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Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Gathering Our Voices Building Capacity, Building Bridges November 19-21, 2012 Crowne Plaza, Moncton, NB

Table of Contents

Item Page

Agenda…………………………………………………………………………………..…………………………………………………………….. 4

Conference Summary………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7

Presented Biographies and Workshop Synopsis

 Elder Imelda Perley………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8  Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, FNFCS………………………………………………………………….. 9  Workshop A1 Food Security in First Nations Communities…………………………………………….. 10  Workshop A2 “Mapping the Way”.………………………………………………………………………………… 11  Workshop A3 OCAP……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12  Workshop B1 Community Mobilization During Crisis……………………………………………………… 13  Workshop B2 Maliseet Mental Wellness Team Partnership……………………………………………. 14  Workshop B3 Health Services for Two Spirited People……………………………………………………. 15  Workshop C1 Building Healthy Relationships with your Hep C / HIV positive staff…………. 16  Workshop C2 Traditional Medicine………………………………………………………………………………… 17  Workshop C3 Community Based Research…………………………………………………………………….. 18  Workshop D1 Self-Care for Health Care Workers…………………………………………………………… 20  Workshop D2 The Social Determinants of Health………………………………………………………….. 21  Workshop D3 Cancer in First Nations Communities……………………………………………………… 22  Workshop E1 Reclaiming Our Ancestral Footsteps…………………………………………………………. 23  Workshop E2 Canada Blood Services OneMatch……………………………………………………………. 24  Workshop E3 FASD Building Relationships……………………………………………………………………… 25  Closing Speaker, John Sylliboy……………………………………………………………...... 27

Workshop Evaluation Responses

 Workshop A1 Food Security in First Nations Communities…………………………………………… 28  Workshop A2 “Mapping the Way”……………………………………………………………………………….. 30  Workshop A3 OACP……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 32  Workshop B1 Community Mobilization During Crisis……………………………………………………. 34  Workshop B2 Maliseet Mental Wellness Team Partnership………………………………………….. 36  Workshop B3 Health Services for Two Spirited People ………………………………………………… 38  Workshop C1 Building Healthy Relationships with your Hep C / HIV positive staff………… 39  Workshop C2 Traditional Medicine……………………………………………………………………………….. 40  Workshop C3 Community Based Research ……………………………………………………………………. 42  Workshop D1 Self-Care for Health Care Workers …………………………………………………………… 44  Workshop D2 The Social Determinants of Health ………………………………………………………….. 46  Workshop D3 Cancer in First Nations Communities ………………………………………………………. 48  Workshop E1 Reclaiming Our Ancestral Footsteps ………………………………………………………… 50  Workshop E2 Canada Blood Services OneMatch …………………………………………………………… 52

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 Workshop E3 FASD Building Relationships ……………………………………………………………………… 54  Overall Conference Evaluation………………………………………………………………………………………… 56

Appendices  Appendix: Participants List

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Agenda Sunday, November 18, 2012

Early registration in the Foyer of the Crowne Plaza, Moncton, New Brunswick 6:00pm – 8:00pm There will be booth displays throughout the conference located in the Kent Room off the Main Lobby

Monday, November 19, 2012

8:00am-9:15am Registration and Meet and Greet

Welcome and Opening Speaker (15 minutes) 9:15am-10:45am  Opening Prayer: Elder Imelda Perley  Chief Candice Paul (APC Co-chair) and Chief Deborah Robinson (APC Co-Chair)

Opening Speaker – Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director, First Nations Caring Society Location: Ballroom

10:45am-11:00am Nutrition and Stretch Break Workshop A:1 Workshop A:2 Workshop A:3

Food Security In First Nations “Mapping the Way” OCAP Communities Corrections Canada/Nunatsiavut Fundy Room 11:00am – 12:00pm Westmoreland Room Government/ Sheshatshui Focus: Child & Youth for Access to Service/Crime Prevention Carleton/Albert Room

12:15pm-1:00pm Lunch Break – Lunch will be Provided in the Ballroom 1:15pm-2:15pm First Nations Advocacy - Panel Discussion. How do we understand advocacy? Location: Ballroom 2:15pm – 3:15pm First Nations Advocacy World Café (1) What is advocacy, how do we do it? (2) What does advocacy mean in the First Nations context? (3) Who are

best positioned to advocate on behalf of First Nations? (4) Who are our allies? Location: Ballroom 3:15pm-3:30pm Nutrition Break Workshop B:1 Workshop B:2 Workshop B:3

Community Mobilization During Maliseet Mental Wellness Team Health Services for Two Spirited 3:30pm-4:30pm Crisis. Case study of Pictou Partnership between 5 Maliseet People Landing and the Bath Salts Issue FNs/NB Prov./FNIH Westmoreland Room A Case Study Fundy Room Carleton/Albert Room 4:30-5:00pm Networking Session 7:00 – 8:00pm Cultural Events. There will be three (3) cultural events/workshops that you may attend. (1) Healing Through the Drum in the Westmoreland Room (2) Mi’kmaq Birthing Practices in the Carleton Room (3) Healing with Stones in the Fundy Room Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Workshop C:1 Workshop C:2 Workshop C:3

Building Healthy Relationships Traditional Medicine Community Based Research 9:30am – 10:30am with your Hep C and/or HIV Carleton/Albert Room Fundy Room positive staff Westmoreland Room

10:30am – 10:45am Nutrition and Stretch Break Workshop D:1 Workshop D:2 Workshop D:3

