Update 2024: Reconciliation in Action through Indigenous Projects

Presenters

Dr. Larry Leung
BSc(Pharm), PharmD, RPh
Associate Professor of Teaching

Larry Leung is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Larry has a strong passion for collaborating with colleagues and external partners to explore three educational and research areas of interest: 1) decolonizing and Indigenizing pharmacy education and practice, 2) interprofessional education, and 3) the role of the pharmacist. In the Entry-to-Practice PharmD Program, he currently serves as the Interprofessional Education Co-Lead, coordinator for a first year seminars course, co-coordinator of mandatory and elective Indigenous health and cultural safety courses, and co-lead for the Neurology Module. 

 

Dr. Jason Min
BSc(Pharm), PharmD, RPh
Associate Professor of Teaching

Dr. Jason Min is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of British Columbia. Over the past 10 years, his research and scholarly interests have focused on Indigenous health, pharmacy informatics, and interprofessional care. His recent work includes collaboration on the national Academic Electronic Health Record product, supporting the integration of simulated patient charts into pharmacy curricula. As a pharmacist, Jason’s diverse and unique clinical practices included outpatient team-based primary care settings, rural/remote interprofessional care, and specialty outpatient clinics for complex, chronic, and medication-intensive conditions.

Session Information

Description

Join us for an engaging presentation on how pharmacists can play meaningful and important roles in Indigenous reconciliation through community-based projects. With over 10 years of experience, Dr. Larry Leung and Dr. Jason Min will share their approach to productive partnerships with Indigenous partners and provide specific examples of past projects done across 5 domains: (i) health education, (ii) community health and advocacy, (iii) pharmacy practice, (iv) traditional health and medicine, and (v) cultural teaching and learning. This presentation will challenge participants to take the next step in building relationships with Indigenous patients and partners and offer an opportunity to gain support on your next project idea. 

Learning Objectives
  1. Describe a Two-Eyed seeing model for engaging with Indigenous partners on community-based projects.
  2. Provide 3 examples of Indigenous community-based projects and the role of the pharmacist in each. 
  3. Share an opportunity for pharmacists to participate in reconciliation. 

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