Indigenous Wellbeing

Reconciling Relationships and Building Alliances

Education and Community Engagement as a Cornerstone of Culturally-Safe Care

Our programming and initiatives strive to create institutional change across four strategic areas:

CEREMONIAL WISE PRACTICES GUIDE

Supporting & Facilitating Indigenous Ceremonial Practices Within Healthcare Institutions.

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HISTORICAL TIMELINE

Colonialist Legislation and Indigenous Rights Documents, Commissions, Inquiries and Reports:

1493 Papal Bull Inter Caetera (Doctrine of Discovery)
1763 Royal Proclamation
1868 Rupert’s Land Act [PDF]
1876 The Indian Act (last amended in 2019)
1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)
1969 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
1970 Citizens Plus (Red Paper)
1979 The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
1989 International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (No. 169)
1990 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC)
1996 Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP)
1998 First Nations Information Governance Centre First Nations Principles of OCAP (Ownership, Collaboration, Access, and Possession of Data)
2005 Kelowna Accord [PDF]
2005 Jordan’s Principle
2006 Aboriginal Healing Foundation Summary Points of the AHF Final Report [PDF]
2006 Guidelines for the Ethical Engagement of Young People, FN Caring Society [PDF]
2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
2010 Principles of ethical Metis Research [PDF]
2015 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), Calls to Action
2018 National Inuit Strategy of Research (ITK)
2018 Tri-Council Policy (statement around research with Indigenous peoples)
2018 Bringing Reconciliation to Healthcare in Canada: Wise Practices for Healthcare Leaders [PDF]
2019 Indigenous Health Primer [PDF]
2019 Indigenous Health Values and Principles Statement, Second Edition [PDF]
2019 National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Calls for Justice [DOCX]
2019 Land Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
2020 Joyce’s Principle Paper
2021 Cash Back: A Yellowhead Institute Red Paper
2022 The Gladue Principles, A Guide to the Jurisprudence [PDF]

Indigenous Wellbeing

Reconciling Relationships and Building Alliances

Education and Community Engagement as a Cornerstone of Culturally-Safe Care

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CEREMONIAL WISE PRACTICES GUIDE

HISTORICAL TIMELINE

Our Governance Circles of Concentricity

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