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Partner Forum for Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples - a CIHR signature initiative   September 30, 2012

The inaugural Pathways Partner Forum takes place in Ottawa, ON, on October 16-17 and CBU's CRC in Integrative Science Cheryl Bartlett has been invited to participate in a panel discussion at the event.  "Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples" is a CIHR (Canadian Institutes of Health Research) signature initiative led by IAPH (Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health) and co-led by IGH (Institute of Gender and Health) and IPPH (Institute of Population and Public Health).  Pathways’ overall goal is to develop a better understanding of how to implement and scale up interventions and programs that will address First Nations, Inuit and Métis health inequities in four priority exemplar areas – suicide, obesity, tuberculosis, and oral health.  Aboriginal Ways of Knowing and Traditional Knowledges can play an important role in informing how to implement, adapt, and scale up interventions that are better aligned with Aboriginal cultures.  One of IAPH’s overall goals is to foster research based on the concept of “Two-Eyed Seeing”, as put forward by Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall.  An explanation of Two-Eyed Seeing can be found on the website of the Institute for Integrative Science & Health (www.integrativescience.ca).

    

 

Pathways to Health Equity for Aboriginal Peoples is a focused CIHR Signature Initiative led by IAPH and co-led by IGH and IPPH.  Pathways’ overall goal is to develop a better understanding of how to implement and scale up interventions and programs that will address First Nations, Inuit and Métis health inequities in four priority exemplar areas – Suicide, Obesity, Tuberculosis, and Oral Health.

 

Aboriginal Ways of Knowing and Traditional Knowledge can also play an important role in informing how to implement, adapt and scale up interventions that are better aligned with Aboriginal cultures.  One of IAPH’s overall goals is to foster research based on the concept of “two-eyed seeing”, as put forward by Mi’kmaq Elder Albert Marshall.