San’yas Indigenous-Specific Anti-Racism Training: BC Mental Health

Guided by Indigenous thought leadership, San’yas training is designed to support people at every stage of their journey to identify and interrupt Indigenous-specific racism.

San’yas Indigenous-Specific Anti-Racism training gives participants the knowledge, skills and tools to:
• Learn that Indigenous-specific racism occurs in settler-colonial society and causes real harm
• Understand how Indigenous-specific racism shows up in systems and institutional policies, practices, and behaviours
• Act to interrupt Indigenous specific racism to work safely and in Right Relationship with Indigenous Peoples.

Course Delivery:
• Self-paced online with facilitator-supported asynchronous classroom discussions
• Course sessions run for 5 weeks and require 10 hours to complete on average.
• New courses begin weekly; enrollment open now through January 2027

Read more about San'yas BC Mental Health training here.

To register for a training, please refer to the instructions provided by your organization.

PHSA Staff including BC Cancer, BCCDC, BCMHSUS, BC Children's and BC Women's: Leadership teams are allocating training spaces strategically to clinical roles and new hires. If you have not already completed San'yas training please connect with your Leadership to arrange your enrolment.

Island Health, Fraser Health, Interior Health, Northern Health, Vancouver Coastal Health, and Providence Health Care Staff: Go to https://courses.sanyas.ca/product?catalog=T_SY-BC-MH and choose a session date. Please use your employer-assigned email address to create your account, and the $325 fee will be waived at the final checkout.