Reconciliation, public health and knowledge translation
In this blog post, Senior Knowledge Translation Specialist Sume Ndumbe-Eyoh explores how the NCCDH has sought to incorporate reconciliation in our organizational practice.
Why is a white woman like me talking about racism and partnerships?
In this blog post, Knowledge Translation Specialist Dianne Oickle reflects on her experiences as a white woman moderating a workshop on racism in public health partnerships.
Multisectoral initiatives and relationship-building to address early childhood health equity
In this blog post, Knowledge Translation Specialist Dianne Oickle discusses what to consider for multisectoral and relational work to address early childhood health inequities in Canada.
Reflections of a Black woman on racism, Indigeneity and Otherness in Canada
This blog post is part of a series on an anti-racism initiative at the NCCDH. The post is a personal reflection authored by an NCCDH staff member and is focused on her experiences of racism as a Black woman, intersections between settler colonialism and colonialism experienced elsewhere and reflections on relationships with Indigeneity.
Considering equity in public health and health systems: An example from northwestern Ontario
In this blog post by epidemiologist Brianne Wood, the author discusses the use of data to shape practice at the Thunder Bay District Health Unit and the North West Local Health Integration Network, where she works.
Indigenous cultural safety: Necessary for Indigenous health
In this blog post, I unpack some of the concepts discussed in a recent NCCDH-hosted webinar on Indigenous health promotion, tying them to ideas brought up in a workshop on Indigenous cultural safety at TOPHC 2018. I am a White settler who lives and works in Waterloo, Ontario, on the Haldimand Tract, the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishnaabeg and Haudenosauonee peoples.
NCCs collaborate on a national forum, focus on eliminating TB in northern Indigenous communities
Back in early February, four NCCs came together to host an NCC Knowledge Exchange Forum Towards TB Elimination in Northern and Indigenous Communities.
Plenary from Public Health 2017: Racism in Society
One way that public health organizations can help dismantle racism is by facilitating conversations about how racial inequity plays out in social, scientific and legislative arenas. It is with this aim that I moderated the closing plenary session at the annual pan-Canadian public health gathering, Public Health 2017, in Halifax, NS, located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.
First Nations Taking Action on the SDH: Reflections from CPHA 2017
When I attended the Public Health 2017 conference this past summer in Halifax, NS, (in Mi’kmaki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People), there were multiple resources from the First Nations Health Directors Association (FNHDA) of British Columbia that I found very interesting. One of the other resources the FNHDA shared also caught my attention: the Social Determinants of Health Discussion Guide, created by the First Nations Health Council (FNHC) in BC.
Symposium: Decolonizing our relationships through lateral kindness
At a symposium held at the Public Health 2017 conference, we learned about the concept of lateral kindness — a deliberate attempt by Indigenous communities to counter the lateral violence experienced as a result of colonization in Canada.