Self-Care for Health Care The Social Determinants of Health Cancer in First Nations Communities 10:45am – 11:45am Workers Carleton/Albert Room Fundy Room Westmoreland Room

12:00pm – 2:00pm Honouring Our People Awards Luncheon – Plated Lunch Will Be Served Location: Ballroom 2:15pm – 3:15pm Workshop E:1 Workshop E:2 Workshop E:3

Reclaiming Our Ancestral Canada Blood Services OneMatch FASD Building Relationships

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Footsteps Carleton/Albert Room Fundy Room Westmoreland Room 3:15pm-3:45pm Closing Speaker : What Have We Learned and How Can We Use it in Our Work – John Sylliboy Closing Remarks : Debra Keays-White, Regional Director, FNIHB Atlantic Region Location: Ballroom 3:45pm-4:00pm Final Evaluation Prize Draw Location: Ballroom

4:00pm Closing Prayer Elder Imelda Perley

Wednesday, November 21, 2012 Please attend the Professional Development Topic that you Registered For Professional Development 9:00am – 4:00pm Aboriginal Financial Conflict Management in the First Nations Health Managers RE-act Training. How to identify Management Workplace Association Elder Abuse in First Nations Albert Room Westmoreland Room Prior Learning Assessment and communities Recognition (PLAR) Carleton Room Fundy Room Notes on the Agenda: •All presenter biographies and workshop synopsis’ can be found on your USB key in your conference package. If you would like to know what is going on, we also have the printed version at the registration table for you to look at. •Please take the time to fill out your individual workshop evaluations as well as the overall conference evaluation. Your input is important to us and we use the information for planning the next conference. •There are volunteers at the registration table, please feel free to ask them any questions you may have. •There will be a door prize at the end of the conference before the closing remarks. You will receive a ticket before the closing speaker to win a weekend package in Moncton with one night hotel stay at the Crowne Plaza, a $50.00 gift card to empire cinema and a $100.00 gift card for dinner. You must be present to receive the prize. The Health Conference Planning Committee hopes you enjoy the conference!

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Conference Summary

The theme of the Atlantic First Nations Health Conference this year was “Gathering Our Voices, Building Capacity, Building Bridges” The intent of the conference and the panel discussion was to start a discussion on advocacy for First Nations health issues: who are the advocates, how do we advocate and who are our allies? Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director for the First Nations Family and Children Caring Society opened the conference discussing the situation of First Nations children in the child welfare system and the Human Rights Tribunal Hearing currently taking place in Ottawa. Workshops focused on partnerships and collaboration. For example, the Maliseet Mental Wellness Team presented as well as the Nunatsiavut Mental Wellness Team. There were also workshops on Food Security, Self-Care for the Health Care Worker, the Social Determinants of Health and the Bath Salts Issue in Pictou Landing. We had a plenary panel discussion on advocacy and who are First Nations allies. The panel presenters included Bonnie Polchies from Woodstock First Nation, Megan Leslie, Member of Parliament, Philippa Pictou, Health Director at Pictou Landing First Nation and Paul O’Hara, a social worker at the North End Community Health Centre in Halifax.

Honouring Our People Awards were given out to Elder Imelda Perley, Margaret Levy from Metepenagiag, Tom Sylliboy and Vincent Stevens from Eskasoni, and Barbara Broom from First Nations and Inuit Health. The lifetime achievement award was presented to Val Polchies from Woodstock First Nation for his years of dedication and service to First Nations in the field of addictions.

Four training sessions were also offered to the participants including Re:Act Training, How to Identify Elder Abuse in First Nations Communities, Aboriginal Financial Management, The PLAR, (Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition for Health Managers) and Conflict Resolution. Approximately 60 participants stayed the third day and participated in the training sessions. Evaluations indicate that the conference was a success and informational.

Presenter’s Biographies and Workshop Synopsis

Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Elder – Imelda Perley

Imelda Perley is Wolastoqew (Maliseet) from Maliseet Nation at Tobique, St. Mary’s First Nation and Houlton Band of Maliseets (United States). Imelda holds a B.A. and M.Ed. both from the University of New Brunswick. She is a fluent speaker of Maliseet, her first language. Imelda teaches Maliseet language and Wabanaki Worldview courses at University of New Brunswick and University of Maine. She also teaches a Native Studies module at Saint Thomas University.

She is also founder and coordinator of the Wolastoq Language and Culture Centers situated at Tobique and St. Mary’s First Nations. The primary purpose of each center is to promote Wolastoq language, culture, traditions, worldviews, and ceremonies. Each center also conducts workshops that provide information pertaining to history, social, economic, political, and cultural conditions of Wolastoq communities. Imelda remains active in promoting cross-cultural awareness sessions within the public domain.

She is a member of several federal and provincial committees and provides a cultural perspective on issues discussed by the committees. These include the Provincial Scientific Advisory Council for Protected Natural Areas in New Brunswick, Social Science Humanities Research Council of Canada, and Health Canada initiatives.

In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is member of University of New Brunswick team of researchers that has received a grant to collect stories from Wolastoq Elders. Furthermore, she is the Cultural Consultant for Health Canada initiatives titled “From the Womb to Beyond” under the Maternal Child Health Program and ‘Ciw Wolakomiksuwakon (For Healthy Mind, Body, and Spirit) under Maliseet Mental Wellness. These are language and culture initiatives delivered in Wolastoq communities.

