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| Nîpin. It is summer and the saskatoons, raspberries, and huckleberries are ready to be picked. Berries are a traditional food from the land and can be an important part of a healthy diet. Berry picking is a great way to get active and bond with family and friends this summer. As noted in our parenting booklet, Growing Up Healthy, berries, like other traditional foods are often healthier and less expensive than store bought foods. Along with other NCCIH staff, I have been travelling across Canada to share our work, knowledge and resources, and expand our partnerships and collaborations either through exhibition booths or presentations at various events. These events include: the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Health Summit (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 10), PHACtually Speaking Seminar (Ottawa, Ontario, May 23), Women Deliver 2019 Pre-Conference (Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2), Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) Roundtable (Ottawa, Ontario, June 4), and the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) Annual Conference (Toronto, Ontario, June 6). I would like to acknowledge and express gratitude to my colleagues and friends who have congratulated me on my recent appointment to the federal Expert Panel on Early Learning and Child Care by the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development. The Expert Panel brings together a diverse group of 14 leaders, practitioners, Indigenous representatives and experts in early learning and childcare. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate our NCCIH colleague, Dr. Sarah de Leeuw, an associate professor in Geography and the Northern Medical Program (NMP) at UNBC, who has been named as the new Canada Research Chair in Humanities and Health Inequities. On behalf of the NCCIH, we would like to thank Dr. Sarah de Leeuw for her continued contributions to Indigenous health and well-being in Canada. As always, please continue to enjoy and share our knowledge resources with your community and networks, and if you have not already done so, join us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Vimeo, YouTube, SoundCloud, or ISSUU to participate in updates as they happen! Be sure to visit our website or subscribe to our mailing list to receive notifications of newly released NCCIH resources, webinars, podcasts, and our regular quarterly newsletters. If you are interested in knowing about any of our publications, please see our 2019 Resources Booklet. On behalf of the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), I wish you a healthy, leisurely summer and I look forward to sharing our work with you. Meegwetch Margo Greenwood, Academic Leader
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| NCCIH News |
Indigenous Health Researchers Database |
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The Indigenous Health Researchers Database update is now complete and available as a searchable feature on the NCCIH website. There are currently 327 researchers listed. However, we would like to see that number grow to 500 by the end of 2020. To request edits to an author's entry, or to request to be added to the database, please complete the online form. |
| This digital resource is a comprehensive listing of researchers affiliated with a Canadian university and who have a wide range of expertise related to the health of Indigenous peoples. These researchers have undertaken some form of research related to the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit and/or Metis peoples, ranging from one study to a lifetime of work in a particular area. Search the database by keyword or filter by population theme. The database is organized into five population theme categories: Indigenous (general), First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Urban Indigenous. The Indigenous Health Researchers Database is a great resource for the #IndigenousCitationChallenge or the #CitationPracticesChallenge, join the conversation on Twitter. The NCCIH invites review of this digitized resource and feedback can be sent to nccih@unbc.ca. Search the database | Add your research | Read the web story |
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Indigenous Health Links Database The Indigenous Health Links Database update is now complete and available as a searchable feature on the NCCIH website. The database currently has 125 listings. To request edits to an entry, or to be included in the database, please fill out the online form. |
| The Indigenous Health Links Database includes links to research institutes and organizations undertaking Indigenous health research and knowledge translation across Canada and internationally. The database can be searched by key word, organization name, geographic location, or organization type. Compiled by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), this listing is based on publicly available information on organizational websites. The NCCIH invites review of this digitized resource and feedback can be sent to nccih@unbc.ca. Search the database | Add your research organization |
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| Attended Events |
Upcoming Events |
| Women Deliver 2019 Conference Vancouver, British Columbia, June 3-6, 2019. Conference web site link
96th Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) Annual Conference Toronto, Ontario, June 6-9, 2019. Conference web site link
Please visit the online NCCIH calendar of events, which highlights conferences, workshops, and other events of interest in the field of Indigenous Health including regional, national and global listings. |
National Gathering of Elders Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 9-13, 2019. Gathering web site link
2nd World Indigenous Cancer Conference Calgary, Alberta, September 16-19, 2019. Conference web site link
Send us an email to nccih@unbc.ca with "Calendar Submission" in the subject line if you have an event you would like added to our calendar. |
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| New NCCIH Resources |
Resources Booklet 2019 This resource booklet provides an overview of the activities, mandate, and publications of the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH). The booklet offers a quick glance at the many knowledge resources, including fact sheets, reports, videos, podcasts, and interactive media available on the NCCIH social media channels and responsive web site. |
Resources Booklet 2019 |
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| Request NCCIH Knowledge Resources |
| Did you know you can request NCCIH 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 "Request Publications" text link found in the top right hand corner of the NCCIH web site. Do you have a particular NCCIH publication that you or your organization found to be an excellent resource? If so, we would appreciate you letting us know what it was and how you found it useful, by filling out the "Publication Feedback" form. We welcome your feedback. All NCCIH materials can be reproduced in whole or in part with appropriate attribution and citation. These materials are to be used solely for non-commercial purposes. To measure the impact of these materials, we would appreciate your informing us of their use by filling out the "Publication Use Notification" form, including information about whether you distributed the resource to others, quoted it or cited it. |
