Health System News Two-Eyed Healing: Rethinking Reconciliatory Relationships in Health Care – Ontario Hospital Association

Indigenous Peoples continue to carry forward enduring knowledge systems, cultures, languages, and ways of relating that have been nurtured and sustained over generations across Turtle Island. These living systems reflect the strength, continuity, and presence of Indigenous communities today while continuing to offer vital teachings for resilience, wellbeing, and healing. It is within this living context that June, recognized as National Indigenous History Month, and specifically June 21st honoured as National Indigenous Peoples Day, invites reflection.

We can channel this call for reflection through acknowledging and celebrating the histories, cultures, contributions, and enduring presence of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. Increasingly, this month also creates space for deeper reflection on reconciliation, belonging, and the relationships required to move us beyond symbolic gestures toward reconciliation that is relational, reciprocal, and capable of reshaping systems.

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