Her traditional roles within the community include Sweatlodge Keeper, Medicine Wheel Teacher, Sacred Pipe Carrier, and Keeper of the Women’s Ceremonies (e.g. Puberty, Naming and Fasting). She is also training to become a Women’s Warrior Sun Dancer. Her teachers include Traditional Wolastoq and Mi’kmaq Elders, as well as a Mayan Sundance Elder. She is a cultural advisor for community organizations, provincial and federal agencies. Her acquisition of traditional knowledge from the Elders and other cultural teachers has prompted her to remain active in environmental and cultural issues.

The Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Planning Committee is honoured that Imelda is with us this week as we work together to improve First Nations Health.

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Atlantic First Nations Health Conference 2012 Opening Speaker Cindy Blackstock

Cindy Blackstock, PhD

Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada www.fncaringsociety.com and Associate Professor, University of Alberta. A member of the Gitksan Nation, she has worked in the field of child and family services for over 20 years. An author of over 50 publications, her key interests include exploring, and addressing, the causes of disadvantage for Aboriginal children and families by promoting equitable and culturally based interventions. Current professional interests include holding fellowships with the Ashoka Foundation, J.W. McConnell Family Foundation and the Trudeau Foundation.

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Workshop A1 Food Security In First Nations Communities

Who: Jana MacKay, Confederacy if Mainland Mi’kmaq and Laurie Nicholas, MAWIW Council

What: Food Security in First Nations Communities

When and Where: Monday, November 19, 2012 (11:00am-12:00pm) in the Westmorland Room

Presenter Biographies

Jana MacKay Janna MacKay is a Registered Dietitians and Certified Diabetes Educator. In her current position as Diabetes Community Consultant with the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq, she works with 6 First Nation Communities in Mainland Nova Scotia around diabetes and nutrition programs and services. Janna is a member of the Pictou Landing First Nation and graduated from St. Francis Xavier University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition (Antigonish, NS) in 2007. She completed her dietetic internship with the Yukon First Nations Dietetic Internship Program, (Whitehorse, Yukon) in 2009. Presently, she is nearing completion of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Diploma in Sports Nutrition which she plans to use towards a Master’s Degree in Sports Nutrition in the future. Janna currently resides in New Glasgow, NS with her husband, Trevor.

Laurie Ann Nicholas is Maliseet from Neqotkuk First Nation. She is the daughter of Marilyn and Andrew Nicholas and is the second youngest of eight children. Laurie is currently employed as the Community Health Coordinator for Mawiw Council of First Nations. She graduated from St. Francis Xavier University in 1988 with a Bachelor of Science Degree with a concentration in Nutrition and Consumer Studies. Laurie completed her dietetic internship at the Ottawa Regional Dietetic Internship in 1991. She became the first Aboriginal Dietitian in the Maritimes. In 2001, Laurie co-founded the Aboriginal Nutrition Network within Dietitians of Canada. Laurie worked in First Nations health for the past 21 years in various capacities in the areas of nutrition, diabetes and health administration throughout the Maritimes , in Kanawake and Akwesasne Mohawk Territories as well as in Moose Factory, Ontario and other James Bay First Nation communities. Laurie has presented locally, regionally, nationally and internationally in the areas of nutrition, health careers and diabetes.

Workshop Overview

What is Food Security? What does it mean for our communities? A look into the challenges of achieving food security in First Nation communities. Highlights from National, Regional and community initiatives will be presented. As well, an overview of current research and program initiatives being completed in the Atlantic Region will be discussed.

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Workshop A2 Mapping the Way

Who: Mary Sheppard, Clinical Lead and Zita White, Project Coordinator

What: “Mapping the Way” Corrections Canada/Nunatsiavut Government/ Sheshatshiu

Focus: Child & Youth for Access to Service/Crime Prevention

When and Where: Monday, November 19, 2012 (11:00am-12:00pm) in the Fundy Room

Presenter Biographies

Mary Sheppard has worked in the field of social work in Labrador for over twenty years. She has had a varied career encompassing child protection, community development and addictions and mental health. Mary is currently the clinical manager for the Mapping the Way project. She oversees all clinical initiatives and works closely with community wellness teams to ensure best practices are implemented in working with children youth and families in the communities the project serves.

Zita White has worked in the field of education and social work in various communities in Labrador over the past thirty years. She has traveled extensively throughout the Big Land (Labrador) and has built alliances with many community partners. Zita is currently the project coordinator with Mapping the Way. Her role is to oversee the administration of the project and to ensure that as much as possible, the traveling team feels at home in all communities.

Workshop Overview

The Mapping the Way project is built on the premise that services that work together, toward a common purpose, and are integrated, will be more effective in meeting the needs of children and youth in our communities. In Labrador, aboriginal communities continue to experience distress associated with their histories of oppression, dependence, marginalization, relocation and dislocation. Because most of the Labrador Aboriginal communities are isolated and spread out over a large geographical area, the project links a traveling multidisciplinary clinical team with community based Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Services, thereby combining the skills and knowledge of all those involved in the delivery of mental health and addictions services. An overview of the Mapping the Way project will be presented and participants will be given the opportunity to participate in a discussion about lessons learned in integrating services and working with children and youth.