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| 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 NCCIH 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 NCCIH or our funder the Public Health Agency of Canada. Send us an email to nccih@unbc.ca with "Online Resource" in the subject line if you have an online resource you would like added to our next newsletter. |
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Song of the Earth: The Life of Alfred Joseph by R. Hoffman & A. Joseph |
Indigenous Relations: Insights, Tips & Suggestions to Make Reconciliation a Reality by B. Joseph with C. F. Joseph |
International Indigenous Policy Journal (IIPJ), Volume 10, Issue 3, 2019 |
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AlterNative - Volume 15 Issue 2, June 2019 |
Cultural Survival Quarterly (CSQ) - Indigenous Women Leading the Way Toward the Future |
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing (JIW), Volume 4, Issue 1, 2019 |
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Tusaayaksat Magazine Spring 2019 |
IUHPE - Global Health Promotion, April 9, 2019, "A commentary on land, health, and Indigenous knowledge(s)" by M. Greenwood & N. Lindsay |
Indigenous Mentorship Network of the Pacific Northwest (IMN-PN) Newsletter, August, 2019 |
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First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) July eBlast |
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS) Newsletter, July 2019 |
The National Aboriginal Diabetes Association (NADA) Newsletter - Summer 2019 |
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First Nations Child & Family Caring Society - Summer 2019 Newsletter |
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society - Indigenous Youth Voices: A Way Forward in Conducting Research With and by Indigenous Youth |
First Nations Child & Family Caring Society - Budget 2019: How does it measure up for First Nations children, youth and families? |
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Wisdom2Action - LGBTQ2+ Youth Priorities for Addressing Gender- Based Violence |
Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa - Enabling First Nations Children to Thrive |
House of Commons - Summary of Evidence: Capacity Building on Reserves - Report Of The Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs |
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House of Commons - A Path to Growth: Investing in the North - Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs |
The Special Senate Committee on the Arctic - Northern Lights: A Wake-Up Call for the Future of Canada |
The Conference Board of Canada - Working Together: Indigenous Recruitment and Retention in Remote Canada |
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Statistics Canada - The Daily - Eight publications released in 2019 |
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Government of Canada - The Inuit Nunangat Housing Strategy |
House of Commons - The Challenges of Delivering Continuing Care in First Nation Communities - Report of the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs |
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National Inquiry - Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Proceedings of the CIHR-supported Panel on Indigenous Health Research, and the CAREB-ACCER and CIHR-supported Indigenous Research Ethics Workshop on Doing Good Research with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples |
Government of Canada - What We Heard: Strengthening Canada's Approach to Substance Use Issues |
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| Online Multimedia |
| This section features infographics, interactives, apps or videos that we found interesting or educational. Please note the links provided in the NCCIH 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 NCCIH 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 nccih@unbc.ca with "Multimedia Submission" in the subject line. |
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| 1) "Pathways to Education Canada has partnered with the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) to develop the Community Mapping Tool, a resource to help understand the barriers youth face in their communities as a result of poverty. The publically-available tool allows users to compare communities and identifies key indicators that make up the tremendous diversity of Canada." 2) The movie Legends of the Northern Sky at the Ziedler Dome at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton launched in April. One of the film's storytellers is Wilfred Buck who tours his portable planetariums to band-operated schools in Manitoba. 3) "The Indigenous Navigator is a framework and set of tools for and by indigenous peoples to systematically monitor the level of recognition and implementation of their rights. By using the Indigenous Navigator, indigenous organisations and communities, duty bearers, NGOs and journalists can access free tools and resources based on community-generated data." |
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| The NCCs of NCCPH |
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Read the latest NCCPH newsletter |
Established in 2005 and funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the six National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) for Public Health (NCCPH) work together to promote the use of scientific research and other knowledge to strengthen public health practices, programs and policies in Canada. A unique knowledge hub, the NCCs identify knowledge gaps, foster networks and provide the public health system with an array of evidence-based resources, multi-media products, and knowledge translation services. |
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| Connect with the NCCs |
| The NCCs are located across Canada, and each focuses on a different public health priority. The six centres are: |
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NCC for Indigenous Health (NCCIH), University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC |
NCC for Determinants of Health (NCCDH), St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia |
NCC for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP), Institut national de sante publique du Quebec (INSPQ), Montreal, Quebec |
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NCC for Infectious Diseases (NCCID), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba |
NCC for Environmental Health (NCCEH), British Columbia Centre for Disease Control, Vancouver, BC |
NCC for Methods and Tools (NCCMT), McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario |
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