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Thursday, November 20, 2014
7:15 | Registration and Continental Breakfast Colony Ballroom and Foyer |
8:00 | Opening Ceremony and Welcome Colony Ballroom |
8:30 | Justice Murray Sinclair: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Colony Ballroom |
9:30 | Dr. Evan Adams: Transforming Systems, Transforming Ourselves – an Update on the First Nations Health Authority in BC Colony Ballroom |
10:15 | Refreshment Break with Posters and Exhibits |
10:30 | Workshop Session #1 | Room |
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Suicide Prevention | W01 Complementary Competencies Through Collaboration for First Nations and Mainstream Addictions Managers and Workers Carol Hopkins, Robert Eves, Raymond Deleary National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation, Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse |
Lombard 2nd Floor |
Mental Health | W02 Connecting the Dots: An Innovative Urban Aboriginal Mental Health Project Jessa Williams, Johanna Denduyf Canadian Mental Health Association British Columbia Division, British Columbia Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres |
St. David North 3rd Floor |
Women’s Health | W03 Supporting First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women to Engage in Shared Decision Making: A Skill Building Workshop Janet Elizabeth Jull, Minwaashin Lodge, Dawn Stacey University of Ottawa, Institute of Population Health, Minwaashin Lodge – The Aboriginal Women’s Support Centre, University of Ottawa |
St. David South 3rd Floor |
Traditional | W05 Atikowisi miýw-ay¯awin, Ascribed Health and Wellness, to Kaskitamasowin miýw-ay¯awin¯, Achieved Health and Wellness: Shifting the Paradigm Madeleine Dion Stout, Elder |
Elm 2nd Floor |
Food security / nutrition | W06 Evaluation of "Community-Led Food Assessment for Inuit Communities" model aimed at assessing and addressing Food Security in Inuit Communities Kristeen McTavish, Chris Furgal, Shantel Popp, Vinay Rajdev, Kristie Jameson Trent University, Nasivvik Centre for Inuit Health and Changing Environments, Trent University, Food Security Network of Newfoundland and Labrador |
St. Patrick South 3rd Floor |
Cultural Safety | WO7 “Don’t bother him, he’s probably just drunk”: Advancing Indigenous Cultural Competency training in Ontario Vanessa Ambtman-Smith, Guy Hagar Provincial Aboriginal LHIN Network (PALN) South West Local Health Integration Network, Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre (SOAHAC) |
Colony Ballroom 2nd Floor |
Health Systems | W08 There Are Good Things Done Under the Midnight Sun Julie Lys, NP, Laura Lee Evoy, RN, Bandy Thompson, RN Fort Smith Health & Social Services Authority / Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, Fort Smith Health & Social Services Authority |
Armoury 2nd Floor |
Nursing | W09 Collaborating for Cultural Safety in Nursing Education Vivian Recollet, Pamela Walker Native Men’s Residence, Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing University of Toronto |
St. Patrick North 3rd Floor |
Respiratory / cardio / chronic disease | W10 Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Indigenous Health Strategy Lesley James, Ratsamy Norman Pathammavong Heart and Stroke Foundation |
St. George 3rd Floor |
11:30 | Speaker TBA: National Aboriginal Women’s AssociationMissing and Murdered Indigenous Women Colony Ballroom |
12:30 | Lunch and Posters Colony Ballroom & Giovanni Room Documentary Civilized to Death will be shown over lunch in the ballroom |
1:30 | Oral Presentations | Room |
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Women’s Health (including Reproductive and Violence) |
O01 Gettin’ F.O.X.Y.: Exploring the Development of Self-Efficacy among Young Women in the Northwest Territories Using an Arts-based Sexual Health Intervention O02 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women O04 Internal and External "Risk" Constructions as Barriers to Birthing Choices for Indigenous Women: Findings from a Comparative Study in Northwestern Ontario |
Lombard 2nd Floor |
Women’s Health (including Reproductive and Violence) and Children’s Health |
