Whats Being Described

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Whats BeingDescribed

• Why and how this document was developed
• Whats in it (and whats not)
• Whats next

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Whats in theName

• Kim ma pii pi tsi
• Blackfoot word
• Can be interpreted/translated as Caring for
  Life
• Intended to
• recognize local historical territory
• privilege Aboriginal people

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Why aDocument
Develop and implement a process for public
participation that privileges the Aboriginal
community to inform the directional
document. Communicate the Strategic Intent and
Direction for Aboriginal Health in the Calgary
Health Region.
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The Aboriginal Health Programs first Directional
Document spanned two years and included a public
participation process. It was the first public
document that described the program and its goals.
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Audiences

• External
• Community Leaders
• Inform and educate
• Planning tool
• Demonstrate leadership and cultural competency

• Internal Leaders and Managers
• Inform and educate
• Planning tool
• Aligned with Regions Strat Plan and CSD

Create Champions
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Key messages

• There are many strengths within the Aboriginal
  communities
• There are significant health disparities
• Customized programs are important
• It is vital and important that Region programs
  and the Aboriginal community members work
  together as Champions

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ProjectOrganization

• Project Charter
• Authorized by Executive Sponsors
• Project Steering Committee
• Project Team

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SteeringCommittee

• Brett Hodson (co-chair)
• Dr. Lorne Clearsky (co-chair)
• Casey Eagle Speaker (Recognized Elder)
• Tyler White (Treaty 7 Health Directors)
• Louise Crane (CUAI Health Domain)
• Janice Popp (SACYHN)
• Cheryl Gardner (Mental Health)
• Kari Simonson (Rural)
• Bretta Maloff (Healthy Living)
• Linda Okanee (Aboriginal Health)
• Chelsea Crowshoe (Aboriginal Health)

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ProjectTeam

• Brett Hodson (Aboriginal Health)
• Linda Okanee (Aboriginal Health)
• Chelsea Crowshoe (Aboriginal Health)
• Donna Yazlovasky (Aboriginal Health)
• Lindsay Heintz (Communications)
• Farah Bandali (Community Development)
• Carol Crowe (Indigenous Visions Inc.)
• Karin Hoernig (aha! Initiatives)

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Two World Approach

• Indigenous Worldview
• Oral tradition, sacred teachings and ceremony

Western-Euro Worldview Reductionist, partitioned
science and statistics
Different Ways of Knowing Both valid and
important to Kim ma pii pi tsi as a document for
change
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Gathering ofInformation

• 75 focus groups participants
• Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal
• First Nations, Metis, Inuit
• Urban, Rural
• Agency and Community
• Elders
• Follow up interviews and story gathering
• Utilization of existing reports and descriptive
  data

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Focus GroupProcess
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Organization ofInformation
Supporting Information
Community Voices
Preferred Pathway
Guides for Action
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Other Design Elements

• A document that people wouldnt want to put down
• Inclusive/respects diversity and local territory
• Sharing of sacred teachings and Did you know
  facts throughout

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Whats not here

• How to manual
• A set of defined and specific population health
  targets

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StrategicDirections

• One Vision, Many Journeys
• Community Engagement and Sharing
• Cultural Respect
• Customized Approach for Aboriginal People
• Our Future Health Workforce
• Our Future Generations
• Big Sky Community Partnerships

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ProgramMission

• Wellness, Balance and Connectedness

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SacredTeachings

• Each of the seven sacred teachings is a desirable
  value for supporting a healthy life by honouring
  ourselves, other people, and mother earth
  respecting all life

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Circle of Life

• reminds us of the continuum of life
• four components of health and well-being
• life can not be partitioned based upon age,
  connection to others, the land, or ancestors

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CommunityParticipation
Input
Collaboration
Engagement
Empowerment

• Champions
• Share ideas
• Collective knowledge
• Community Protocols

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EngagementProcess
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CulturalRespect

• Ethno-centric to Ethno-relative practice
• Move from victim blaming
• Truth-telling and Myth-busting
• Inclusive of Indigenous belief systems/world view
• Physical spaces reflect Aboriginal community

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CustomizedPrograms

• Programs to address inequities and disparities
• Indigenous healing practices
• Finding out and sharing what works
• Distribute Leadership

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FutureWorkforce

• Recruitment and retention for representative
  workforce
• Employer of Choice
• Social and economic benefits
• Service benefits
• Prepare the workplace/workforce to be culturally
  safe

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FutureGenerations

• Coordination of Services
• Health Promotion
• Suicide prevention
• Healthy Families
• Role models
• Hope and Future Focus
• Historical and Intergenerational Impact

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Declaration

• We will raise a generation of First Nation,
  Inuit and Métis children and youth who do not
  have to recover from their childhoods. It starts
  now, with all our strength, courage, wisdom, and
  commitment.
• -Many Hands, One Dream

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Big Sky

• Address Inequities
• Develop Formal Relationships
• Service agreements
• Mutual understanding
• Overcome Jurisdictional Issues
• Connect people

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What Now?

• Build components into Annual Business Plan(s)
• Identify opportunities for alignment with other
  Business/Service Plans (e.g. rural, chronic
  disease, mental health etc.)
• Work with community partners to align strategic
  directions
• Monitor progress and provide feedback within the
  Region and to the community

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• It is through
• the eyes of
• the community
• that we will all
• know when we
• have succeeded.

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More Information

• http//www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/hecomm/aborigina
  l/

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