Foundations of Cultural Humility in Home Care

Cultural humility is a lifelong process of self-reflection, learning, and respectful engagement with people from diverse backgrounds. **In British Columbia, where home care supports people across diverse cultural, linguistic, Indigenous, and community backgrounds, culturally safe and respectful care is especially important for building trust and reducing barriers to care.** This course introduces caregivers to the principles of cultural humility and contrasts it with traditional cultural competence. Learners will explore how bias, power dynamics, and intersectionality can affect care and gain practical skills for building inclusive, person-centred relationships. Rooted in evidence-informed practices, the course emphasizes curiosity over assumptions, partnership over expertise, and respect over routine.

60 mins Certificate included 100% online English Audio & Captions

Learning Objectives

What you'll learn

By the end of this class, caregivers will be able to: 

Define cultural humility and explain how it differs from cultural competence.
Recognize the impact of identity, power, and privilege in caregiving relationships.
Reflect on personal assumptions and implicit bias and how they may affect client interactions.
Describe how intersectionality (e.g., race, age, gender identity, disability, housing status) influences client needs and experiences.
Apply culturally humble communication techniques in care scenarios.
Demonstrate respect for each client’s lived experience, values, and autonomy as part of person-centered care.

What's inside