Panel Presentation: Healthy Foods North: From Research to Community Intervention
CODE: B1-HWB-O
Room: International Ballroom, Crowne Plaza

Traditional Food Use and Dietary Adequacy Among Nunavut Preschool Children, and results from Healthy Foods North.

Word Warriors Panel I: Indigenous philosophies and ceremonies as the basis of action
CODE: B1-IWK-P
Room: Cartier II, Marriott

Based upon ceremony, and a shared desire to protect sacred sites, Indigenous territories, and traditional medicines, a partnership between the National Aboriginal Health Organization, the Union of Yagé Healers of the Colombian Amazon and the Indigenous Elders and Youth Council seeks to establish and strengthen a spiritual union between Elders and Healers from North and South.

Workshop: Senior abuse within Aboriginal communities
CODE: B2-HWB-W
Room: Albion, Marriott

This conference workshop focuses on issues of senior abuse among Aboriginal women, emphasizing the importance of conceptualizing and contextualizing senior abuse and service and policy responses within Aboriginal communities and ways of knowing.

Workshop: The many roots of resilience: unearthing our sources of strength
CODE: B2-TM W
Room: International Ballroom, Crowne Plaza

This workshop will present a series of talks form project participants outlining some aspects of Métis, Inuit, and Mohawk concepts of resilience as a way of addressing the following conference streams: building resilience, Indigenous concepts of well-being, knowledge generation and sharing, and developing Aboriginal data and researchers.

Workshop: Health Statistics and Literature databases for Inuit and Métis communities and stakeholders
CODE: B1-ST-W
Room: York, Marriott

Naasautit (an Inuit language word for numbers) is a national project to enable Inuit regional organizations and communities to make better use of existing statistics on Inuit health.
The Métis Centre of NAHO has developed a searchable, online database of Métis information from the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey, 2006 Census and information extracted from peer-reviewed and grey literature. A demonstration of features and search capabilities of the two databases will be performed. Participants are invited to bring their laptops so they can become familiar with these new databases.

Word Warriors Panel II: Indigenous Knowledge and Health
CODE: B2-IWK-P
Room: Cartier II, Marriott

The Indigenous Elders and Youth Council (IEYC), is grassroots collective of Indigenous representatives from the Americas working toward the protection and preservation of Indigenous knowledge, language and culture. Members of the IEYC will speak about their work in such areas as the:

• Protection of sacred sites as protective of the health of Indigenous Peoples.
• Traditional views and actions to protect and promote maternal health and puberty rites as health promotion tools for Indigenous youth.
• The utilization of Indigenous knowledge, traditional medicines, and ceremonies to foster community strength, sovereignty and relationships between communities, Elders, and Healers.   

Workshop: Highlighting early learnings from the AHTF
CODE: B3-HC-W 
Room: Albion, Marriott

In outlining their experiences, partners will AHTF partners will provide insights into building successful partnerships, the success factors and barriers to integration/adaptation, and some discussion of contextual factors that may facilitate or hinder the relationships.

Workshop: Investigation of the Anti-Diabetic Potential of Traditional Cree Medicinal Plants
CODE: B3-TM2-W 
 Room: Pinnacle, Crowne Plaza
This presentation will describe innovative research underway in Iiyiyiu Aschii (James Bay Cree region of Quebec) that involves collaboration between Elders in four of the communities and a team of plant scientists, pharmacologists, toxicologists, nutritionists and clinicians.

Wednesday, November 25, 3:00 – 4:15 p.m
Workshop: Indigenous Knowledge and North American Health Care Systems: Canada and the US
CODE: B4-TM2-W
Room: Pinnacle, Crowne Plaza

This comparative workshop will explore the inclusion/integration of indigenous knowledge in the health care systems of both Canada and the United States.   The workshop will be led by a number of Fulbright* alumni who work actively in the field in both Canada and the United States.  

Workshop: Aboriginal Issues in the National Lung Health Framework
CODE: B4-SP-W 
Room: Albion, Marriott

The National Lung Health Framework is a strategic action plan being developed by stakeholders, for stakeholders, to improve respiratory health in Canada. This presentation will provide details of how this partnership was developed, explore the successes and lessons learned, and highlight how it will navigate the opportunities and challenges in developing the Action Plan. Dialogue with participants will be used to inform next steps.

Workshop: Walking the prevention circle: the next steps
CODE: B4-HC-W
Room: York, Marriott

RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention, a national program of the Canadian Red Cross, seeks to promote healthier relationships and safer communities through education and partnerships. This workshop will introduce participants to creating safe environments. The workshop will provide participants with the building blocks to assess and take the necessary steps needed to create and maintain safe environments for their young people.

Workshop: Inuit traditional medicines and healing practices
CODE: B4-TM1-W                                                                                                                Room: International Ballroom, Crowne Plaza
Inuit in Canada have healing traditions, medicines and practices dating back thousands of years. This workshop will bring together four Inuit elders/experts from across the North in a unique face-to-face panel presentation and discussion period.  Presenters will be encouraged to bring samples of medicines and/or to demonstrate healing practices, while interacting with the audience.

