Healing our health care system through Truth and Reconciliation featuring Barbara Taylor

S5E24 - Healing our health care system through Truth and Reconciliation featuring Barbara Taylor

Published: August 21, 2026

Duration: 22:08

After several high-profile incidents and the subsequent BC governments In Plain Sight report published in 2020, a new policy and educational framework aimed at eradicating Indigenous-Specific Anti-Racism (or ISAR) has emerged to tackle the deep-seated attitudes and impacts of settler colonialism. 
At the forefront of this work is today’s guest Barb Taylor. Barb is not only a front-line hospital bed coordinator, indigenous patient partner, and indigenous patient advocate working across many tables in BC’s healthcare system, she’s also a staunch advocate of the role of healthcare quality improvement in this work. 
In this interview we talk about ba...