Positive Personal & Cultural Identity

The positive personal and cultural identity competency involves the awareness, understanding, and appreciation of all the facets that contribute to a healthy sense of oneself. It includes awareness and understanding of one’s family background, heritage(s), language(s), beliefs, and perspectives in a pluralistic society. The Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Competency Profiles have been developed by BC teachers based on students’ work. The positive personal and cultural identity competency review draft consists of two elements:

Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Competency Profiles (PDF)
present an overview and the set of profiles. The overview provides background about positive personal and cultural identity competency and includes a description of its facets. The set of profiles are descriptions of students as they progress to sophisticated stages of competency. The profiles are written from the student’s point of view, reflecting student ownership and responsibility for demonstrating the competencies.

Download the Positive Personal & Cultural Identity Competency Profiles English or French

Positive Personal and Cultural Identity Competency Illustrations
The illustrations offer examples of ways in which students from diverse backgrounds and communities can demonstrate the positive personal and cultural identity competency.