Fact Sheets

Achieving Strength Through Numbers: First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Health Information
A fact sheet on the challenges regarding data and Aboriginal population health in Canada.

The Aboriginal Health Legislation and Policies Framework in Canada
A synopsis of the NCCAH report Looking for Aboriginal Health in Legislation and Policies, 1970-2008: The Policy Synthesis Project, which tracks Aboriginal-specific policies and legislation to 2008, providing evidence that Aboriginal health policy in Canada largely remains a patchwork, and highlighting significant gaps and jurisdictional issues.

 

Reports

Landscapes of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Health
An updated environmnetal scan
An new NCCAH report for 2011 maps the current research landscape in Canada on Aboriginal health and provides a comprehensive picture of existing knowledge and current directions in the field..

 

 

Exploring Evidence in Aboriginal Health
A short narrative report accompanying our DVD: 'Dialogue Circle: Ways of Knowing.'

 

 

 

Looking for Aboriginal Health in Legislation and Policies, 1970-2008: The Policy Synthesis Project
Canada's health system is varied, complex and inconsistent when it comes to serving Aboriginal peoples. This new NCCAH report for 2011 tracks Aboriginal-specific policies and legislation to 2008, providing evidence that Aboriginal health policy in Canada largely remains a patchwork, and highlighting significant gaps and jurisdictional issues. The policy synthesis also documents health-related provisions in self government agreements and draws attention to emerging opportunities for Aboriginal engagement in shaping health policy, programs and services.


State of the Knowledge: Inuit Public Health, 2011
Inuit health in Canada has its own unique challenges. This report synthesizes current knowledge to 2011 and identifies trends and gaps for the four northern Inuit regions (Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Nunavik and Nunatsiavut) and southern Canadian cities. The report draws attention to issues such as diabetes, sexually transmitted infection rates, youth suicide, climate change and data gaps, while noting that “no single public health issue facing Inuit can be addressed in isolation.” Report author Dr. Emilie Cameron calls for holistic, culturally-sensitive initiatives to address complex and inter-generational public health problems, including Inuit-specific health indicators and the need to address underlying social, cultural and economic factors affecting the health of Inuit peoples.

Multimedia

Dialogue Circle: Ways of Knowing
A video of an NCCAH-hosted dialogue circle in Vancouver, B.C., where participants looked through the lens of Indigenous knowledge to explore what constitutes evidence in Aboriginal health.  To request a copy of the DVD, please email us at nccah@unbc.ca.