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Workshop A3 OCAP

Who: Jane Gray and Bonnie Healy

What: OCAP

When and Where: Monday, November 19, 2012 (11:00am-12:00pm) in the Fundy Room

Presenter Biographies

Bonnie Healy Aapooyaki/Bonnie is a Blackfoot woman. She is a member of the Blood Tribe located in Southern Alberta. She Graduated as a Registered Nurse from the University of Alberta School of Nursing and has worked as a Registered Nurse for the past 23 years in various nursing positions from working with Intravenous Drug Users of the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, as a Community Health Nurse in her own community and other First Nations Communities. She currently works as the Operations Manager for AFNIGC. Bonnie is active in her Traditional Way of Life in Ceremony. She is a strong advocate and has dedicated the past couple of years towards the development of the National Stand Alone Entity (FNIGC) and the Regional Centre (AFNIGC). She was one of the Inaugural Board Members of FNIGC as the AB Representative. She has spent much of her career to improving the Health Status of First Nations both on and off Reserve.

Jane Gray is a Mi’gmaq from the community of Listuguj, Quebec, Canada. She has held positions at the community, regional and national level in an active health career spanning 25 years advocating for improvements in First Nations health. She is a strong promoter of First Nations self-determination in the area of research. She considers herself a Data Warrior and upholds the First Nations Principles of Ownership, Control, Access and Possession (OCAP). She dedicates and commits herself to improving the health status of First Nations through research. She currently holds the position as the National Projects Manager and oversees the First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) and the First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey being conducted by the First Nations Information Governance Centre.

Workshop Overview

Background on the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC)

 What is OCAP?  First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) and OCAP - Information Governance in Practice  OCAP Trade Mark and OCAP Certification  Alberta-FNIGC – regional model

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Workshop B1 Community Mobilization During Crisis

Who: Philippa Pictou and Laurie Phalen

What: Community Mobilization During Crisis. Case study of Pictou Landing and the Bath Salts Issue

When and Where: Monday, November 19, 2012 (3:30pm-4:30pm) in the Westmoreland Room

Presenter Biographies

Philippa Pictou is currently the Health Director for Pictou Landing First Nation. Philippa is a proud mother, foster mother and grandmother who lives on a small hobby farm outside Truro. Philippa has a Master of Social Work Degree from Dalhousie and a Certificate in Community Development from Henson College and has vast experience working and volunteering in community organizations and with all levels of government. Her lifelong passion for Social Activism has led her to intentionally advocate for inclusion, equity, fairness and justice both personally and professionally.

She was honoured to receive the Rebel with a Cause Award from the Elizabeth Fry Society, and the Honouring Our People Award from the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs.

Laurie Phalen is currently the Community Health Nurse/Home Care Nurse for Pictou Landing First Nation. Majority Laurie has extensive experience working in Vancouver, BC where she worked at the Vancouver General Hospital in the Emergency Department and BC Women’s hospital doing High Risk Labour and Delivery. While working at BC Women’s she had the opportunity to provide support and care to pregnant women who had addictions to various substances. She also had the opportunity to get some training working in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. This exposure is what initially sparked Laurie’s interest in working with people/communities around the issues related to addiction and harm reduction strategies. She has been very involved in developing training about Bath Salts and Prescription drug abuse in Pictou County, and in mobilizing Pictou Landing about Bath Salts.

Workshop Overview

When Pictou County became the “Bath Salts Capital” of Canada earlier this year, Pictou Landing First Nation was already working with the Police/Hospital Liaison Committee to address drug abuse. The community was able to quickly mobilize to educate the community about the dangers of this drug, and raise awareness of its potential presence in the community. When the committee began trying to make it illegal in Canada we were told that it would take five years, but with working together and involving media strategically it only took five months. This workshop will provide information on what Bath Salts are, why they are a problem and what Pictou Landing First Nation has done to mobilize around them.

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Workshop B2 Maliseet Mental Wellness Team

Who: Roxanne Sappier, Health Director Tobique First Nation and Steve Christie, Director of Addictions and Mental Health Services for the Fredericton and Upper River Valley Area

What: Maliseet Mental Wellness Team Partnership between 5 Maliseet FNs/NB Prov./FNIH. A Case Study

When and Where: Monday, November 19, 2012 (3:30pm-4:30pm) in the Albert/Carleton Room

Presenter Biographies

Roxanne Sappier, is a proud Wolastoq woman from the Tobique First Nation. She attended Indian Day School until she was 10. After graduating from High School in 1983, she studied Office Management from the Atlantic Business Collage. She then obtained her Certificate of Health Administration from the University of New Brunswick and her Certificate of Social Work from the University of St. Thomas. She completed the Mikmaw- Maliseet Bachelor of Social Work program with St. Thomas University.

Mrs. Sappier has a 25+ year work history with the Tobique First Nation in various management positions. She has been the Director of Health for the Tobique First Nation community since 1999. She sits on committees and special project teams that address the health priorities for her home community of Tobique.

Roxanne enjoys family and community time. She has been happily married to Lyndon Sappier for the past 23 years and has two beautiful children Grace age 8 and Josh age 19.

Steve Christie is the Director of Addictions and Mental Health Services for the Fredericton and Upper River Valley Area. During the past three years while Steve has been in this position, he has been heavily involved in the Maliseet Nations Mental Wellness Team Pilot Project. Involvement in the project has enabled Steve to become more aware of the needs in Aboriginal Communities and to begin the change process in our services are delivered in these communities. Prior to this position, Steve has held a number of Management positions in the Healthcare, Finance and Municipal Government sectors. Outside of work Steve tries to keep up with the many activities of his three daughters and wife, Shiona. Golf, squash and canoeing are other areas of interest.

