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Indigenous health counts: understanding and addressing the colonial architecture of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis health information systems in Canada

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When: Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 12–1 p.m.

Where: Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96157872297, Meeting ID: 961 5787 2297. Meeting password: 818247

Who: Janet Smylie, MD, FCFP, MPH; Director, Well Living House and Active Staff Physician, Family and Community Medicine at SMH, Unity Health Toronto; Professor, Epidemiology and Social Behavioural Health Sciences, DLSPH and Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Tier 1 CRC in Advancing Generative Health Services for Indigenous Populations in Canada; Adjunct Scientist, ICES

Topic: Indigenous health counts: understanding and addressing the colonial architecture of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis health information systems in Canada

Learning objectives

  1. Describe how colonial approaches persistently inform FNIM health information systems in Canada
  2. Critically reflect on how specific datasets engage/do not engage the people from whom the data was collected
  3. Identify at least one barrier in ICES systems that perpetuates social exclusion or health inequities of specific population subgroups
  4. Describe one or more ideas for enhancing population level engagement in health information systems at ICES and beyond
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