CLOSING THE CIRCLE - SPRING 2018

 

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Welcome

 

Welcome to the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) spring newsletter! I am pleased to share highlights from projects and activities that we've been involved in throughout the winter months, as well as some exciting announcements, new resources and those that are forthcoming. Our NCCAH team has been busy over these first few months of 2018 participating in new and ongoing collaborations, networking, and opportunities to share our resources nationally and internationally.

 

To begin, a two-day national knowledge exchange forum, Towards TB Elimination in Northern Indigenous Communities, was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba (January 31 - February 1, 2018). This forum, was coordinated through the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID), in collaboration with the NCCAH and sister NCCs for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP) and Determinants of Health (NCCDH). The meeting gathered First Nations, Inuit and Métis representatives, public health specialists, researchers, community representatives, and government and non-government stakeholders from different regions of Canada to exchange ideas on innovative and community-informed public health strategies with demonstrated and promising effectiveness in TB prevention. The NCCAH ensured that Indigenous perspectives, voices, and lived experiences were central at this forum.

 

Throughout the winter months, we presented or participated in a number of events including: the Hawai'i International Conference on Education (Honolulu, HI, January 4-7, 2018); the Adolescent Parent Interagency Network's Lunch and Learn Series (Winnipeg, MB, January 30, 2018); the Assembly of First Nations' First Nations Health Transformation Summit - Getting the Relationships Right: Health Governance in the Era of Reconciliation (Toronto, ON, February 12-12, 2018); the 4th Annual First Nations Early Learning Conference organized by the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre (Winnipeg MB, February 27-28, 2018); the Population Mental Health and Wellness Promotion: Clarifying the Roles of Public Health co-organized by the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health and partners (Gatineau, QC, February 28 - March 1, 2018); the Commission on Health Inequalities in the Americas' Health Inequalities and Ethnicity in North America Meeting (Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March 4-7, 2018); the Visiting Author Series 2017-2018 held at the University of British of Columbia Okanagan (Kelowna BC, March 16-18, 2018), and Beyond 2020: An Agenda for Canadian Leadership in Women and Children's Health hosted by the Canadian Partnership for Women and Children's Health (CanWaCH) (Ottawa, ON, Apr 18-19, 2018). In the coming months, the NCCAH will be participating at the annual meetings of Lighting the Fire 2018 organized by the Manitoba First Nations Education and Resources Centre (Winnipeg, MB, May 9-11, 2018); Public Health 2018 planned by the Canadian Public Health Association (Montreal, QC, May 28-31, 2018); and the Canadian Paediatric Society 95th Annual Conference (Quebec City, QC, May 30- June 2, 2018).

 

Finally, it gives me great pleasure to announce that Drs. Charlotte Loppie, Jeff Reading, Nadine Caron, and I were successful on our grant proposal to the CIHR's Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health for the new Indigenous Mentorship Network of the Pacific-Northwest. This exciting five year project will help to mentor First Nations, Inuit and Métis health researchers so they become successful agents in transforming the health and wellness of Indigenous peoples and their communities.

 

In closing, I would like to personally thank all of our followers and supporters. We now have over 4,000 on our mailing list, over 600 followers on Facebook, in addition to an increasing uptake of our newly launched Pinterest account. If you are interested in knowing about all of our publications, please see the resource booklet. Be sure to visit our website or subscribe to our mailing list to receive notifications of newly released NCCAH resources, upcoming webinars and our regular quarterly newsletters. Please enjoy and share our knowledge resources with your community and networks and join us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Vimeo, YouTube, SoundCloud, Pinterest, or ISSUU to participate in updates as they happen!

 

All of us at the NCCAH are looking forward to the warmer months ahead as well as continued opportunities to collaborate, network and share our knowledge resources with you.

 

Meegwetch

 

Margo Greenwood, Academic Leader
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)

 

 

 

NCCAH News

 

 

 

The Lancet's Series on Canada

 

Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Lindsay, and Margo Greenwood co-authored a commentary for the Lancet's Series on Canada titled, Challenges in health equity for Indigenous peoples in Canada. This piece drew specific attention to the need for transformative change to address the ongoing inequities experienced by First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and children.

 

Read the web story | Read the article

 

 


 

 

NCCs at Public Health 2018

 

Attend the pre-conference session "Public Health responses for long-term evacuees due to disasters in Canada" with the NCCs on May 28, 2018, from 1:00-4:30 PM (EST). This session provides a consultation for public health leaders to strengthen population-level responses for long-term evacuees across Canada.

