A determinants of health approach offers a comprehensive framework for considering the health inequities Indigenous Peoples experience. In this session, Dr. Marcia Anderson will reflect on Indigenous peoples’ inherent right to self-determination as a critical component of achieving health equity. She will raise important questions to help stakeholders engage in decision making and program development that is culturally relevant and culturally safe.
Ms. Theresa Koonoo will present on the importance of preserving traditional health knowledge and Inuit Qaujimajatuqanigit (IQ) to health care practice and better health outcomes for Nunavummiut.
Dr. Margo Greenwood will examine how racism is a historical and current driver of inequities and is especially evident in the healthcare system. She will consider how respecting each other’s diverse ways of knowing is fundamental to creating a health care system characterized by equity.
Learning Objectives
- Examine current inequities in mental and physical health among First Nations, Inuit, and Métis populations.
- Consider the social, political, and historical contexts that have been the fundamental drivers of these inequities.
- Understand how re-establishing Indigenous Peoples’ health systems and ways of knowing and being are vital to overturning these inequities.
- Explore practical strategies for achieving health equity.
More about NCCIH’s “Visioning the Future” Webinar Series
Visioning the Future is a series of webinars offering a vision for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples’ public health. These webinars are a development of the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health’s 2021 publication, Visioning the Future: First Nations, Inuit, & Métis Population and Public Health, a collaborative report offering a vision for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples’ public health. Privileging Indigenous knowledges, the commissioned report complements the Chief Public Health Officer’s 2021 public health vision report, A Vision to Transform Canada’s Public Health System.Time
Date and Time:
April 8, 2022
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM PST
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Registration Details:Webinar Registration Link