Program
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
Tuesday, November 5 - 8 am to 4 pm
Important: The pre-conference workshops are not included in the conference activities. If you would like to attend one of these workshops, you must register and pay for it separately to the conference. Click here for information.
Tuesday
November
5
12:00 – 6:00 pm
Registration for conference participants opens!
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Showtime! Join us for an afternoon at the movies.
Birth of a Family (Directed by Tasha Hubbard)
Click here to view the movie on the National Film Board website.
In this deeply moving feature-length documentary, three sisters and a brother meet for the first time. Removed from their young Dene mother during the infamous Sixties Scoop, they were separated as infants and adopted into families across North America. Betty Ann, Esther, Rosalie, and Ben were only four of the 20,000 Indigenous Canadian children taken from their families between 1955 and 1985, to be either adopted into white families or live in foster care. As the four siblings piece together their shared history, their connection deepens, and their family begins to take shape.
About the Director: Dr. Tasha Hubbard is a writer, filmmaker and associate professor at the University of Alberta. She is from Peepeekisis First Nation in Treaty Four Territory and has ties to Thunderchild First Nation in Treaty Six Territory. Her academic research has focussed on Indigenous efforts to return the buffalo to the lands and Indigenous film in North America. Her first solo writing/directing project, Two Worlds Colliding (National Film Board (NFB), about Saskatoon’s infamous “starlight tours,” premiered at imagineNATIVE in 2004 and won the Canada Award at the Gemini Awards in 2005. In 2017, Tasha directed the NFB-produced feature documentary Birth of a Family. It premiered at Hot Docs and landed on the top-ten audience favourites list. It also won the Audience Favourite for Feature Documentary at the Edmonton International Film Festival and the Moon Jury prize at imagineNATIVE. Her latest feature documentary is nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up, a personal exploration of the cost of the death of Colten Boushie.
Film is provided by 
5:00 – 7:00pm
Opening Reception with Exhibitors and Artisans
Cultural performances by:
Sandra Lamouche, Champion Hoop Dancer and Multidisciplinary Creator and Storyteller, Bigstone Cree Nation
Walter MacDonald White Bear, Cree singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Moose Factory, ON
Wednesday
November
6
7:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration
7:30 – 8:00 am
Rise and Shine Morning Walk
8:00 am– 4:00 pm
Wellness Centre
8:00 – 9:00 am
Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors and Artisans
9:00 – 9:30 am
Prayer / Welcome / Greetings
Opening Prayer: Elder Charlie Crowchild, Tsuut’ina Nation, AB
Welcome: Cheyenne Joseph, Director of Health, Assembly of First Nations and member of the Bear River First Nation, NS
Dr. Parminder Thiara, A/Regional Executive Officer, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Indigenous Services Canada
FNHMA Welcome: Marion Crowe, CFNHM, CAFM, CAPA, CIL, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Health Managers Association
9:30 – 10:15 am
Opening Plenary
What Does the Future of Indigenous Health Look Like?
Keynote Speaker: Dr. James Makokis, Two Spirit Physician, LGBTQ2S+, Indigenous, Diversity and Inclusion Expert
10:15 – 10:45 am
Health Break with Exhibitors and Artisans
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Concurrent Workshops
TsuuTina Nation – Sharing Experiences in Developing Culturally Safe Elder Care
The ability to provide culturally appropriate and Indigenous-led continuing care on-reserve remains a significant gap in fulfilling the Treaty Right to Health that First Nation peoples are entitled to.
Jurisdictional and funding gaps have created a continuing care desert in most First Nations, forcing Elders and others in need of care to get by with limited home care, suffer in silence or move away from their lands and kin to urban settings. At the same time, most First Nation health departments lack the ability to hire and retain any care providers with experience in providing care in a continuing care setting at all – never mind a culturally appropriate one.
In this workshop, we will explore the work by the Tsuut’ina First Nation to overcome these gaps by partnering with architects and care providers who shared the Nation’s values and priorities related to on-reserve, culturally appropriate care. Tsuut’ina representatives will speak to their experiences working with non-Indigenous partners, sharing lessons learned and outlining a methodology that can be applied in other First Nation communities.
