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

Janet Smylie