variety of levels, from frontline public health to government and not-for-profit, and now academia. She is currently a Senior Instructor at the University of New Brunswick, teaching community health nursing in the classroom and in the field. Cheyenne is also the owner and operator of Mi’kmaq Mama, a website (and associated social media) where she shares her culture, recipes, and insights with viewers.