Workshop Overview

The Maliseet Mental Wellness Team Pilot Project is one of nine pilot sites funded nationally across Canada. This presentation will share the project background, the framework, accomplishments, including the recent evaluation findings and future work ahead. Presentation will also provide perspectives from both the Tobique First Nation Community and the largest Regional Health Authority of New Brunswick, Horizon Health Network on this important collaborative wellness project.

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Workshop B3 Health Services for Two-Spirited People

Who: John Sylliboy, AHHRI Coordinator, APC

What: Health Services for Two-Spirited People

When and Where: Monday, November 19, 2012 (3:30pm-4:30pm) in the Fundy Room

Presenter Biographies

John Robert is a member of the Eskasoni and Millbrook First Nations and currently resides in Halifax. He has a Bachelor of International Relations from Costa Rica’s National University. John has lived and worked in the education field in Costa Rica, Washington, DC and Colombia in both English and Spanish.

Sylliboy is experienced in working in administration and marketing for second language development services in Latin America. As a teacher for ten years, John focused on bilingual learning curriculum development (English/Spanish) for Political Science, World History, and Social Studies for secondary schools in Central America. John is fluent in Mi’kmaq, English and Spanish.

In 2007, John began work at APC as the Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative (AHHRI) Coordinator and has gained extensive insight into Atlantic First Nations education. John also worked as assistant research coordinator on the Atlantic Economic Development Integrated Research Program, which enabled him to work closely with Elders on projects for research and traditional knowledge.

He is currently enrolled in a Master’s program at Mount Saint Vincent University in Education Foundations and aims to research the development of Two Eyed Seeing in the Graduate Studies for Education.

Workshop Overview

Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance (W2SA)

The W2SA is an Atlantic group that offers support on educational and cultural matters in reference to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and two spirit people. The presentation will discuss the role of the W2SA and the initiatives lead by the group in reference to health, education and suicide prevention.

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Workshop C1 Building Healthy Relationships with your Hep C and/or HIV positive staff

Who: Gabe Saunlier, Healing Our Nations

What: Building Healthy Relationships with your Hep C and/or HIV positive staff

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (9:30am-10:30amm) in the Westmoreland Room

Presenter Biographies

I am a 2-Spirited First Nations man born in L’sitkuk First Nation (Bear River) in Nova Scotia. I have been involved in the field of HIV/AIDS since the early 1990’s. I am presently a Community Health Educator with Healing Our Nations (HON) based in Dartmouth, NS. I work primarily with persons of Aboriginal/First Nation descent and First Nation communities and organizations in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. I received my formal education at Universite Ste Anne (BA ‘98), and the Dalhousie School of Social Work (BSW ‘00, MSW ‘01). I am also currently doing intervention research with HON. I am very passionate about Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV/AIDS and those who are infected and affected by this condition. I have a background in addictions, social work and working with not-for-profit agencies.

Workshop Overview

This workshop focuses on Hep C and HIV/AIDS in Communities and the workplace. The attendee will leave the workshop with a better understanding of how the HEP C and HIV/AIDS viruses can be transmitted. Another element of the workshop is designed to be interactive as well as educational.

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Workshop C2 Traditional Medicine

Who: Tuma Young and Flo Young

What: Traditional Medicine

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (9:30am-10:30amm) in the Carlton/Albert Room

Presenter Biographies

Tuma Young is from Malagawatch First Nation, his band is Eskasoni. He is presently as assistant profession Cape Breton University (CBU) in Indigenous Studies and Political Science.

Workshop Overview

Tuma will be talking about the use of traditional medicines in Mi’kmaq culture.

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Workshop C3 Community Based Research

Who: Diana Campbell, Sheila Francis, Heather Castleton.

What: Community Based Research, Our Ancestors are in Our Water, Land, and Air: A ‘Two-Eyed Seeing’ Approach to Researching Environmental Health Concerns with Pictou Landing First Nation

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (9:30am-10:30amm) in the Fundy Room

Presenter Biographies

Diana (Dee) Campbell is a member of Indian Brook First Nation in Nova Scotia and has a Master of Resource and Environmental Management Degree from Dalhousie University. She works for the Union of Nova Scotia Indians as Director, Strategic Development. Diana is in her second year as a PhD student in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University and is focusing her research on the social and environmental justice issues around how the Pictou Landing First Nation has been impacted by the nearby Northern Pulp Mill. Diana has recently joined a national network of knowledge leaders in children’s environmental health, and is interested in focusing that involvement on issues impacting our First Nations children.

Sheila Francis is a member of Pictou Landing First Nation in Nova Scotia and is the President of the Pictou Landing Native Women’s Association. This group was recently awarded the Nora Bernard Community Activism Award in recognition of its activism involving Mi’kmaq women in Nova Scotia.

Heather Castleden is a non-Indigenous scholar and Assistant Professor in the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University. As a health geographer and community-based participatory researcher, the four ‘Rs’ of this approach to research (respect, relevance, reciprocity, and relationality) demand responsiveness to community priorities and ultimately guide her research, teaching, and service to the academy and Indigenous community partners.