O05 Adapting HOME VISITING PROGRAMS in Aboriginal communities -Lessons learned from implementation O06 Spirit Runner: An activity app for Aboriginal youth O08 Healthy Teeth, Healthy Lives: Steps to Improve Inuit Children’s Oral Health |
St. Patrick North 3rd Floor |
Mental Health (including Substance Abuse) |
O09 Methadone overdose death: Case study of a 52 year old Métis woman O10 ITS TIME: Indigenous Tools and Strategies on Tobacco Interventions O11 Getting something out of (close to) nothing: self-designed Indigenous mental health learning experiences O12 Building Virtual Communities to End Isolation |
St. David North 3rd Floor |
Infectious Disease and Determinants of Health (housing, poverty, etc.) |
O14 Root Cause Analysis of Premature Deaths in the Aboriginal Population in Toronto O16 Determinants of Sexual Health in a Northern Cree Community O13 The Outreach Planning & Exchange Network for HIV/STBBI Prevention Programs: An Overview O15 Supporting Aboriginal Health Care Needs Through an Aboriginal Employment Program |
Colony Ballroom 2nd Floor |
Determinants of Health (housing, poverty, etc.) and Environmental Health |
O19 Exposure to methylmercury by consumption of fish and the risk for neurotoxicity in the developing fetus at Walpole Island First Nation – changes from 1975 to 2014 O18 Enhancing Traditional, Healthy Food Skills in an Urban Aboriginal Community O20 Provision of Sleep Apnea Care in Saskatchewan: Policy Complexities Related to Registered Indian Status |
St. David South 3rd Floor |
Health Care Systems and Cultural Competency and Safety |
O21 Reducing the Gap: Robotics technology increases access for patients in Northern Saskatchewan O22 Institutional incompleteness in the urban Aboriginal health service infrastructure O26 Wellness in our own words: Understanding the interconnected elements of Indigenous health through partnerships O23 Aboriginal Cultural Safety Initiative |
St. Lawrence 3rd Floor |
Cultural Competency and Safety and Traditional Ways and Self-determination |
O24 Talking About Change: Understanding Colonial Rhetoric O25 Enhancing Supportive Decision Making For Aboriginal Patients and Family Members O27 Cultural continuity is protective against diabetes in Alberta First Nations O28 Self-Determination in First Nations Communities |
St. George 3rd Floor |
Traditional Ways and Self-determination |
O29 Mino-bimaadiziwin: Re-honoring the relational roots of Indigenous food sovereignty O30 The Toronto Aboriginal Health Advisory Circle: The Development of An Innovative Model of Self Determination O32 Nehiyaw Pimatisiwin: Sharings from Onihcikiskowapowin – Cultural interventions from a community-based research partnership with the University of Toronto O31 wahkomakanak: Relationships and Language as Medicine |
Armoury 2nd Floor |
Indigenous Research and Population Health Data |
O34 Community Based Participatory Research as a Path to Build Resilience O36 Telling Our Stories: Population Health Surveillance in Unama’ki O35 Letting the Body Tell Its Story: Using Body Mapping and Hazard Mapping as Visual Representations of Community Well-Being in Indigenous Health Research |
Elm 2nd Floor |
2:30 | Break |
2:45 | Dr. Janet Smylie Resisting Exclusion – Understanding and Supporting Métis Growth and Empowerment Colony Ballroom |
3:30 | Refreshment Break with Posters and Exhibits |
3:45 | Workshop Session # 2 | Room |
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Mental Health | W12 Homeless and Hopeless: An examination of Toronto’s Health and Addiction Services for Indigenous homeless peoples and what can be done to improve them. Suzanne Lea Stewart, Nicole Estella Elliott Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/ University of Toronto |
St. David North 3rd Floor |
Determinants of Health | W13 The Work of Frontiers Foundation of Toronto Jim Bacque, Lawrence Gladue, Marco Guzmana, Don Irving Frontiers Foundation of Toronto |
Elm 2nd Floor |
Traditional | W14 Wii Kwan De Taa (Bringing People Together for a Sacred Purpose Lori Flinders Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services |
St. David South 3rd Floor |
Inuit | W15 More than medicine: on being an ally and a physician advocate in Nunavut Madeleine Cole Qikiqtani General Hospital |
St. Patrick North 3rd Floor |