Moderator: Michelle Gibbens, Director, Engagement, Canada’s Drug Agency
Speakers: Joel Fischer, RN, Associate Director of Health, Tsuut’ina representative, AB
Lacy Runner, MC, CCC, Director of Health & Wellness, Tsuut’ina Nation, AB
Telling Our Stories and Celebrating Our Success: A Model for Place-Based Evaluation Using Culture as a Foundation
First Nations have always engaged in evaluation as a part of their governance and decision-making processes. The outcomes of these evaluations are still present today as they are the foundation of First Nations knowledge systems and serve as the basis for many of the stories that have been passed down through the generations. Unfortunately, ongoing colonial processes have inhibited First Nations’ opportunities to self-determine their unique and diverse needs and, in turn, understanding what success is and how to measure and report it has been determined by the government. These processes, which have primarily focused on meeting government accountability requirements, have resulted in overwhelming reporting and evaluation burdens for communities and organizations.
In 2015, the First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum Framework was launched. It presented a “shared vision for the future of First Nations mental wellness programs.” Supporting the success of this vision requires a process for identifying, monitoring, and measuring success. This means building a place-based evaluation model that is grounded in culture as a foundation, enables self-determination, and empowers communities to tell their stories. This workshop will invite participants to explore how the model could be adapted to support Health Managers to engage in the evaluation of community health and wellness plans.
Moderator: Kimberly Fisher, CFNHM, FNHMA Board Member and Health Director, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, ON
Speakers: Catherine Graham, Evaluator, First Peoples Wellness Circle
Brenda Restoule, Chief Executive Officer, First Peoples Wellness Circle
The Cree Succession Leadership Framework
The Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB) has identified that the long-term success of our organization requires a strong, stable and predominantly Indigenous workforce, specially at the management levels. The CBHSSJB “Cree Succession Leadership Framework (CSLF)” was officially launched in 2015 and centralized under the leadership of the Director of Human Resources and in support of the Leadership Development Framework, an Advisor position devoted to overseeing the different initiatives under the framework was created.
The framework includes many different initiatives all aiming at fostering a culture of growth and competency development in the organization. More specifically, it was designed to identify critical management roles and Cree employees with the potential to fill those roles, build an internal pool of employees placed in a development mode in the hope for them to access and fill managerial positions, and to develop tools, programs and activities to support the future managers’ journey.
This workshop will describe the CBHSSJB’s journey through one of their biggest organizational projects. More specifically, it will share tools and experiences through lessons learned and the development plan.
Moderator: Darlene Anganis, CFNHM, FNHMA Board Member and Director of Health, Membertou Wellness Home, NS
Speakers: Virginie Hamel, Assistant Director, Human Resources, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay
Helene Pelchat, Interim, Advisor CSLF, Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay
Partnering with Kids Help Phone to Bring First Nations Programming to Your Community
Participants will explore how First Nations volunteers in Weaving Threads: An Indigenous Engagement Program partner with Kids Help Phone (KHP) to connect youth in their communities with free, 24/7 mental health services.
Presenters will share their experiences developing and participating in this program as First Nations people. Participants will learn about other KHP services and Indigenous programming which are designed and delivered by Indigenous people. KPH supports thousands of First Nations youth monthly and presenters will convey information shared by First Nations youth including coping mechanisms and sources of distress. Participants will also learn how KHP works in conjunction with community-based First Nations organizations to provide free, 24/7 support to First Nations youth in the way they need it most.
A group exercise will bring participants together through an impactful exercise where they can work on a KHP Weaving Threads community support plan for a First Nation community.
Participants will leave the session with a clear understanding of the mental health needs and support mechanisms of First Nations youth who access KHP programs and services, how to ensure resources in their communities are included in KHP’s Resources Around Me tool and how to connect youth in their communities with free Kids Help Phone services and Indigenous programming.
Moderator: Donna Metallic, CFNHM, Chair, FNHMA Professional Development & Certification Committee, and Director, Listuguj Community Health Services, QC
Speakers: Joshwa Campiou, KHP Indigenous Advisory Council Member and Weaving Threads Champion, Kids Help Phone
Deanna Dunham, Director, Indigenous Initiatives and Equity Programs, Kids Help Phone
12:15 – 12:35 pm
Transition to lunch
12:35 – 2:00 pm
Luncheon and Presentation
Health Director Emergency Management Planning
Keynote Speaker: Tyler White, former Chief Executive Officer, Siksika Health Services and Member of Siksika First Nation
2:00 – 2:15 pm
Transition to workshops
2:15 – 3:45 pm
Concurrent Workshops
Navigating the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program Together: Advocacy and Collaboration
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is an advocacy organization, taking direction and fulfilling mandates as directed by First Nations-in-Assembly through resolutions. This work includes the facilitation and coordination of national and regional discussions and dialogue; advocacy efforts and campaigns; legal and policy analysis; communications and relationship building between First Nations and the federal government, public and private sectors, and the public.