 

Register for the pre-conference session

 

Register for Public Health 2018 | Program

 

 

Attended Events

Upcoming Events

 

MFNERC's Early Learning Conference

 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 27-28.
Conference web site link


 

UBC Okanagan - Visiting Author Series 2017-2018

 

Kelowna, British Columbia, March 16-18.
Web site link


 

CanWaCH Conference - Beyond 2020: An Agenda for Canadian Leadership in Women and Children's Health

 

Ottawa, Ontario, April 18-19.
Conference web site link


 

Please visit the online NCCAH calendar of events, which highlights conferences, workshops, and other events of interest in the field of Indigenous Health including regional, national and global listings.

 

 

 
 

MFNERC Lighting the Fire Conference

 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 8-9.
Conference web site link


 

CPHA Public Health 2018

 

Montreal, Quebec, May 28-31.
Conference web site link


 

Canadian Paediatric Society 95th Annual Conference

 

Quebec city, Quebec, May 30 - June 2.
Conference web site link


 

Canada and Global Public Health: Moving from Strategy to Action

 

Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 12-13.
Conference web site link


 

Send us an email to nccah@unbc.ca with "Calendar Submission" in the subject line if you have an event you would like added to our calendar.

 

 

 

New NCCAH Resources

 

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Indigenous populations in Canada: Prevalence and Risk Factors

 

This paper summarizes available research on the prevalence of dementias among Indigenous populations in Canada, the challenges faced in diagnosing dementias in this population, and the prevalence of risk factors that place Indigenous people at risk of developing dementias as they age.

 

Read the report and web story

 

 

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias in Indigenous populations in Canada: Prevalence and Risk Factors by Julia Petrasek MacDonald, Valerie Ward and Regine Halseth

 

 


 

Menopause and Indigenous women in Canada: The State of Current Research

 

This study identifies and summarizes the state of research on menopause and Indigenous women in Canada, suggests how this existing knowledge can be applied in practice, and identifies where further research is required.

 

Read the report and web story

 

 

Menopause and Indigenous women in Canada: The State of Current Research by Regine Halseth, Dr. Charlotte Loppie and Nicole Robinson

 

 


 

Exploring socially-responsive approaches to children's rehabilitation with Indigenous communities, families and children

 

This paper summarizes knowledge about rehabilitation for Indigenous children with developmental challenges, disabilities, and complex health conditions. It explores the relevancy of the concepts of 'disability' and 'rehabilitation' within the settler-colonial context of Canada, highlights emerging themes in the literature on rehabilitation with Indigenous children in Canada, and identifies current gaps in knowledge and areas for future research.

 

Read the report and web story

 

 

Exploring socially-responsive approaches to children's rehabilitation with Indigenous communities, families and children by Alison Gerlach, PhD

 

 


 

The built environment: Understanding how physical environments influence the health and well-being of First Nations peoples living on-reserve

 

This paper examines the influences of five aspects of the built environment on the health and well-being of First Nations living in reserves across Canada.

 

Read the report and web story

 

 

The built environment: Understanding how physical environments influence the health and well-being of First Nations peoples living on-reserve by Roberta Stout

 

 

Request NCCAH Knowledge Resources

 

Did you know you can request NCCAH publications free of charge? Send your request to us by filling out the "Request this Publication" form found at the bottom of each online publication page, indicate how many copies you'd like, a note about how you will utilize the resource, your name and mailing address. We will do our best to accommodate your request based on our current available printed inventory. If you have multiple publication requests, please use the "Publication Request" text link found in the top right hand corner of the NCCAH web site.

 

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How to use the ISSUU reader and request NCCAH publications

 

The NCCAH responsive web site utilizes a customized responsive PDF reader from the digital content platform ISSUU. Web site visitors can now read, search within, download, and easily share NCCAH knowledge resources without leaving the web site. We have created an overview document to explain the different ISSUU reader tools and provide instructions on how to order single or multiple publications from the NCCAH web site.

 

Read the instructions | View ISSUU on the NCCAH Facebook page

 

 

Online Resources

 

In support of creating a health community focused on knowledge synthesis, transfer and exchange we have chosen a sampling of current online resources to share. Please note the links provided in the NCCAH newsletters are for general interest only and do not indicate an endorsement. The views expressed in the linked resources do not necessarily represent the views of the NCCAH or our funder the Public Health Agency of Canada.

 

Send us an email to nccah@unbc.ca with "Online Resource" in the subject line if you have an online resource you would like added to our next newsletter.

