Join us Thursday, June 11 from 1600-1630H for our CNSABC Annual General Meeting.

We will review the past year, elect new positions (President Elect, Treasurer, Secretary, and multiple Director positions), and announce the Professional Education Bursary recipients.

Followed by a presentation from Clinical Nurse Specialists Nikki Rose Hunter Porter and Jessica Kwanxwalaogwa Key.

This presentation uplifts Indigenous Health and Cultural Safety Clinical Nurse Specialist roles in British Columbia as an emerging area of specialty nursing practice, with only four formally recognized roles in the province at the time of this work, three held by Indigenous nurses and representing the only established roles of this kind in Canada. Grounded in Indigenous nurse leadership, this work positions truth-telling as both method and evidence and is informed and supported by the legacy of Indigenous nurses, the BC Indigenous Health Nursing Research Chair, the Michael Smith Health Research BC - C2 Program, and BCNU.

A provincial gathering of Indigenous Clinical Nurse Specialists, Knowledge Holders, and nursing leaders was held Fall 2025, and centered relational dialogue on CNS scope, authority, and accountability in relation to community and Indigenous governance. Key insights identify the structural conditions required to establish and sustain these roles as specialty practice, including clear scope of practice, formal recognition within organizational and professional standards, decision-making authority at clinical and systems levels, and mechanisms for accountability. Indigenous CNS roles are articulated as a distinct area of advanced nursing practice grounded in Indigenous Knowledges and aligned with core CNS competencies across clinical care, systems leadership, advancement of nursing practice, and research, while extending CNS practice through the creation of a fifth domain grounded in upholding Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation.

This work directly responds to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action and In Plain Sight recommendations, while offering a concrete model for how CNS practice can function as a lever for governance, accountability, and system transformation. Recognizing Indigenous CNS roles as specialty practice strengthens Indigenous nurse authority, supports workforce sustainability, and advances accountability for distinctions-based, culturally safe care across health systems.

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Meeting ID: 251 850 147 120 718

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