This workshop aims to guide participants to learn about the advocacy and collaborative efforts between the AFN and Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Navigators. The NIHB Navigators are employed by First Nations organizations to assist clients in navigating and accessing the NIHB Program. This workshop will equip participants with the knowledge necessary to explore the NIHB Program challenges, share best practices, and develop strategies to improve advocacy efforts and identify strategies to streamline the NIHB Program.
The workshop outline will include four phases. The first phase will begin with an overview of the current NIHB landscape and the impact of the NIHB Navigators within First Nations communities. The second phase will emphasize the challenges faced by both AFN and NIHB Navigators in navigating equitable healthcare services. The third phase will include a breakout session to share best practices and collaborative strategies to address challenges to streamline the NIHB Program. Finally, the workshop will end with a discussion on AFN’s role in advocacy and potential strategies to improve the NIHB Program.
Moderator: David McLaren, CFNHM, Vice-President, FNHMA Board of Directors, and Health Director, Kebaowek First Nation, QC
Speakers: Jenny Gardipy, Senior Policy Analyst, Assembly of First Nations
Tessy BigPlume, CFNHM, NIHB Navigator, Stoney Nakoda – Tsuut’ina Tribal Council, AB
From Evidence to Action: Shaping Health Policy through Indigenous-led Research
In the collaborative spirit of partnership between the Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle (IDHC),
and MNP, we are excited to present From Evidence to Action: Shaping Health Policy Through
Indigenous-Led Research”, a workshop dedicated to the critical examination of how research informs policy development and, subsequently, impacts health service delivery in Indigenous communities. This interactive workshop aims to deepen understanding of the symbiotic relationship between research and policy, highlighting the unique contributions of Indigenous-led research to shaping health policies that are culturally sensitive, effective, and sustainable.
Participants will be guided through the journey of research from inception to implementation, exploring how data and findings can directly influence health policy decisions and practices. This workshop will offer insights into collaborative research methodologies, community engagement in research, policy analysis, and the translation of research findings into actionable policies. Special emphasis will be placed on case studies and current projects undertaken by IDHC and MNP, showcasing successful examples of research-driven policy changes that aim to lead into tangible health improvements in Indigenous communities.
This workshop is designed to be highly participatory, with interactive discussions, group activities, and scenario-based learning to encourage engagement and knowledge exchange. Attendees will have the opportunity to work in groups to conceptualize a research-to-policy project, focusing on identifying research questions that can address pressing health issues and outlining steps to translate findings into policy recommendations.
Participants will gain valuable tools and frameworks for integrating research into policy development processes, ensuring that health policies are not only informed by evidence but also resonate with the needs and values of Indigenous communities.
Moderator: Perry Kjargaard, Senior Director, Indigenous & Rural Engagement, Privacy & Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Canada Health Infoway
Speakers: Clint Abbott, PhD, MBA, BSc, Senior Manager, MNP LLP
Roslynn Baird, Chief Executive Officer, Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle
Confronting Anti-Indigenous Racism and Building Safe and Comprehensive Mental Health and Addictions Systems for Indigenous Peoples
Systemic anti-Indigenous racism within mental health and addictions systems is a barrier to individuals, families, and communities accessing and receiving quality, competent, and culturally safe care, as well as to providing equitable support and resources for the First Nations trauma-informed specialist workforce. Throughout Fall 2023, the First Peoples Wellness Circle and Thunderbird Partnership Foundation hosted roundtables with members of the Indigenous mental wellness workforce and non-Indigenous community-based workers from coast to coast to coast to better understand lived experiences and approaches to addressing anti-Indigenous racism in mental health and addictions programming spaces.