 

 

Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health, Second Edition: Beyond the Social edited by M.Greenwood,
S. de Leeuw, N. Lindsay

 
 

Speaking Our Truth: A Journey of Reconciliation by M. Gray Smith

 
 

Equity reporting: a framework for putting knowledge mobilization and health equity at the core of population health status reporting by L. Dyck, S. Snelling, V. Morrison, M. Haworth-Brockman, D. Atkinson

 

 

Challenges in health equity for Indigenous peoples in Canada by M. Greenwood, S. de Leeuw
and N. Lindsay

 
 

The Lancet's Series on Canada - Canada's universal health-care system: achieving its potential

 
 

The Lancet's Series on Canada - Canada's global health role: supporting equity and global citizenship as a middle power

 

 

Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing (JIW), Vol. 2, Issue 3, 2017

 
 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health (CIHR-IIPH) Newsletter

 
 

National Aboriginal Diabetes Association (NADA) Newsletter, March 2018

 

 

Indigenous Health Northern Health Updates Newsletter, Winter 2018

 
 

Indigenous Mentorship Network of the Pacific Northwest (IMN-PN) Newsletter

 
 

First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) - FACT SHEET: Jordan's Principle in BC

 

 

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) - The National Inuit Strategy on
Research (NISR)

 
 

First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) - National Report of the First Nations Regional Health Survey Phase 3: Volume 1

 
 

Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs - Breaking Point: The Suicide Crisis in Indigenous Communities

 

 

Statistics Canada - First Nations People, Métis and Inuit in Canada: Diverse and Growing Populations

 
 

Statistics Canada - 2016 Census topic: Aboriginal peoples

 
 

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) - Ending long-term drinking water advisories in First Nation communities

 

 

The time is now - Chief Public Health Officer spotlight on eliminating tuberculosis in Canada

 
 

Canada Communicable Disease Report (CCDR) - Tuberculosis 2016

 
 

World Health Organization (WHO) - Global tuberculosis report 2017

 

 

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) for Indigenous adolescents

 
 

United Nations - State of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Volume III, Education

 
 

First Peoples' Cultural Council (FPCC) Language Revitalization Fact Sheets

 

 

Online Multimedia

 

This section features infographics, interactives, apps or videos that we found interesting or educational. Please note the links provided in the NCCAH newsletters are for general interest only and do not indicate an endorsement. The views expressed in the linked resources do not necessarily represent the views of the NCCAH or our funder the Public Health Agency of Canada.

 

Send us an email if you have multimedia resources you would like included in our next newsletter to nccah@unbc.ca with "Multimedia Submission" in the subject line.

 

 

1) CBC Video - This video tells the story of the 'little friends' that helped the Kivalliq doll artist, Helen Iguptak, through residential school.

 

2) APTN Video - In this video Cindy Blackstock introduces "Spirit Bear", the stuffed animal that has kept her company at hearings. Spirit Bear is now featured in a new book titled "Spirit Bear and Children Make History" to teach children, in grades 2 to 6, about human rights, law and reconciliation.

 

3) CBC News - The interactive, "Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada", monitors the progress of the Calls to Action based on four categories; not started, in progess - projects proposed, in progress - projects underway, and complete. Users can navigate the interactive by choosing a Call to Action category or by clicking flame icons to explore progress made.

 

 

 

The NCCs of NCCPH

 
 

The NCCs of NCCPH work together to promote and improve the use of scientific research and other knowledge to strengthen public health practices and policies in Canada. We identify knowledge gaps, foster networks and translate existing knowledge to produce and exchange relevant, accessible, and evidence-informed products with practitioners, policy makers and researchers.

 

Read the latest NCC e-bulletin

 

 

News from the NCCPH

 

NCCs convene national gathering, explore public health roles for mental health and wellness. Read the full story

 

NCCs collaborate on a national forum, focus on eliminating TB in northern Indigenous communities. Read the full story

 

 


 

New from the NCCs

 

NCCEH - NCC for Environmental Health: Growing at Home: Health and Safety Concerns for Personal Cannabis Cultivation. Read the paper

 

NCCID - NCC for Infectious Diseases: Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis - International Resources for Canadian Public Health Personnel. Read the paper

 

NCCHPP - NCC for Healthy Public Policy: How Can We (and Why Should We) Analyze the Ethics of Paternalistic Policies in Public Health?. Read the paper

 

NCCMT - NCC for Methods and Tools: NEW Online Learning Module: Organizational Change. This new online learning module provides public health leaders with an overview of areas to consider when planning organizational change.

 

NCCDH - NCC for Determinants of Health: Public health leadership for action on health equity: A literature review. Read the paper