Smylie, Janet http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5449-0864
Rotondi, Michael A.
Filipenko, Sam
Cox, William T. L.
Smylie, Diane
Ward, Cheryl
Klopfer, Kristina
Lofters, Aisha K.
O’Neill, Braden
Graham, Melissa
Weber, Linda
Damji, Ali N.
Devine, Patricia G.
Collins, Jane
Hardy, Billie-Jo
Funding for this research was provided by:
St. Michael's Hospital Foundation
Canada Research Chairs
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (1R35GM128888)
National Institutes of Health (R01 1R35GM127043)
Article History
Received: 20 July 2023
Accepted: 22 November 2023
First Online: 9 January 2024
Declarations
:
: The study was approved by the Unity Health Toronto Research Ethics Board (REB#17–343), the University of Toronto Health Sciences Research Ethics Board (Protocol#00037161), and the North York General Hospital Research Ethics Board (REB#19–0013). Participants in this study provided written online consent prior to participating in the study. The study was approved for the implementation of a temporary waiver of consent, which meant that the aims of the research were not fully disclosed to the participants at the time of consent. Following evaluation by a UISP, participants were contacted and debriefed at which time, secondary written consent was obtained (either in person or virtually, via zoom). Participants were informed of their right to withdraw from the study at any time prior to results being aggregated and disseminated through presentations, reports, and/or manuscripts. No participants withdrew from the study.
: Not applicable.
: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at qqq.icmje.org/disclosure-of-interest. AL, AD, BO’N, KK, KS, LW, SF, PD, and WC declare no competing interests. JS is a sibling of DS. JS and DS are both members of the Indigenous Cultural Safety Learning Series Advisory Circle in Canada, which was funded by San’yas and co-hosted by the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres. The Indigenous Cultural Safety Learning Series is a national webinar series focused on Indigenous cultural safety. It is guided by an Advisory Circle of Indigenous leaders from across Canada. DS was employed by the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC) until March 2020. SOAHAC was partnered with San’yas to deliver ICS training in Ontario when the study was conceptualized. SOAHAC provided in-kind staff time to support study activities for ongoing study advisory and training registration. JC and DS were employed by San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Learning Programs, Indigenous Health, Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) until April and June 2023, respectively, and during the time the study was designed, implemented, analyzed, and interpreted. CW is the former Executive Director of Indigenous Health at PHSA and developed the San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Training Programs. CW was employed by San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety Learning Programs, Indigenous Health, PHSA. San’yas offered their in-kind time to support advisory activities for the study. DS did not receive additional funding or payments for her role in supporting the study. Travel to Ontario for JC and CW to support advisory activities and study design was covered by the San’yas Program. DS is a volunteer director on a board of trustees at a provincial mental health organization in Toronto, Ontario, CAMH. CAMH offers San’yas training to their staff. BH is a volunteer member of the Unity Health Toronto Research Ethics Board and the University of Toronto Health Sciences Research Ethics Board. BH was not a member of these boards when the study was submitted for approval and she has not been present for any meetings where the study has been on the agenda. MR provided the statistical analysis for the study on a fee for service basis. Payments were made personally. All interested authors were provided access to San’yas training following the study.