This breakout session will explore how Bamenim — To Care For supports healthcare providers and organizations to strengthen cultural safety for Indigenous women and their families while accessing healthcare. Presenters will share how ONWA’s cultural safety training moves beyond awareness to practical, relational, and systems-level approaches grounded in Indigenous ways of knowing. Using concrete examples and case studies from healthcare settings, presenters will highlight how self-reflection, accountability, and cultural teachings can shift care experiences and address systemic barriers.

Participants will engage in guided reflection and dialogue that introduce ONWA’s Indigenous Cultural Safety (ICS) training and preview the full-day program. The session is designed to inspire healthcare organizations to bring this training back to their teams as a concrete step toward improving safety, trust, and equity in care for Indigenous women and their families.