Workshop: Indigenous Knowledge and North American Health Care Systems: Canada and the US
CODE: B4-TM2-W &&

This comparative workshop will explore the inclusion/integration of indigenous knowledge in the health care systems of both Canada and the United States.   Focusing on the similarities and differences in each county, participants will be encouraged to consider, inter alia, the following issues: the lack of official recognition of indigenous knowledge; the lack of regulatory and legal mechanisms monitoring the use of indigenous knowledge; the allocation of (public) resources for the development and integration of indigenous knowledge (including research); the integration of indigenous healers and care givers into clinics and hospitals using Western-style medicine; training programs for indigenous practitioners and other care givers; lack of data around the use of indigenous knowledge (including accessibility and cost);  crossing cultural barriers; managing pandemics; and, how to develop an improved, culturally sensitive health care system that addresses the needs of all members of the population.   The workshop will be led by a number of Fulbright* alumni who work actively in the field in both Canada and the United States.  During the first half of the workshop, each speaker will briefly address one aspect of the broader issue, providing observations from both sides of the border.   The second half of the workshop will consist of a group discussion. 

Workshop: Aboriginal Issues in the National Lung Health Framework
CODE: B4-SP-W

The National Lung Health Framework is a strategic action plan being developed by stakeholders, for stakeholders, to improve respiratory health in Canada. It is working to foster partnerships across jurisdictions, sectors and disciplines, increase knowledge transfer, and encourage a coordinated response to respiratory health. Because of the disproportionate burden of respiratory disease in Aboriginal communities, and the unique cultural and socioeconomic factors that put these communities at increased risk for new and poorly managed respiratory disease, the Framework has a strong focus on the policy, research, and programming needs of Aboriginal peoples.

This presentation will provide details of how this partnership was developed, explore the successes and lessons learned, and highlight how it will navigate the opportunities and challenges in developing the Action Plan. Dialogue with participants will be used to inform next steps.

Workshop: Walking the prevention circle: the next steps
CODE: B4-HC-W

RespectED: Violence & Abuse Prevention, a national program of the Canadian Red Cross, seeks to promote healthier relationships and safer communities through education and partnerships. This workshop will introduce participants to creating safe environments. Using “Ten Steps to Creating Safe Environments for Children and Youth”, participants will be introduced to each step: Understand the Issue;  Recognize vulnerability/resiliency of children/youth; Define protection instruments; Create a prevention team; Complete risk assessment; Develop policies/procedures; Educate adults, youth/ children; Respond to disclosures of violence/abuse; Meet challenges; Maintain safe environments. Participants will understand the process, conduct a mini assessment of their communities or organizations, start the mapping process and identify next steps.  The workshop will give them the building blocks to assess and take the necessary steps needed to create and maintain safe environments for their young people.

Workshop: Inuit traditional medicines and healing practices
CODE: B4-TM1-W

Inuit in Canada have healing traditions, medicines and practices dating back thousands of years. There is growing awareness that due to colonization and suppression of non-Western medical approaches, and the fact that Inuit traditional healing knowledge is passed down orally and through practice, this knowledge is in danger of being lost to the younger generations.

While there have been some notable efforts to capture healing knowledge through interviews with elders, healers and shamans, less attention has been paid to natural healing substances and the practice of natural medicine. This workshop will bring together four Inuit elders/experts from across the North in a unique face-to-face panel presentation and discussion period.  Presenters will be encouraged to bring samples of medicines and/or to demonstrate healing practices, while interacting with the audience.

Workshop: Improving Health by Using Health Data and Information                 
CODE: B5-HR2-W   
Room: Capitale, Crowne Plaza

This session will provide participants with an opportunity to learn more about Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), the pan-Canadian administrative health data that exist, and the difference that health data and information can make to health and health care. Participants will also be introduced to the data projects the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) is involved with, the utility and applications of these data projects, and how these data projects are expected to improve the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis in the future.                        

Health and Well-Being Panel                       
CODE: B5-HWB-P
Room: Cartier I, Marriott

The National Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research aims to develop research capacity to address the mental health needs of Aboriginal peoples. Participants will be engaged in a discussion that highlights ways in which NNAMHR networking, research and training can be most effective.

Workshop: Innovative Community Approach to Preparing Traditional Haudenosaunee Foods                   
CODE: B5-TM-W   
Room: Albion, Marriott

Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) has developed a traditional approach by promoting and implementing our native traditional foods to reinforce the pride of our Onkwehonwe culture. The concepts and activities associated with traditional foods encompass a variety of learning opportunities that inspire community members to implement healthy changes into their everyday lives.

Workshop: Efficacy of Traditional Medicines                                   
CODE: B5-IWK-W
Room: Cartier III, Marriott

The Belize Indigenous Training Institute (BITI) has developed the Mayan Medicinal Gardens to preserve traditional knowledge of medicinal plants and transfer this knowledge to the younger generation.  This multicultural educational regime facilitates cross-cultural and multidisciplinary collaboration and foster new and innovative initiatives. BITI has encouraged healers, students and apprentices to participate in its joint projects as a means of transferring knowledge to the younger generation.  This session will discuss the experience and lessons learned from a long-term research partnership between BITI and the University of Ottawa.