Respiratory/ cardio/ chronic disease | W17 A History of Dying at Home From Pre-European Times to the Present Palliative and End of Life Care Era Dean Walters Central East Community Care Access Centre |
St. George 3rd Floor |
Equity | W18 Jurisdiction as a Determinant of First Nations Health Care Stephanie Ann Sinclair, Amanda Meawasige Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs |
Lombard 2rd Floor |
Education | W19 I honestly don’t think I learned anything about Indigenous peoples: Understanding medical school preceptors’ and students’ current knowledge andattitudes towards Indigenous peoples and Indigenous health Heather Castleden, Debbie Martin, Jeff Denis, Paul Sylvestre Queen’s University, Dalhousie University, McMaster University |
St. Patrick South 3rd Floor |
Research | W20 Respondent driven sampling (RDS) as a tool for urban Aboriginal health assessment and community engagement in Ontario, Canada Michelle Firestone, Janet Smylie, Sara Wolfe, Constance McKnight Well Living House, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael’s Hospital, Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto , De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre |
Armoury 2nd Floor |
Children’s Health | W60 The Atii! Health living intervention improves knowledge, builds cultural skills and strengthens intergenerational bonds among Inuit children, youth and families in the Nunavut Gwen Healey, Shirley Tagalik, Tracey Galloway Qaujigiartlit Health Research Centre (AHRNNU), Arviat Health committee, University of Manitoba |
Lawrence 3rd Floor |
4:30 | Break |
4:45 | Workshop Session #3 | Room |
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Health Systems | W21 Community health worker models: International best practices and their application to remote First Nations communities Ben Chan, Janet Gordon, Sumeet Sodhi University of Toronto, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, Dignitas International |
Elm 2nd Floor |
Mental Health | W22 An Indigenous Model of Effective Community Mental Health Services Germaine Frances Elliott, John Rice Enaahtig Healing Lodge, Simcoe County Canadian Mental Health Association |
Lombard 2nd Floor |
Children’s Health | W23 Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Inuit Children Dr. Anna Banerji Department of Paediatrics and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto |
St. Patrick North 3rd Floor |
Traditional | W24 Understanding Tobacco Use Amongst Youth in Four First Nations Sheila Cote-Meek, Sonia Isaac-Mann Laurentian University, Assembly of First Nations |
Armoury 2nd Floor |
Inuit | W25 Social Determinants of Inuit Health Anna Fowler Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK) |
St. David North 3rd Floor |
Cancer | W26 Reducing inequalities in cancer for Ontario First Nations: From surveillance to action Loraine Marrett, Diane Nishri, Amanda Sheppard, Anna Chiarelli, Alethea Kewayosh Cancer Care Ontario, Hospital for Sick Children |
St. Lawrence 3rd Floor |
Cultural Safety | W27 Is cultural safety enough? Confronting racism to address inequities in Indigenous health Barry Lavallee, Linda Diffey, Thomas Dignan, Paul Tomascik University of Manitoba, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada |
St. George 3rd Floor |
Equity | W28 Manitoba First Nations Indicators of Wellbeing Leona Star, Kathi Avery Kinew Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs |
St. Patrick South 3rd Floor |
Education | W29 Come walk in our mocassins: Strategies in Recruitment, Admissions and Curriculum at the Aboriginal Program at the University of Ottawa Darlene Janet Kitty Aboriginal Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa |
St. David South 3rd Floor |
Research | W30 Creating a First Nations health data repository in Ontario by linking the Indian Register to ICES health administrative data: a collaborative governance process that protects the interests of First Nations David Henry, Tracy Antone, Carmen Jones, Saba Khan Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Chiefs of Ontario |
Carlton 2nd Floor |
5:30 | Reception Colony Ballroom |
7:00 | Adjourn |
Friday, November 21, 2014
8:00 | Communities to Researchers Advocacy Breakfast Discussion Chaired by Vanessa Ambtman-Smith and Dr. Lisa Richardson Colony Ballroom |
