In 2019, the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre published the report entitled “RED WOMEN RISING: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside” and written by Carol Muree Martin (Nisga’a – Gitanyow) and Harsha Walia. This report is the first comprehensive project with Indigenous women survivors in the DTES figuring at the very centre of community research, rather than as a secondary statistic.
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 191: Recognize Indigenous healing practices and have more health professionals trained in Indigenous health practices. Recognize the role of Indigenous reproductive and birthing knowledge, including ceremonies related to healthy sexual development.-
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 192: Opportunities for urban Indigenous women to learn traditional and land-based healing practices and develop peer-based holistic health support programs and activities such as regular opportunities to go canoeing, pick medicines, and harvest foods.-
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Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 193: More Indigenous patient navigators and Indigenous medicine people in hospitals to bridge between Indigenous patients and the Western medical system.-
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Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 194: More Indigenous healing spaces and sacred spaces in hospitals and hospices.-
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Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 195: Social workers in hospitals need to ensure wrap-around support, including financial, housing, and social support, before discharging Indigenous women from hospitals.-
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Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 196: Hospitals including security guards need to be welcoming and supportive—not judgmental and criminalizing—in their interactions with Indigenous patients.-
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Culturally safe healthcare
Recommendation 197: Security guards and all emergency room healthcare providers and staff must receive mandatory training in cultural sensitivity, mental health, and de-escalation.-
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Expanded health services
Recommendation 198: Universal public healthcare coverage to include supplements, prescriptions, counselling, dental, optical, mobility devices, adaptive equipment, and alternative treatments like acupuncture.-
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Expanded health services
Recommendation 199: Expanded access to free transportation to and from medical appointments especially for those with disabilities and the elderly.-
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Recommendations for Indigenous women’s wellness in the DTES
Expanded health services
Recommendation 200: Expand home support, residential care services, and the number of residential care beds.-
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