In this workshop, speakers will share the results, lessons learned, and recommendations that emerged from these roundtables, and invite participants to reflect and provide suggestions, and perspectives based on their own lived experiences. These conversations will be guided with the intention to: 1) Better understand First Nation health managers’ experiences of anti-Indigenous racism within the mental and addictions services sector; 2) Identify wise practices and strategies to prevent and/or respond to anti-Indigenous racism; and 3) Explore implications for putting recommendations and strategies into practice. Conversations and reflective questions will be used to engage participants in relational knowledge sharing, validating, and meaning making. Participants will identify, share, and learn wise practices, tools, as well as strategies and solutions to support them in navigating and addressing anti-Indigenous racism within their roles and communities.
Moderator: Tiffany Kautz, Director, Delivery Excellence and Community-Based Organizations, Canadian Accreditation, Accreditation Canada
Speaker: Brenda Restoule, Chief Executive Officer, First Peoples Wellness Circle
Pathways to Building Cancer Education for First Nations Health Leaders
The FNHMA is embarking on an exciting new project made possible through a partnership with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) that is focused on supporting First Nations health leaders gain knowledge and tools related to cancer.
The goal of the proposed project is to increase the capacity of First Nation health leaders by developing and implementing a comprehensive public health workshop focused on the First Nations cancer journey, including discussions related to access to screening and preventive services, while building in regional and jurisdictionally specific learning and information through workshop activities. FNHMA will present early ideas related to the project and seek input from participants. Participants will be asked to share ideas on what knowledge and skills would support improved cancer care and public health approaches in their communities and what gaps they see in their current knowledge and resources.
Moderator/Speaker: Judith Eigenbrod, Director of Programs, First Nations Health Managers Association
Speaker: Samara Lewis, Health Planning Specialist, First Nations Health Managers Association
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Annual General Meeting (for FNHMA members in good standing only)
5:45 – 6:30 pm
Reception with Exhibitors and Artisans
6:30 – 9:30 pm
Banquet, Awards Presentation and CFNHM Convocation
Cultural Performance: Sorrel Rider, Siksika (Drum Group)
After-dinner: Armond Duck Chief, Juno Award Nominee, Singer-Songwriter from Siksika Nation
Thursday
November
7
7:30 am - 12 pm
Registration
7:30 – 8:00 am
Rise and Shine Morning Walk
8:00 – 10:30 am
Wellness Centre
8:00 – 9:00 am
Networking Breakfast with Exhibitors and Artisans
9:00 – 10:00 am
Welcome and Plenary
Celebrating Quality Community Care
Join us for a discussion with First Nations health leaders as they share their experiences, best practices and challenges in creating successful community health systems, reflecting on how quality management practices, including accreditation processes, have contributed to their success and led to further opportunities.
Facilitator: Marion Crowe, CFNHM, CAFM, CAPA, CIL, Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Health Managers Association
Panelists: David McLaren, CFNHM, CIL, Vice-President, FNHMA Board of Directors, and Health Director, Kebaowek First Nation, QC
Judy Sugar, CFNHM, Health Director, Piapot First Nation Health Services, SK
10:00 – 10:30 am
Health Break... Last chance to visit exhibitors and artisans!
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Workshops
Wellness from a Holistic Community Lens Using Land-Based Practices and Mino-Tehewin Kihkinohamakewinan (Good Heart Teachings)
As a community leader in ensuring healthcare access, the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) established the Anishinaabewaadiziwin (Way of Life) department to support the holistic health and wellness needs of Kiiwetinoong community members. The department shows that integrating the Anishinaabe and Anisininiiw worldviews supports healing and wellness for community members.
Our service delivery supports healing and wellness by connecting community members with Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and Traditional Healers who provide guidance. Team members use land- and culture-based activities to support communities and individuals requesting services to encourage healing. Supporting access to holistic, culturally grounded healing and wellness includes opportunities for communities to foster reconnection and promote collective responsibilities to protect the land and water.
Mino-Tehewin Kihkinohamakewinan (Good Heart Teachings) is a framework that integrates shared perspectives, practices, and cultural knowledge rooted in Kiiwetinoong community values, engrained life path teachings and teachings from the land. Through a holistic perspective, the round lodge model houses spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional elements with intention to promote healthy living, life balance, and to bring educational awareness to support community members on their healing journeys. This service model focuses to develop, deliver, and adapt care pathways using holistic Indigenous methodologies coupled with strengths-based, trauma-informed practices in contrast with mainstream services that do not address the root causes of health and wellness issues in remote areas. Culture based services not only heal communities, but they also empower community members to reclaim their culture and traditions.
