NAHO News, January 2011
Acualités d'ONSA, janvier 2011
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NAHO Speaker Series: Housing, Homelessness and Health Charles Hill, Executive Director Julia Christensen, SSHRC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, UBC Cathleen Knotsch, Senior Research Officer, Date: March 1, 2012
The NAHO Web User Survey Has A Winner! Congratulations to Melissa Roy this years winner of an iPod Touch. Thank you to everyone for your time and opinions. You’re help is much appreciated! Working Together NAHO is excited to announce two new collaborative agreements with The Canadian Cochrane Centre and the Southern Ontario Diabetes Initiative. We look forward to working together! Media Release>> Health Research Non-Profit, the Canadian Cochrane Centre, and National Aboriginal Health Organization Sign Agreement to Improve Aboriginal Peoples’ Health. |
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If Not Now…When? Addressing the Ongoing Inuit Housing Crisis in Canada The results of an extensive review of research literature and reports on the effects of poor housing on Inuit communities. This report addresses the long-term effects that inadequate housing will have on today’s youngest Inuit generation. The report is available at www.naho.ca/inuit/health-determinants/housing Polar Research Journal article on Inuit Tuttarvingat project: Perspective: Qanuqtuurniq – finding the balance: an IPY television series using community engagement. This article by Catherine L. Carry, Kath Clarida, Denise Rideout, Dianne Kinnon, Rhonda M. Johnson. The three-part television broadcast Qanuqtuurniq – finding the balance was an International Polar Year communications and outreach project concerning Inuit health and wellness. The goal of this project was to engage the Inuit public and others in ‘‘real-time’’ dialogue about health and wellness issues and health research, and to deliver key messages. It was aired live in the Inuit language (with English captions/sub-titles) from Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada, in May 2009 and simultaneously webcast. Mining and Aboriginal Community Health Inuit Tuttarvingat of NAHO has been working on several projects with a focus on resource extraction and is currently a partner in Mining and Aboriginal Community Health, a multi-disciplinary project synthesizing existing knowledge on the effects of mining on Aboriginal health and known interventions. |
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First Nation Centre Bursary Recipients Announced The First Nations Center would like to congratulate the ten recipients of our 2011 Bursary and Scholarship program. Listed below are the individuals who will be receiving funding towards post-secondary enrollment in various academic institutions.
Six New Sexual Health Fact Sheets Coming out soon. Top 10 Things to Know About the Following Topics:
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Métis Centre Releases New Products and Research!
Métis Centre of NAHO and MNBC to Launch Resources for Women at Risk of Sexual Exploitation On December 6, 2011, the Métis Centre of the NAHO and Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC) co-hosted a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, a ceremony honoring Métis women along with the launch of products about Métis women at risk of sexual exploitation. This work is part of the Métis Women: Strong and Beautiful project, undertaken by the Métis Centre of NAHO and Métis Nation British Columbia with the support of the Native Women’s Association of Canada. |
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Journal of Aboriginal Health, Call For Papers: Inuit Health Research and Community Innovations The National Aboriginal Health Organization is calling for papers to be considered for publication in the fall 2012 issue of the ‘Journal of Aboriginal Health’. This issue will be devoted to Inuit health and wellness in its broadest sense. |
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CyberWolves is Making Tracks Grade 7 students at Jaanimmarik School in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik have recently begun their weekly sessions with a team of outstanding mentors connecting from coast, to coast, to coast. |