9:00 | Natan Obed: Improving Inuit Nunangat health outcomes – A call to action Colony Ballroom |
9:45 | Dr. Angeline Letendre: Indigenous Nursing and Nursing Knowledge as Practice toward Improved Health and Wellness in First Nation, Inuit and Metis Communities Colony Ballroom |
10:30 | Refreshment Break with Posters and Exhibits |
11:00 | Workshop Session #4 | Room |
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Children’s Health | W31 The Status of Oral Health among Canada’s First Nations Peoples and Inuit Amir Azarpazhooh, Dick Ito, Martin Chartier, Tracey Guitard, Hannah Tait Neufeld Faculty of Dentistry-University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine-University of Toronto, Mount Sinai Hospital, Public Health Agency of Canada, Thunder Bay District Health Unit and Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit |
Colony Ballroom 2nd Floor |
Women’s Health | W32 Trafficked: Why are Aboriginal Women at Increased Risk? Eileen McMahon Mount Sinai Hospital |
St. David North 3rd Floor |
Children’s Health | W33 No Jordan’s Principle Cases in Canada? The Truth and Politics of Disparities in Access to Health and Social Services for First Nations Children Living On-Reserve Vandna Sinha, Anne Blumenthal, Molly Churchill, Lucyna Lach, Nico Trocme McGill University, University of Michigan |
Armoury 2nd Floor |
Traditional | W34 An Investigation into some Contemporary Self-Regulatory Dynamics that Operate in and around First Nations Traditional Healing Systems Julian Robbins Independent Community Based Researcher |
St. Patrick South 3rd Floor |
Environmental | W35 The potential contribution of exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and of psychosocial stress to enhanced risk for Type 2 diabetes (T2D) at Walpole Island First Nation (WIFN) John R. Bend, Rosemary Williams, Gideon Koren, Michael J Rieder, Mary Jane Tucker, Naomi Williams, Phaedra Henley, Julie Hill, Zahra Jahedmotlagh, Regna Darnell, Christianne V. Stephens, Stan Van Uum, Carol P Herbert, Chandan Chakraborty, Dean Jacobs, Judy Peters, Charles G Trick Walpole Island Health Centre, Departments of Medicine and Paediatrics, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, Walpole Island Heritage Centre, Department of Pathology, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Departments of Anthropology, Social Sciences and Pathology, McMaster University, Departments of Family Medicine and Pathology, Chatham-Kent Community Health Centre, Walpole Island Office, Department of Biology, Science and Interfaculty Program in Public Health, Siebens-Drake Medical Research Institute |
Lombard 2nd Floor |
Cancer | W36 Addressing gaps in the continuity of cancer care with and for First Nations, Inuit and Métis living in rural and remote communities in Canada. Colleen Patterson, Pam Tobin Canadian Partnership Against Cancer |
St. Patrick North 3rd Floor |
Cultural Safety | W37 Clinical tips for culturally-safe care: A new Consensus Guide for Health Professionals working with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Alisha Nicole Apale SOGC |
St. George 3rd Floor |
Social work | W39 Rahskwahseron:nis – Building bridges with Indigenous communities through decolonizing social work education Michael Loft, Nicole Ives, Courtney Montour McGill University, School of Social Work |
Elm 2nd Floor |
Research | W40 Storytellers as Public Health Facilitators Joahnna Kathleen Berti, Jeanette Levall, David Osawabine Debajehmujig Storytellers |
St. Patrick South 3rd Floor |
11:45 |
Lunch and Posters Documentary Rivers of Hope: “Bringing health to indigenous communities in the Orinoco and the Amazon in Colombia” will be shown over lunch. |
1:00 | Genocide: The Canadian Perspective Panel Dr. Michael Dan, Chief Phil Fontaine, Mr. Bernie M. Farber Colony Ballroom |
2:15 | Workshop Session #5 | Room |
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Substance Abuse | W41 Prescription Drug Misuse – Looking at Prevention in Indigenous Communities through a Population Health Lens Cheryl Currie University of Lethbridge |
Armoury 2nd Floor |
Women’s Health | W42 Beyond The Womb: Encouraging healthy pregnancies through cultural reconnection Ashley Lamothe, Roslynn Baird Southern Ontario Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative |
