On March 25, the Health Transformation Team will have their first Chief’s Symposium on Anishinabek Health Transformation at the Quattro Hotel and Conference Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.
For more information, please email Lisa.Restoule@anishinabek.ca.
(more…)The Anishinabek Nation Health Secretariat is moving forward with a Health Transformation Initiative as directed by the Anishinabek Nation Chiefs-in-Assembly.
(more…)What is Health Transformation?
It is about creating a governance structure made for Anishinabek by Anishinabek. What does this mean? It means creating an organization that will…
(more…)By Jesse Johnson
NORTH BAY – In late March, members of the Health Transformation Team visited the Southwest and Southeast regions to discuss Health Transformation and what that could mean for those communities.
(more…)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.
(more…)By Jesse Johnson
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).
(more…)By Jesse Johnson
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”.
(more…)By Jesse Johnson
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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