Collaboration Office

Cultural Satefy Support

Supporting Indigenous users in their care journey and in the services offered by the CIUSSS Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. A provincial-scale project following the recommendations of the Viens Commission.

SAGUENAY

• Pierre-Bastien Grégoire, cultural safety support guide
  Cell phone : 418 290-3144
  pierre-bastien.gregoire.reg02@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

LAC-SAINT-JEAN

• Coming soon

Liaison with Indigenous Communities

• Judith Camier, senior advisor for Indigenous liaison
  418 718-1647
  judith.camier.csssd@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Internal Liaison (CIUSSS)

• Sonia Bossum, senior advisor for Indigenous liaison
  Roberval Hospital
  418 515-1387
  sonia.bossum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Atikamekw Patient Services: Opitciwan Health Center Direction

Coordination, appointment scheduling, interpretation in Atikamekw, transportation organization Opitciwan-Roberval.

• Atikamekw Patient Services: Roberval Hospital
  450 Brassard Street Roberval
  Phone : 418 275-6663 ext. 2624
  Fax : 418 275-4327

Indigenous Representatives Committee (User Committee)

This committee is an important spokesperson for the experience of Indigenous users within the CIUSSS facilities and contributes to the promotion of Indigenous culture. It is the first Indigenous committee in the user committees network in Quebec.

• Nicole Demers, resource person, Domaine-du-Roy 
  Roberval Hospital
  418 275-0110, ext. 3003
  demers@ssss.gouv.qc.ca

Fiche d’information

On October 23, 2019, as part of an activity organized by the Lac-Saint-Jean Native Friendship Center, the management committee and board members of the CIUSSS welcomed Mr. Pierre Picard, principal consultant of the Indigenous Psychosocial Research and Intervention Group (GRIPMA), to raise awareness about Indigenous culture and challenges, and the principle of cultural safety.

Simultaneously, the institution began the process of transferring responsibility for several health and social services from the CIUSSS of Mauricie–Centre-du-Québec to our CIUSSS for the Opitciwan community, and a project manager was appointed to oversee the management of this extensive project.

Finally, in recent years, we have strengthened our ties with the region’s Indigenous friendship centers, which have greatly raised our awareness of the difficulties Indigenous people living in urban areas face in accessing our services.