March Watch Party – Understanding Cultural Competency in Dietetics: How do we apply it from education to practice?

Watch Parties are a dedicated time where we can gather and watch one of the recordings from a past webinar together. WIDIC members will have the opportunity to vote on what to watch every month! There will be additional time at the end blocked off for discussion and peer support.

Access to Watch Parties is available to all WIDIC members and anyone who has previously registered for the webinar, or purchased the recording. Watch Parties are not recorded.

For this month’s Watch Party, we are watching Understanding Cultural Competency in Dietetics, originally presented by Gurneet Kaur Dhami, MSc, RD and Safura Syed, MSc, RD, PhD(c) in November 2020.

Canada is known for its diverse population but how well are these groups supported within our healthcare system? The COVID-19 pandemic has shed light on existing knowledge gaps that directly impact the way we practice cultural competency within our profession. Additionally, social justice movements have made dietetic students and professionals reconsider how they learn and practice anti-racist and equity-based approaches.  This presentation will go over these knowledge gaps and shed light on how they may increase health disparities within diverse communities as well as reflect on issues faced by BIPOC dietetic professionals and students.

You will learn:

• How to apply cultural competency aspects in your education and practice tools
• Reflective approaches to address implicit and unconscious bias 
• Approaches to advocacy for combatting anti-Black racism in education and practice settings

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