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Cultural Safety & Humility: From Learning to Practice
Workshop Outline
Who Should Attend
This workshop is intended for fundraisers, nonprofit and charity professionals, organizational leaders, board members, communications professionals, funders, corporate community-investment professionals, and others whose work involves relationships with First Nations people, communities, or organizations. No previous Cultural Safety & Humility training is required.
Workshop Description
• Cultural safety and humility are increasingly important to how nonprofit and philanthropic organizations build relationships, engage communities, communicate
impact, and approach their work. But what do these concepts mean in practice, particularly when working with First Nations people and communities in British Columbia?
• Led by the First Nations Health Foundation, this interactive workshop will provide participants with foundational context about First Nations in BC and the historical and ongoing experiences that continue to shape relationships with institutions today.
• Participants will explore cultural safety and cultural humility through the lenses of power, assumptions and bias, intent and impact, relationships, and accountability. The workshop will then move from understanding to application, examining what these concepts mean specifically within fundraising, philanthropy, and the nonprofit sector.
• Through facilitated learning, personal reflection, discussion, and realistic scenarios, participants will consider how power can show up in relationships between donors, funders, organizations and communities; how stories are gathered and shared; how funding priorities and measures of impact are determined; and how organizations can build relationships grounded in respect, reciprocity, and cultural humility.
• This is a learning space, not a test of existing knowledge. Participants do not need to know everything about every First Nation to practice cultural humility. The workshop emphasizes understanding context, recognizing what we do not know, asking rather than assuming, and committing to continued learning, reflection, and accountability.
Workshop Flow
Morning: Understanding & Reflection – 3 hours
Welcome, Introductions & Grounding
Territorial acknowledgement; introductions; establishing the learning environment; cultural humility as an ongoing journey of learning, unlearning, reflection and accountability.
Truth & Context: Understanding First Nations in BC
The diversity of First Nations, languages, cultures, territories, governance and ways of knowing; ancestral and unceded territories and BC’s treaty context; First Nations approaches to health and wellness; colonization and the Indian Act; residential schools and Indian day schools; disruption of families and communities; Indian hospitals; and historical and ongoing experiences of racism and discrimination.
From Cultural Awareness to Cultural Safety & Humility
Cultural awareness, sensitivity, competence and safety; defining cultural safety and cultural humility; power and power imbalances; assumptions and unconscious bias; intent versus
impact; and the role of ongoing self-reflection and accountability.
Reflection & Discussion
Opportunities throughout the morning for participants to reflect individually and collectively on the concepts being explored and how they connect with their own experiences and professional roles.
Lunch Break
Afternoon: Application & Practice – 2 hours
What Does This Mean for Fundraisers?
Applying cultural humility to philanthropy and fundraising: entering and working within communities and territories; relationship-building and trust; professional and institutional power; communication and listening; and relationships among communities, organizations, funders, and donors.
Power, Storytelling & Philanthropy
Who determines priorities? Who controls resources? Who is asked to tell their story—and for whose benefit? How do donor expectations, recognition, reporting requirements, organizational timelines and definitions of “impact” affect relationships?
From Scenarios to Practice
Participants will work through realistic fundraising and nonprofit scenarios, exploring where assumptions and power dynamics may be present and how cultural humility can change both the approach and the outcome.
Moving From Learning to Action
Participants will identify practical ways to apply the learning within their own roles and organizations and consider what they will carry forward beyond the workshop.
Closing & Continued Learning Reflection, resources and opportunities for continued learning.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS: 
Andrew Procknow is the Director of Development at First Nations Health Foundation. Andrew began his career in fundraising in 2018 and has worked closely with corporate partners, community organizations, and individual donors to help bring their philanthropic aspirations to life and create meaningful community impact. Andrew is a proud member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Vancouver Chapter, having recently taken on a Mentor role as part of the AFP Mentorship Program. Andrew is of mixed heritage, including and Western European, Greek, and Penelakut First Nation ancestry on his mother’s side, and Eastern European ancestry on his father’s side. In his spare time, Andrew enjoys being outdoors with his favourite people, golfing, pop culture, and cooking up some fun and fresh meals!
Nathania Fung is the inaugural CEO of the First Nations Health Foundation. A seasoned philanthropy and social sector leader with over 20 years of experience, she has advanced health equity through leadership roles across healthcare, social services, and community-based organizations. Nathania is a second-generation settler and immigrant of Chinese descent, is grateful to have grown up on the lands of the Coast Salish peoples and now working with First Nations across BC, and approaches this work with humility and a deep sense of responsibility. She is committed to culturally safe, equitable, and self-determined approaches to health and wellness for First Nations people and communities in BC. She recognizes the privilege of this role and looks forward to meeting partners, donors, and communities wherever they may be on their journeys of healing and reconciliation. Outside of work, you may find her browsing local markets, spending time at dog parks or on a mountain, or cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
January 28, 2027
SFU Harbour Centre
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Workshop from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
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