Workshop participants will learn how access to culturally and regionally relevant services leads to empowered community members who are supported in reclaiming their cultural practices, they will hear about new perspectives and develop individual capacity for wellness through knowledge sharing of culture-based wellness activities, explore specific health and wellness teachings, engage in discussion about the unique needs of their communities and how they can be supported to enhance their programming and service delivery, and they will explore how a community-based, inclusive, and culturally-safe space supports each community member’s overall health and wellness which have positive ripple effects in their communities.
Moderator: Jessica Pye, Community Wellness and Protection Advisor, Canadian Red Cross
Speakers: Anna Marie Kakegamic, Director, Anishinaabewaadiziwin, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, and a Member of the Kingfisher Lake Anisininiiw Nation, ON
Charles Meekis, Anishininiiw Nanadowikikendamowin Program Manager, Anishinaabewaadiziwin, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, and a Member of the Sandy Lake Anisininiiw Nation, ON
A Tribal Council Approach to Providing Foot Care in Manitoba First Nations Communities
This workshop will provide a history of the process to obtain funding for foot care services in Manitoba, and the approach that Southeast Resource Development Council’s (SERDC) adopted to deliver a Foot Care Program within their member First Nation communities, successes and challenges. The speakers will share information about work that is underway to advocate for more funding and services and goals for the future and data tracking tools.
Manitoba is currently the only province that received federal funding for foot care services, which is a most needed service not only for those living with diabetes, but anyone in the community that cannot take care of their own feet. This workshop will strive to share information to enable other organizations and communities to advocate for foot care services.
Moderator: James Bone, CFNHM, FNHMA Board Member and Health Director, Keeseekoowenin Health & Wellness Centre, MB
Speakers: Brikena Dibra, Tribal Nursing Officer, Southeast Resource Development Council
Elizabeth Proskurnik, CFNHM, CAT(C), Health Promotion Supervisor, Southeast Resource Development Council
Developing a Health Communications Strategy
This workshop will provide tools for First Nations communities and health organizations to develop a health communications strategy that improves health messaging, ensuring it is culturally appropriate, inclusive, non-judgmental, and destigmatizing. In short, a strategy that builds trust and credibility in health communication and resources, increases audience understanding of health topics and informs appropriate action, increases capacity of community health workers to deliver health communications, promotes more people making informed choices about their health, and improves health outcomes.
Participants will receive a health promotion checklist of things to consider in resource creation that they can tailor for their purposes. They will also have an opportunity to analyze health promotion materials and offer suggestions for improvement, and they will learn how to apply clear language principles to edit a resource.
Moderator: Delaney Hines, Senior Manager, Health Equity and Partnerships, Heart and Stroke Foundation
Speakers: Candi Edwards, Director of Approaches to Community Wellbeing, Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
How Would you define “Wellness” in Your Community? What Elements of Your Programs and Services are Changing Lives? And How do You Know?
Wanting to understand the outcomes of your work and the effect it has on your community is why we explore indicators. Indicators are what you use to tell the story of how your community is becoming healthier and what is making a difference.
FNHMA’s FOCUS on Wellness – A Strength-Based Indicator Tool for First Nation Health provides an overview of indicators and the value they can add to your work to support your community’s wellness. It was developed based on input from hundreds of First Nation community-based workers and brings a strength-based First Nations’ lens to the field of indicators.
Using a community-led approach that builds on your planning activities, this tool describes what indicators are, explains why they are important, outlines key qualities of effective indicators, provides suggestions on how to choose them, and offers hundreds of sample indicators.
Join us as we explore the tool and how indicators can strengthen and guide our planning processes. This workshop introduces a process using the acronym FOCUS. The FOCUS approach outlines the key stages and main activities within each. The stages are:
F – Frame the context
O – Organize the indicators
C – Collect the data
U – Understand the results
S – Share the story
As it has been said “Planning shares what we are going to do, reporting declares what we have done, and indicators help provide the evidence and assist in making future plans”.