St. Lawrence 3rd Floor |
Children’s Health | W43 Issues in service delivery to Canadian First Nations, Métis, and Inuit children with speech and language difficulties Alice A. Eriks-Brophy, Francis Lori-Anne Davis-Hill, Jacqueline Dawn Smith, Laura Todd Hunter Leah Rae Radziwon University of Toronto, Six Nations Health Services |
St. George 3rd Floor |
Traditional | W44 Teaching cultural competence in the federal government – the Indigenous Community Development course Rose LeMay First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada, FNIHB or Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada |
St. David North 3rd Floor |
Environmental | W45 Uranium Mining and Health: Facts, Figures and Questions Dale M. Dewar Society of Rural Physicians of Canada |
St. Lawrence 3rd Floor |
Respiratory / cardio / chronic disease | W46 Respiratory health in First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities: Raising awareness through community outreach and engagement Jennifer Dawn Walker, Oxana Latycheva, Wayne Warry Nipissing University, Ontario Lung Association, Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research |
Colony Ballroom 2nd Floor |
Cultural Safety | W47 A new way of looking at good practices in Aboriginal communities: The Canadian Best Practice Initiative’s Aboriginal Ways Tried and True Methodological Framework Nina Jetha, Lori Meckelborg, Andrea L.K. Johnston, Steve Jreige Public Health Agency of Canada, Johnston Research Inc. |
St. David South 3rd Floor |
Health Systems | W48 Back to Moss: Developing and Integrating Public Health Services for Northern Ontario First Nations Communities Janet Gordon, Emily Paterson Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority |
St. Patrick North 3rd Floor |
Midwifery | W49 Aboriginal Midwifery: Aboriginal Midwives working in Every Aboriginal Community Ellen M. Blais Association of Ontario Midwives |
St. Patrick South 3rd Floor |
Research | W50 Addressing health inequalities by Indigenizing health services and research Julie Bull University of New Brunswick |
Lombard 3rd Floor |
3:00 | Refreshment Break with Posters and Exhibits |
3:15 | Workshop Session #6 | Room |
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Respiratory / cardio / chronic disease | W51 Embedding First Nations approaches into the prevention and management of chronic disease Shannon Tania Waters First Nations Health Authority |
Armoury 2nd Floor |
Substance Abuse | W52 Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment Colleen Dell, Carol Hopkins, Peter Menzies University of Saskatchewan, National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation (NNAPF), CAMH |
Colony Ballroom 2nd Floor |
Women’s Health |
Shared Workshop W53 The Aboriginal Women’s Health Intervention: What is the potential for contributing to social change? W59 Solidarity not appropriation: How non-Indigenous healthcare providers and organizations can support Indigenous women’s reproductive justice and sovereignty |
Lombard 2nd Floor |
Food security / nutrition | W54 Use-and-Occupancy Mapping: A tool to support food security in aboriginal communities Daniel Tobias D. Tobias Consulting Inc. |
St. Lawrence 3rd Floor |
Cultural Safety | W55 A Journey to Cultural Competency and Safety: Highlights of IPAC-AFMC Collaborative Activities Darlene Janet Kitty Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada |
St. David North 3rd Floor |
Midwifery | W56 Revolutionary Care: Indigenous Midwifery Cheryllee Bourgeois, Billie Allan Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto, Well Living House |
St. Patrick North 3rd Floor |
Research | W57 Using record linkage to study chronic diseases in the Métis population in Ontario David Henry, Storm J Russell, Wenda Watteyne, Saba Khan Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Métis Nation of Ontario , Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences |
St. Patrick South 3rd Floor |
Social work | W58 One Canoe, One Oar: Navigating mental health with our Indigenous youth, a wholistic approach. Ela Smith Wholistic Child and Youth |
Elm 2nd Floor |
4:00 | Break |
4:15 | Conclusion and Next Steps Dr. Anna Banerji Colony Ballroom |
4:30 | Adjourn |