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According to FSIN Vice Chief David Pratt, the FSIN Cultural Responsiveness Framework (CRF) was developed in 2013 to address systemic racism that exists within the Saskatchewan health-care system. Since 2014, the FSIN has been working collaboratively with CME and CERS on how to integrate the CRF into the USask Indigenous wellness course. “Conceptually, this course is designed to move mainstream health practitioners into a ‘middle ground’ space through increased cultural awareness and understanding and from this place of understanding, have individuals and work units commit to meaningful, culturally responsive changes that will make their workplace more culturally respectful and safe for Indigenous people,” said Pratt. “The expectation would be that the more individuals who take this course, the greater the potential there is for affecting meaningful, substantive, systemic change that will combat the racism that continues to exist in the mainstream health system.” ....