Indigenous Peoples in BC continue to experience racism in the health system, which has a negative effect health, creates unsafe care, and leads to preventable illness and death. Currently, many parts of the health system are trying to address Indigenous-specific racism, but right now there is no way to clearly see whether these efforts are actually working. Without a way to measure progress, systems can claim change without being accountable for outcomes.
This project will build practical tools to monitor how Indigenous-specific anti-racism work is making real change. First, we will map how anti-racism work is currently being evaluated across BC’s health system. Then, we will work with Indigenous and settler leaders to define what meaningful progress should look like. Finally, we will create an evaluation framework and performance management tool that can track progress of ISAR initiatives at the individual, team, and/or organizational levels.
By the end of the project, we aim to have system-wide tool(s) that can help us know where change is happening, where resistance remains, and what steps are needed to move closer to the eradication of Indigenous-specific racism in BC’s health system.