Objectives
Convene regional and national knowledge mobilization meetings in both official languages.
- Engage in community-based priority-setting activities at regional meetings;
- Establish and Support Indigenous Women’s and Girls’ Health Hubs;
Create and share inventory of evidence-based programs/interventions for diverse groups of girls, women, and gender-diverse people.
- Widespread and frequent integrated knowledge translation (iKT).
Foster scale-up of newly generated and existing knowledge and models of practice (e.g. programs, interventions).
- Plan for sustainability;
- High-quality governance.
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On a national level, we encourage all Canadians and visitors to Canada, to learn about the Indigenous people of the lands on which they live, work or visit, and become engaged allies together. We, as Canadians, in the spirit of truth and reconciliation, respect the self-determination of First Nations, Métis and Inuit, and their rights and responsibilities in cultures, languages and the pursuit of wellness.
The AVA Health Research Training Platform is located at the University of Calgary, in the heart of Southern Alberta, both acknowledges and pays tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).
