The Prince Edward Island Psychologists Registration Board operates on Epekwitk, the Mi’kmaq name for Prince Edward Island, and the ancestral, traditional, unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People of this region.
The PEI Psychologists Registration Board has adopted and is working with the Association of Canadian Psychology Regulatory Organizations’, An Apology to Indigenous People and a Pledge to be Anti-Racist (August, 2021).
Effective with registration renewals due on 1 March, 2022, registrants are required to document, annually, having completed in the preceding year at least five hours of continuing education on Indigenous matters within the 40 hours continuing education required for registration renewal.
Registrants are encouraged to complete, reflect upon, and act upon the PEIPRB’s Indigenous Cultural Safety Checklist, adapted with permission from Practice Support Checklist #12 of the College of Psychologists of British Columbia.
Registrants might find the following resources helpful:
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Dr. Stryker Calvez and Dr. David Danto offer a webinar on behalf of CPA, “How can people in the field of Psychology honour this day and the Survivors, their families, and communities?” (30 September, 2021)
Psychology’s Response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Report: A Report of the Canadian Psychological Association and the Psychology Foundation of Canada (2018)* please see the recommended reading list
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (2019) Vol 1a; Vol 1b
Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution (1982)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights on Indigenous Peoples (2007)