Reprinted from the Don't Erase Me: Why culture matters in mental health issue of Visions Journal, 2026, 21 (3), p. 40
Moving Forward Family Services
Moving Forward offers free short-term and affordable long-term counselling to British Columbia residents. Moving Forward Family Services has several programs, including counselling using diverse therapeutic interventions, trauma counselling, coaching programs, and community wellness sessions. Services are available in over 20 languages.
Culturally Connected
Tools and resources for people working in health and related sectors to support cultural safety and cultural humility. Health literacy and cultural humility are connected through communication and shared understanding, and bringing these approaches together helps reduce barriers to care by building collaborative relationships between clients and care providers.
Creating a Climate for Change
fnha.ca/Documents/FNHA-Creating-a-Climate-For-Change-Cultural-Humility-Resource-Booklet.pdf
Culturally unsafe care continues to prevent Indigenous people and communities from accessing healthcare. This booklet from the First Nations Health Authority introduces the impacts of colonialism and systemic racism in healthcare and explores what’s possible when everyone works together with humility.
- Sa̲n'yas Indigenous-specific anti-racism learning courses for people who work in health, justice, child welfare, the foster system, and other sectors: sanyas.ca
How to provide anti-racist healthcare
formationmentalhealthforeveryone.ca/en
A free online course from the University of Ottawa’s Vulnerability, Trauma, Resilience & Culture Laboratory.
Learn more and find support:
- Black Mental Health Canada: blackmentalhealth.ca
- Black Health Alliance: blackhealthalliance.ca
- Black Therapist List: blacktherapistlist.com
- Healing In Colour: healingincolour.com
- Black Youth Helpline: blackyouth.ca and 1-833-294-8650
- Vancouver Black Therapy & Advocacy Foundation: vancouverblacktherapyfoundation.com
South Asian Health Institute
fraserhealth.ca/health-topics-a-to-z/south-asian-health/south-asian-health-institute
Culturally appropriate and translated health information for South Asian communities, including mental health and substance use information and health system navigation.
