NCCIH: Innovative public health messaging on COVID-19 and Indigenous peoples

Virtual Series on First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and COVID-19

The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) is pleased to present a four-part virtual series that will look at the experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and communities with COVID-19.

Themes to be explored include: Indigenous governance and self-determination in planning and responding to COVID-19; socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 on the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples; data collection on COVID-19 cases in First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations and communities; and innovative public health messaging on COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples.

The series will run over four Wednesdays in January (13th, 20th, 27th) and February 3, 2021 from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM PST or 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST.

This session, Innovative public health messaging on COVID-19 and Indigenous Peoples, brings together expert speakers who work in regional and national Indigenous organizations across Canada, including:

• Regional Chief Marlene Poitras and Regional Chief Kevin Hart, Assembly of First Nations
• Patricia D'Souza, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
• Tanya Davoren, Métis National Council
• Jocelyn Formsma, National Association of Friendship Centres
• Hagar Idlout-Sudlovenick, Qikiqtani Inuit Association

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