The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team members were featured on the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation’s podcast Mino Bimaadiziwin.
“If we took control of our own health, and if we took control of our programs, our services, our funding and redistributed the way we see fit and works with our people, our health outcomes for our people would be much better.”
(more…)Here is the Work Plan Summary for the Health Transformation Team. This is a general work plan that focuses on information gathering, relationship building, developing a health governance model, engagement strategies and processes, communications strategies, etc.
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NORTH BAY – The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team has been busy this fall. The Team has held multiple engagement sessions; organized a Working Group meeting in North Bay and a regional session in Thunder Bay for the Northern Superior First Nations; and, took its Business Case to Ottawa for further review by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).
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CURVE LAKE FIRST NATION – The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team has moved a step closer to exploring what needs to be done to improve Anishinabek health.
(more…)The Anishinabek Chiefs-in-Assembly have passed a number of resolutions since 2016 to explore Health Transformation, including the most recent resolution #2020-15 titled, “Health Transformation Model Development & Access to Information”.
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ANISHINABEK NATION TERRITORY – The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team has expanded their knowledge-base after attending the Gathering Wisdom for a Shared Journey forum hosted by the B.C. First Nations Health Authority in February. The Team witnessed the governance structure in action as nearly 200 Chiefs voted on the resolution to ratify a historic document: a 10-year Strategy on the Social Determinants of Health.
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NORTH BAY – The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team kicked off 2023 with a hybrid Working Group meeting on January 24 and 25 at the Best Western Hotel and Conference Centre in North Bay, Ont.
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HAMILTON – The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team met with Dr. Jennifer Walker, Associate Professor at McMaster University, to discuss a possible collaboration to improve data collection. The meeting took place on Jan. 10 at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
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ANISHINABEK NATION TERRITORY — The Anishinabek Nation Health Transformation Team has held Engagement Sessions with 13 Anishinabek Nation member First Nations Chiefs and Councils and is looking to meet with more in the coming months.
(more…)By Jesse Johnson
SAULT STE. MARIE – The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team held their first in-person Working Group meeting in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on July 5 and 6. The group of health experts had a productive two days working on their vision statement, mission statement, and discussing the list of frequently asked questions.
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