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Community Emergency Preparedness Fund: Indigenous Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility Training

Program Category: Climate Adaptation
Program Sub-Category: Emergency Mitigation / Preparedness / Planning
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Status: Closed

Funder

Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM)

Deadline Details

Applications are not currently being accepted for this funding stream.

Funder Organization Type

  • BC Local Government and Associations

Offering emergency management in a way that respects Indigenous Peoples as the decision-makers in their own care requires cultural safety and humility. The First Nations Health Authority Policy Statement on Cultural Safety and Humility advises that:
 
“Cultural humility is a process of self-reflection to understand personal and systemic conditioned biases, and to develop and maintain respectful processes and relationships based on mutual trust. Cultural humility involves humbly acknowledging oneself as a life-long learner when it comes to understanding another’s experience. Cultural humility enables cultural safety.” 
 
“Cultural safety includes and goes beyond cultural awareness, which refers to awareness of differences between cultures. It also goes beyond cultural sensitivity, which is about realizing the legitimacy of difference and the power one’s own life experience can have on others.” 
 
Addressing the New Normal: 21st Century Disaster Management in British Columbia (2018) identified in both the summary of consultations and in numerous recommendations the need for cultural awareness and sensitivity training for volunteers, responders and government representatives. This need is also identified in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #57.
 
This is a funding stream of the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF). The Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF) is a suite of funding programs intended to enhance the resiliency of local governments, First Nations and communities in responding to emergencies. Funding is provided by the Province of BC and is administered by Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM).

Eligible Community

All local governments (municipalities or regional districts) and all First Nations (bands and Treaty First Nations) in BC are eligible to apply.
 
Eligible applicants can submit one application per intake, including regional applications or participation as a partnering applicant in a regional application.
 
Regional Projects
 
Funding requests from two or more eligible applicants for regional projects may be submitted as a single application for eligible, collaborative projects. In this case, the maximum funding available would be based on the number of partnering applicants included in the application. It is expected that regional projects will demonstrate cost-efficiencies in the total grant request.
 
The primary applicant submitting the application for a regional project is required to submit a resolution as outlined in Section 7 of the official application guide. Each partnering applicant is required to submit a resolution that clearly states their approval for the primary applicant to apply for, receive and manage the grant funding on their behalf. 

Required Community Contribution

No community contribution required

Funding Stacking Restrictions

Yes
In order to ensure transparency and accountability in the expenditure of public funds, all other contributions for eligible portions of the project must be declared and, depending on the total value, may decrease the value of the funding. This includes any other grant funding and any revenue that is generated from activities that are funded by the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund. 

Application Limit per Community

1

Professional Input Required

Yes

For regional projects only: A Band Council resolution, Treaty First Nation resolution, or local government Council or Board resolution from each partnering applicant that clearly states their approval for the primary applicant to apply for, receive, and manage the grant funding on their behalf.

Specific Eligibility Requirements

In order to qualify for funding, applications must demonstrate the extent to which proposed project(s) will provide emergency management personnel with Indigenous cultural safety and cultural humility training.  In addition, to qualify for funding, projects must be:
 
As part of the approval agreement, approved projects must meet the following requirements for funding:
 

  • Any in-person activities, meetings, or events must meet public health orders and/or guidance in relation to COVID-19

  • Activities must comply with all applicable privacy legislation under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act in relation to the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information while conducting funded activities. Personal information is any recorded information about an identifiable individual other than their business contact information. This includes information that can be used to identify an individual through association or inference.

  • Where applicable, the Qualified Professionals that manage the proposed project must be subject matter experts and any professional activities must be developed and signed by a qualified professional as per the Professional Governance Act.

Type of Funding

  • Grant

Range of Funding Available per Project

  • Under $100 000

Description of Funding

This funding stream can contribute a maximum of 100% of the cost of eligible activities to a maximum of $40,000.

The intent of this funding stream is to support activities such as cultural safety and cultural humility training for emergency management personnel and those in training, adapting emergency management tools to be inclusive of Indigenous peoples, and activities related to partnering with, or providing assistance to, Indigenous communities during emergency mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

Training could include:

  • History and legacy of residential schools

  • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law and Crown-Indigenous relations

  • Skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and antiracism

Intended learning outcomes must be in the context of emergency management and could include:

  • Recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ unique connection to the land and the concept of Indigenous worldviews and knowledge

  • Identifying key historical events marking the history of Crown-Indigenous relations in Canada.

  • Recognizing the concept of inter-generational trauma and resiliency and how it affects contemporary Indigenous Peoples

  • Improved individual and collective abilities to work effectively with Indigenous Peoples

  • Identifying, discussing and addressing individual and structural barriers to reconciliation

In order to ensure transparency and accountability in the expenditure of public funds, all other contributions for eligible portions of the project must be declared and, depending on the total value, may decrease the value of the funding. This includes any other grant funding and any revenue that is generated from activities that are funded by the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund.

Percentage of Project Funded

100%

The Indigenous Cultural Safety & Cultural Humility Training funding stream can contribute a maximum of 100% of the cost of eligible activities to a maximum of $40,000.00. 

Eligible Costs

Planning
Community Engagement
Equipment/Material Purchase
Staff Costs
Administration Fees
Capacity Building for the Community
Training
Awareness and Education

  1. Relationship Building: Relationship building between local governments and Indigenous Peoples in advance of training, such as meetings and dialogue required to identify training needs. 

  2. Training: Development of training materials required to support local cultural safety and cultural humility training; Training could include: The history and legacy of residential schools; The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Crown-Indigenous relations; and, Skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and antiracism. For all virtual courses, eligible costs include: course fee (if any), required course materials, and travel (including accommodations and per diems) only if required for internet connection or access to necessary technology. For all in-person courses, eligible costs include: course fee, required course materials, and travel (including accommodations and per diems).

  3. Meeting Expenses: If the applicant hosts their own training: Meals, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages; Venue rentals, including any required audio-visual equipment rentals; Facilitation services and/or guest speakers; and, Preparation of materials required for the training, including printing costs.

See the Program and Application Guide for a full list of eligible costs. 

Ineligible Costs

  • Routine or ongoing operating costs or activities (e.g., heating, cooling and lighting, security,software or service subscriptions, or membership fees).

  • Routine or ongoing planning costs or planning activities that are not incremental to the project.

  • Regular salaries and/or benefits of primary applicant or sub-applicant(s) staff or partners.

  • Duplication of recently developed information, maps, or imagery (e.g., LIDAR that is currently available through the Open LiDAR Data Portal) provided the information remains accurate.

  • Project-related fees payable to the primary applicant or sub-applicant(s) (e.g., permit fees).

  • Costs related to individual or household preparedness, including the purchase of emergency supplies (e.g., first aid kits, evacuation supplies).

  • Training for community members.

  • Development of curriculum for Kindergarten to Grade 12 education.

  • Purchase of promotional items, door/raffle prizes, give-away items, and/or gifts for community members (except costs related to local cultural protocols).

  • Training provided and paid by the Provincial Emergency Management Training Program(excluding travel costs).

  • Emergency preparedness marketing campaigns.

  • Development or update of Emergency Management Plans and/or emergency response plans.

  • Conferences.

Reporting Requirements

Final report only

Expected Timeframe for Funding Decision

3 months

Applicants will be advised of the status of their application within 90 days of the application deadline.