Indigenous-Specific Anti-Racism Training

As the Honourable Murray Sinclair has stated, "Education is what got us into this mess, and education will get us out."

While Manitoba-educated medical graduates from recent years will have comprehensive training in Indigenous health care, other registrants may have no training or background on the topic. It is crucial to establish a baseline of Indigenous intercultural competence in Manitoba; recent Statistics Canada data shows that Manitoba's population had the highest share of Indigenous people and Winnipeg is home to the largest Indigenous population in Canada.

Requiring a baseline Indigenous intercultural competence for all registrants will provide knowledge on the issues that reconciliation seeks to address to assist in interactions with Indigenous patients and Indigenous medical practitioners.