{"id":51233,"date":"2020-01-10T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T16:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/?page_id=51233"},"modified":"2025-10-28T10:45:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T14:45:39","slug":"indigenous-patients-and-families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/patients-visitors\/indigenous-patients-and-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous patients and families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Resources for Indigenous patients and families<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ottawa Hospital is committed to creating culturally safe and respectful spaces for patients and families who identify as First Nations, Inuit and M\u00e9tis.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smudging&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Indigenous patients and families are welcome to hold smudging ceremonies at The Ottawa Hospital. Please talk to your care team if you would like to smudge during your time here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TOH has smudge kits available for patients and families, or you may use your own traditional medicines. You are also welcome to bring in a member of your community to perform a smudging ceremony.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whenever possible, please give 24 hours notice if you would like to smudge inside the building so that required precautions can be taken.&nbsp;Please note that currently smudging requests can only be facilitated during the Spiritual Care team\u2019s business hours, Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Windocage Community Room&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"responsivevideo\"><iframe title=\"Guy Freedman - This is My Hospital\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qaZqZykc0T0\" width=\"740\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Located near the Cancer Centre at TOH\u2019s General Campus, the Wind\u00f2c\u00e0ge Community Room is available to all First Nation, Inuit and Metis patients and family members as a quiet space for relaxation, reflection or ceremony. Wind\u00f2c\u00e0ge is an Algonquin word meaning \u201cto lend a hand\u201d.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speak to your care team to use Wind\u00f2c\u00e0ge for smudging.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Indigenous Cancer Program&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>TOH Established the Champlain Indigenous Cancer Program in 2015 to help improve the cancer care experience of Indigenous Peoples.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/cancer-program\/what-we-offer-our-programs-and-services\/indigenous-cancer-program\/\">Indigenous Cancer Program<\/a> at TOH, including how to connect with the program team, request Country Food in 5E\/W and 6E\/W inpatient units, and receive other supports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resources for Indigenous patients and families The Ottawa Hospital is committed to creating culturally safe and respectful spaces for patients and families who identify as First Nations, Inuit and M\u00e9tis.&nbsp;&nbsp; Smudging&nbsp; Indigenous patients and families are welcome to hold smudging ceremonies at The Ottawa Hospital. Please talk to your care team if you would like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":82,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-51233","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51233\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}