Workshop Overview

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hazards and conditions, health problems, access to health care, and other environmental health issues affecting residents. We are also collecting oral histories that will assist in the reconstruction of Mi’kmaq physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual understandings of Boat Harbour over time and within its unique cultural, political, and historical context; as well as amassing Mi’kmaq perspectives and mapping community activities with respect to the interactions people have with the lands, water, and air surrounding Boat Harbour. From there, we will collect and compare baseline water and air quality data with existing data to determine the current state of the Boat Harbour ecosystem (and, as much as possible, changes over time) and finally, we aim to identify the current water- and air-borne contaminants present to determine associated human health risks. Unlike other research and work previously completed, this study is designed by and with the women to document physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. Ultimately, the community- academic research team will use the data to generate a plan, providing suggestions for what Pictou Landing First Nation, Pictou county residents, government, industry, the academy, collectively, are going to do about the legacy of pollution at Boat Harbour.

Workshop C:3 Community Based Research

Who: Nathaniel Pollock

What: Community partnerships for research and action on suicide: Experiences from central and northern Labrador

Presenter Biography

Nathaniel Pollock is a 3rd year PhD student from the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University. His research is focused on improving community and health system approaches to suicide prevention in Labrador. This work involves partnerships with the regional health authority and First Nations and Inuit governments in central and northern Labrador. Nathaniel works out of the Labrador Institute, where he also coordinates the Inuit Bachelor of Social Work program. He lives with his family in Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

Workshop Synopsis

This presentation describes methods used to engage Aboriginal and health care stakeholders in research on suicide in central and northern Labrador. The project emphasizes the development of local knowledge to understand the factors that influence suicide risk and improve community and health system approaches to suicide prevention. The presentation will also discuss the community consultation activities and review the themes that have emerged from the process.

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Workshop D1 Self-Care for Health Care Workers

Who: Andrea Currie

What: Self-Care for Health Care Workers

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (10:45am-11:45am) in the Westmoreland Room

Presenter Biographies

Andrea Currie grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is a member of the Métis Nation. She is the mother of one daughter, Rowan, and a member of We’koqma’qewiskwa, a women’s traditional hand-drumming group from We’koqma’q First Nation. She has worked as the Clinical Therapist in We’koqma’q for the past nine years, where she offers individual, couple and family counselling as well as facilitating self-help support groups with residential school survivors, community members living with cancer, and two-spirited people. In the new year, she and some community members will be starting a group to provide support to those living with chronic mental illness. Andrea has learned first-hand how important self-care is to health care providers in our First Nations communities. In this workshop, she will offer an experiential introduction to a number of self-care strategies, including stretching, meditation, guided visualization, music, and laughter. Wear comfortable clothes!”

Workshop Overview

See above

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Workshop D2 The Social Determinants of Health

Who: Dr. Verlé Harrop

What: The Social Determinants of Health

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (10:45am-11:45am) in the Carleton/Albert Room

Presenter Biographies

Dr. Verlé Harrop is an applied health researcher specializing in community-based participatory needs assessments, developmental evaluations as well as designing processes to take action on the determinants of health and health inequities. Presently, Dr. Harrop is Director of the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network (UAKN) Atlantic Research Centre, at University of New Brunswick. Before assuming this position, she was the Senior Scientist for the National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health (NCCDH), a national organization focused on knowledge translation of determinants of health and health inequities evidence for public health decision makers and practitioners. Prior to the NCCDH, Dr. Harrop was Senior Researcher and Group Leader for the NRC Institute for Information Technology’s e-Health Group located in Saint John, NB, where Dr. Harrop carried out a research program focused on a citizen owned and controlled personal health record (PHR). Dr. Harrop holds a B.Sc. O.T. from University of Toronto (1975), a SMArchS from MIT (1998), and an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in the Field of Medical Informatics from MIT (2002). She also has Adjunct Assistant Professor (Research) appointments, in the Division of Medical Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, and in the Primary Healthcare Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL.

Workshop Overview

The workshop will start with an introductory overview of what the determinants of health are, how they work and why they are important. Special attention will be paid to determinants that impact the health and wellbeing of Atlantic Canada’s Aboriginal populations. Drawing from a collaboration with the First Nations community of Eel River Bar in northern NB, Dr. Harrop will illustrate how to take action on the determinants of health. Workshop participants will then break into small groups and, using a “Taking Action on the Determinants of Health” template, will identify an inter-sectoral approach that mobilizes and leverages local community strengths and capacity. These “taking action” strategies will then be shared with the group as a whole. The workshop will conclude with a brief survey designed to help Health Canada identify priorities and inter-sectoral partners to promote action on the determinants of health.

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Workshop D3 Cancer in First Nations Communities

Who: Joanne Lucarz Simpson and Gina Doxtator

What: Cancer in First Nations Communities

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (10:45am-11:45am) in the Fundy Room

Presenter Biographies

Joanne Lucarz Simpson has a nursing background and has worked in First Nations and Inuit Health programs and services for over 30 years. Her career experience includes acute care nursing, public health nursing and management, home care nursing, nursing education, health program administration, program evaluation and policy development at the community, Tribal Council, Regional and National level. She held the position of National Coordinator of First Nations and Inuit Home and Community Care from 1999 to 2006 with Health Canada. She is currently the Knowledge and Engagement Liaison, First Nations, Inuit and Métis Cancer Control with the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer.

Gina Doxtator is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Health & Social Secretariat. Her current area of focus is on Cancer Control, Tobacco, Diabetes, and IndigenACTION files. She has worked with the AFN for six years and is a member of the Oneida Nation.

