TRANSFORM HF – 2026 On the Land Cultural Safety Learning
University of Toronto faculty are invited to apply for On the Land– a land-based cultural safety course. It will take place from Weds, Sept 16 to Saturday, Sept 19 in Minden, Ontario.
Led by Dr. Angela Mashford-Pringle, this three-day land-based course will provide TRANSFORM HF members with the opportunity to learn from Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Indigenous peoples with lived experience of heart failure.
Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, the 3Ps (power, privilege, and positionality), the continuum of cultural safety, and the importance of active listening and self-reflection. Dr. Mashford-Pringle will also introduce and discuss historic and contemporary issues that underpin anti-Indigenous racism in healthcare.
On the Land attendees can expect to:
- Gain the knowledge and confidence to become reciprocal and meaningful advocates for and allies to Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
- Explore how to apply a lens of cultural safety to their research and clinical practice.
- Learn how to shift to a two-eyed seeing approach in order to broaden perspectives and view planetary health as kinship relationships with all in creation.
- Re-learn how to interact first and foremost at the ‘human’ level.
- Build friendships.
Applications close Sunday, August 16, 2026. On the Land is open to all TRANSFORM HF members. However, space is limited and efforts will be made to ensure an inter-disciplinary group of participants. You will be notified by email if your registration is accepted.
