Indigenous Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility Training

Applications will be accepted from September 1, 2025 until January 30, 2026. Applications can be submitted at any time during this period; however, applications will only be reviewed after the intake closes.

The intent of this funding stream is to support eligible applicants to enhance cultural safety and humility in the delivery of local emergency management programs and services. This includes increasing opportunities to educate emergency management personnel, those training to become emergency management professionals, and others working in the emergency management system on the history of Indigenous Peoples, as well as the concepts of cultural safety, cultural humility, and their relevance to Indigenous Peoples.

Please join the UBCM Funding Webinar: 2025-2026 Community Emergency Preparedness Funding on October 8, 2025 (1:30 – 3:30 PM) to learn more about this intake. Register Here

Program Materials

Applications will be accepted from September 1, 2025 until January 30, 2026. Applications can be submitted at any time during this period; however, applications will only be reviewed after the intake closes.
Intake deadline: January 30, 2026.
- 2026 Indigenous Cultural Safety - Program and Application Guide
- Applications are required to be submitted in two steps prior to the application deadline:
  
  Step 1 | Online Application Form
  This online form must be completed for all applications to LGPS funding programs and includes questions that are common to all grant applications. When the LGPS Online Application Form is submitted, the applicant will receive an email confirmation including the file number that has been assigned to the application and a copy of the Application Worksheet that must be completed as part of Step 2
  APPLY NOW (link to Online Application Form)
- Step 2 | Application Worksheet
  This worksheet contains questions that are specific to the funding stream and must be submitted by email to UBCM with all other required attachments.
  More information about the LGPS Online Application Tool, including access to sample Application Forms and Worksheets, is available on our LGPS General Information and Forms webpage. Refer to the Program and Application Guide for any additional information on the new process, worksheet questions and the documents that will be required to be submitted during each step or contact us for further information at cepf@ubcm.ca.
- 2026 Indigenous Cultural Safety - Final Report Form
The application deadline for 2024 was November 1.
- 2024 Indigenous Cultural Safety - Program and Application Guide (Updated October 2024)
- 2024 Indigenous Cultural Safety - Final Report Form
Approved applicants should refer to the information below for final reporting requirements.
- 2023 Indigenous Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility Training - Program and Application Guide
- 2023 Indigenous Cultural Safety and Cultural Humility Training - Final Report Form