Workshop Overview

The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (Partnership) was established by the federal government to shape and oversee implementation of a national control strategy that will significantly reduce the impact of the disease on all Canadians.

The Partnership facilitated the development of the First Nations, Inuit and Métis Action Plan on Cancer Control, engaging First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, patients and organizations involved in cancer control and chronic disease prevention. The Action Plan has been supported by the national Aboriginal organizations—Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and Métis National Council—as well as approved by the Partnership’s Advisory Committee on First Nations, Inuit and Métis Cancer Control (which includes representatives from the Public Health Agency of Canada, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies, Canadian Cancer Society, as well as First Nations, Inuit and Métis cancer survivors). Implementation of the Action Plan is now underway and the workshop will share the early learning’s and engage participants to share their feedback and identify priorities in cancer control. The feedback will help to inform next steps in advancing cancer control for and with First Nations.

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Workshop E1 Reclaiming Our Ancestral Footsteps

Who: Derwin Joseph, Edward Perley and Harrison Milliea

What: Reclaiming Our Ancestral Footsteps

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (2:15pm-3:15pm) in the Westmoreland Room

Presenter Biographies

Derwin (DJ) Joseph is a Mi’kmaq from Elsipogtog First Nation. DJ has been working in the Mental Health Field for 7 years divided between his home community, and the Canadian Red Cross. With the Red Cross DJ was the Aboriginal Coordinator for RespectED Atlantic Zone, and was mandated to organize the introduction of the program’s Aboriginal specific curriculum entitled “Walking the Prevention Circle” in First Nations communities throughout NB, NS, PEI, and NL. DJ is presently working as Elsipogtog’s Manager of Wellness and Community Development and is responsible for ensuring accountable operation of a number of community programs and projects pertaining to youth and community issues related to overall wellness.

Edward Perley is a Maliseet Elder from Neqotkuk First Nation. Edward has been involved in culture, ceremonies and working with youth for the past 30 years. Ed has worked and travelled across North America. Currently, Edward is involved with various initiatives such as the Canadian Army Recruitment Program; Crime Prevention Program, John Howard Society; First Nations Inmate Re- Integration Program, Correction Services Canada and with Tobique First Nation Back to School Initiative and as the Youth Prevention worker. Previously, Ed worked as an addictions counsellor, community police officer and was on Band Council for 20 years. Edward is married and has three children and three grandchildren.

Harrison Milliea is a proud father of 4 children and member of the Migmag community of Elsipogtog, the largest First Nation in New Brunswick. He is a well-recognized and a highly sought-out leader in First Nation suicide prevention and crisis management. As supervisor of the Elsipogtog Crisis Centre since 2002, Harrison has played a pivotal role in developing and executing successful crisis response strategies not only to his community, but many First Nation and Inuit Communities in Canada. Harrison provides advisory support to a number of regional and national suicide prevention organizations. Harrison is very passionate about his language and his culture. This passion manifests itself through Harrsion’s active involvement in a NAYSPS demonstration project, traditional community conflict resolution activities (Apigsigtoagen), in restorative justice sentencing circles and in various community initiatives that promote and restore the community’s culture and language.

Workshop Overview

The Reclaiming Our Ancestral Footsteps Project was a multiyear pilot project to increase mental health protective factors and cultural knowledge. Presenters will share highlights of the overall project in regard to the vision, objectives, and evaluation as well as recommendations. The Elder will offer perspective on the experience at the Youth and Elder Culture camps. Presenters look forward to participant’s thoughts and ideas about moving this project forward.

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Workshop E2 Canada Blood Services OneMatch

Who: Mary Lynne Pride

What: Canada Blood Services OneMatch

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (2:15pm-3:15pm) in the Carleton/Albert Room

Presenter Biographies

Mary Lyyne Pride Born and raised in Newfoundland, she attended the College of Trades and Technology in St. John’s, Newfoundland for her Laboratory Technician Certification and recently completed Business Communications at Ryerson University in Toronto. MaryLynn’s experience originates from the laboratory setting with 12 years in the laboratory field prior to starting her career at Canadian Blood Services, 14 years ago. With over 10 years experience liaising with many of Canada’s transplant hospitals through the stem cell program at Canadian Blood Services; Mary Lynn has brought this knowledge forward to the new role of Patient and Transplant Liaison Specialist. This position continues to be a vital role at OneMatch by forging stronger ties with Transplant Centres, Stem Cell Transplant Teams, and with stem cell patients and their families.

Workshop Overview

As an accredited member of the World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA) and representing the 11th largest stem cell network in the world, OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network represents an important part of the international group of 65 registries and 44 cord blood banks. As a result of this international cooperation, OneMatch, when searching on behalf of Canadian patients, has access to more than 19 million volunteer donors and more than 500,000 cord blood units.

With fewer than 25 percent of patients who need stem cell transplants finding that match within their own families, OneMatch works diligently with communities across Canada to ensure that Transplant Centres are provide with the optimal donors for patients in need.

Currently less than 1 per cent of the 334,000 registrants on the OneMatch Stem Cell and Marrow Network are represented by Canada’s First People. Since a patient who is First Nations is most likely to find a matching donor from the same background, finding matches for First Nations patients is extremely difficult. What complicates things even further is that First Nations, Inuit and Metis people have a genetic make-up that is unique to North America, making it unlikely to find a matching donor overseas.