Moderator/Speaker: Lori Keith, CFNHM, Special Projects, First Nations Health Managers Association
Speaker: Margaret Tims, CFNHM, Health Planning Liaison, First Nations Health Managers Association
12:00 – 12:20 pm
Transition to lunch
12:20 – 1:45 pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Santanna Hernandez, member of the Liidlii Kue Nation and Cold Lake First Nation, Resident in Rural Family Medicine and Board Member, Canadian Medical Association
1:45 – 2:00 pm
Transition to workshops
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Concurrent Workshops
Assembly of First Nations’ Jordan’s Principle
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has a longstanding history of advocating for the rights of children, including the full and proper implementation of Jordan’s Principle. During this workshop, participants will learn about the AFN’s advocacy and mandates regarding Jordan’s Principle, including tireless efforts at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) since 2007. Looking towards the future, First Nations have raised concerns about the lack of support for youth who are no longer eligible for Jordan’s Principle because of their age, and the need for a continuum of care for First Nations adults with chronic care needs and disabilities. Participants will learn about the AFN’s advocacy for youth aging out of Jordan’s Principle.
Participants will be invited to provide feedback about the AFN’s ongoing work to create a national communications hub to create a virtual space for individuals, families, professionals, and policy workers to find valuable information about Jordan’s Principle. The key goal is knowledge transmission to ensure easy access to information about Jordan River Anderson’s life and legacy, how to access Jordan’s Principle, the CHRT proceedings, and more.
This workshop is an opportunity for the AFN and participants to discuss successes and challenges with Jordan’s Principle, innovative solutions, and to strengthen policy advocacy for First Nations children.
Important Note: Due to ongoing litigation and negotiation at the CHRT, the session content may change.
Moderator: Cheyenne Joseph, Director of Health, Assembly of First Nations and member of the Bear River First Nation, NS
Speakers: Jessica Quinn, Senior Policy Analyst, Assembly of First Nations
Mariah Sylvester, Policy Analyst, Assembly of First Nations
Evolving the Standards Development Landscape to Reflect First Nations Priorities
In June 2022, Health Standards Organization (HSO) and the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) published the British Columbia Cultural Safety and Humility Standard, which sets a clear standard of care for health care systems and organizations to ensure Indigenous people living in BC have access to culturally-safe care and services. Since then, HSO has begun incorporating requirements to address cultural safety and humility into all standards that are developed, including standards published on governance, long-term care, mental health and addictions, and other topics.
The speakers will address how in 2024, HSO is in the process of developing five new National Standards of Canada that will incorporate requirements to address cultural safety and humility in areas such as correctional services, home care, virtual care, and medication management and how all standards developed by HSO will now follow a defined process to ensure that the standards reflect First Nations priorities and goals.
HSO is also working on the development of a National Standard of Canada for Cultural Safety and Humility, building on their work with FNHA and the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (CINA). Participants will be invited to share their unique experiences, thoughts, and perspectives regarding a national cultural safety and humility standard and will also learn more about how standards and accreditation can and are being used to advance cultural safety and humility in Canada.
Moderator: Lorraine Muskwa,CFNHM, President, FNHMA Board of Directors and Chief Operating Officer, First Nations Health Consortium, AB
Speakers: Vishal Jain, Director, Cultural Safety and Humility, Health Standards Organization
Marilee Nowgesic, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association
Join Canada Health Infoway to learn about Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. Explore the current themes and concerns that have emerged as AI finds its way into the digital health eco-system including cybersecurity considerations.
Moderator: Mary Carlson, FNHMA Board Member and Health Director, Lac La Ronge Indian Band Health Services, SK
Speakers: Perry Kjargaard, Senior Director, Indigenous & Rural Engagement, Privacy & Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance, Canada Health Infoway
Robert Martin, Senior Director, Security, Canada Health Infoway
3:30 – 4:15 pm
Closing Plenary
Guiding Meaningful Change in Colonial Institutions
When community members must leave the community for health care, you want reassurance that they will receive safe, culturally informed care. At times, challenges in colonial health-care systems impacting First Nations, Inuit and Métis patients and families are presented by those institutions as unchangeable barriers. Hear from one Indigenous Engagement team how you can inform and advocate for change in health-care institutions serving your people outside your community. They will provide tips for community health leaders on how to work through hurdles they may encounter when working with health organizations and institutions engaged in change. Join to discuss tangible steps toward meaningful action.
Speakers: Lori Kittelberg, Indigenous Partnerships and Engagement Strategist, The Ottawa Hospital and a Member of the Caldwell First Nation, ON
4:15 – 4:30 pm
Wrap-Up, Exhibitor Passport Draw and Closing Prayer
Closing Prayer: Elder Charlie Crowchild, Tsuut’ina Nation, ON
