https://www.cna-aiic.ca/fr/blogs/ic-contenu/2026/10/09/laiic-accueille-favorablement-la-nouvelle-norme-nationale-sur-la-securite-culturelle-et-lhumilite-culturelle
October 9, 2026 (OTTAWA) — The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) welcomes the release of Health Standards Organization (HSO)’s new national Cultural Safety and Humility standard (CAN/HSO 75001:2026). Developed through an Indigenous-led process, the standard sets expectations for the collaborative design, delivery and evaluation of culturally safe health and social services with and for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples and communities.
This national milestone builds on the foundational work of the First Nations Health Authority, Health Standards Organization, and the Indigenous-led technical committee that developed the British Columbia Cultural Safety and Humility standard (HSO 75000:2022). CNA acknowledges the leadership and contributions behind that first-of-its-kind standard, which helped create a path for the national approach, as well as the subsequent collaboration with the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association to shape its scope and design.
CNA recognizes the contributions of Stephanie Tuurngaq Gilbert, a former member of its board of directors, and Hilary Fry, Director of Reconciliation and Equitable Health Systems at CNA, who served on the standard’s technical committee. As Inuit nurses, they brought their knowledge and nursing and health-system perspectives to a collaborative process grounded in Indigenous leadership, knowledge and lived experience. CNA thanks HSO, the technical committee, and the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples and communities whose leadership shaped this work.
The new standard reinforces CNA’s commitment to move from awareness to measurable action. For nursing, the impact of this standard will be realized through how it is put into practice: listening to First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, respecting their distinct rights and priorities, examining how care is experienced, and changing the policies and practices that allow racism to persist.
CNA calls on nursing leaders and health and social service organizations to use the standard alongside Indigenous-led guidance and to be accountable for progress toward culturally safer, more equitable care for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples and communities in Canada.
About the Canadian Nurses Association
CNA is the national and global voice of the nursing profession in Canada. Our mission is to advance nursing excellence and publicly funded, not-for-profit health systems to improve the health and well-being of all people in Canada. CNA is the only national association that speaks for all nurses in all sectors and practice settings across the 13 provinces and territories. We advocate on behalf of more than half a million regulated nurses across all categories (licensed or registered practical nurses, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and registered psychiatric nurses), nursing students, and retired nurses.
Media contact:
Kerri-Anne Finn
Media and communications lead
Canadian Nurses Association
Cell: 613-282-7859
Email: kfinn@cna-aiic.ca
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