This presentation will highlight some of the work that OneMatch has done, partnering with First Nations communities and organizations, such as the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations. We will highlight the next steps to help the current 12 First Nations patients and future patients in need of a stem cell transplant. As well, we will look at other opportunities that communities can become involved to help save a life.

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Workshop E3 FASD Programs and Building Relationships

Who: Jolyne Knockwood, Fort Folly First Nation; Lisa Steeves; Bouctouche First Nation; Jyllian Cress, Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq

What: FASD Programs and Building Relationships

When and Where: Tuesday, November 19, 2012 (2:15pm-3:15pm) in the Fundy Room

Presenter Biographies

Jolyne Knockwood (Fort Folly First Nation)

I am the parent of three children ages 16, 14 and 5 years. I graduated with my Early Childhood Education from the Union of New Brunswick Indians Training Institute in 2007. I have been the Director of the Head Start in Fort Folly since 2003-2004. I have brought the Head Start program from half days to full days with an active afterschool program. I am a coordinator of the North Shore Micmac District Council F.A.S.D program for 3 years. I am also the Coordinator the Maternal Child Health Program in my community.

Lisa Steeves (Bouctouche First Nation)

Lisa has been working with Four Directions Child & Family Services Agency for the past 12 years. She has been taken on many roles throughout the years such as Headstart Teacher, Headstart/Daycare Director and is currently supervising five Headstart sites under Four Directions. She is also the financial officer. During her evenings she coordinate FASD activities with the youth in her community.

Most important she is a parent and a foster parent and always enjoyed being with children and youth, as they are our most sacred resource. She is a mother of three children and one more recent one, a Golden Doodle Puppy named “Romeo”

Jyllian Cress graduated in 2010 from Mount Saint Vincent University with a Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Studies. She also received a diploma in Human Services in the Child and Youth Concentration. Upon graduating she started a job as an Early Childhood Interventionist in Antiogonish. She has also worked in summer camps, group homes and daycares working with children and adults with special needs. She started working for the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq in August 2011 as the Mainland Mi’kmaq Community Coordinator. She works with the 8 Nova Scotia Mainland Communities on issues relating to Neurodevelopmental conditions including FASD.

Workshop Overview

The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder program by the North Shore Micmac District Council Inc. was created to increase awareness and management of FASD within the seven (7) communities:

 Buctouche  Eel Ground  Eel River  Fort Folly Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Report, November 2012 25

 Indian Island  Pabineau  Metepenagiag

Due to the fact that NSMDC has seven communities under the FASD program, all staff has had the opportunity to come together four times a year to share their ideas. We also share our ideas with provincial partners as well.

During this presentation you will see the type of work that has been completed by the First Nation communities, as well as the unique partnerships with the other organizations throughout New Brunswick.

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Atlantic First Nations Health Conference 2011 Closing Speaker: What Have We Learned and How Can We Use it in Our Work - John Sylliboy

Wednesday November 20, 2012

Presenter Biography

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Workshop Evaluations Responses

Workshop A1 Food Security in First Nations Communities

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Presenters: Jana MacKay, Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq and Laurie Nicholas, MAWIW Council

No. of evaluations: 27

Workshop Overview

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0) Dissatisfied (0) Neutral (5) Satisfied (19) Very Satisfied (3)

Comments: Very nice presentation; Too fast, should have explained more; Hard to follow, the question period was good; A little bit short but a good primer on the issue of Food Security; Very basic; Informed on a topic that I did not fully understand (useful tool); Interesting topic; Need more information. Presentation was vague. Need more concrete approaches on how to input Food Security; Learned a lot of good stuff about Food Security; Good overview, examples of programs and resources.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Want to have more information; Very useful as I work with Moms; A start to our work-we will need more specialized support on Policy side-need funds-substantial change to Federal Fund formula’s; Good Ideals; Good information; Lots of resources in powerpoint presentation, Background information on organizations, Precedents regarding the issue; Very interesting; Interesting information; Interesting information about Pictou Project; Food Security defined, barriers outlined; Wonderful to see the work being done which will benefit all communities. Funds are an issue on securing nutritional food-cost of living has risen yet social rates have not increased. Very scary for our people; Educational, need information disseminated out to all First Nation staff and communities; It was interesting to hear what the two women are doing in Food Security in NB and NS. I made links to my own work; Very useful information; Just never thought of Food Security as an issue; Very useful-have a better understanding of food security; Lots of new ideals and resources; Interested in more food security research in Pictou Landing, GBA-Gender Based Analysis should be included.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: Taking your time in doing the presentation but it was good; Maybe more interactive; Could have used more variety of examples of things people/communities can do and show how it happens; More information on community level ideals for food security; Fact sheet handout; Janna spoke to fast-information was great-going slower would have helped people absorb information; Slow down a bit, was too fast; Would be good to hear community perspectives about Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Report, November 2012 28

the community driven research (2nd presentation); Needs more than one hour; Needed handouts; More information on sample communities. Would like to see samples or different level of food security; Longer; Above ground gardening information, water-whats up with that; Slower presentation-more pictures-build a bigger First Nations workshop-build it better; Presentation on handouts and discussions regarding traditional foods, gardens (individual or community) and hunts to encourage communities to become less dependent on “western foods” and grocery stores; Information on how Native women can become more involved. More information on water issues; More guest speakers; Access to resources though website.

4) Overall Comments:

Very interesting and the question period was very informative; Really enjoyed seeing young talkers do workshop; Maybe a Human Rights Claim. Also-in-declaration on food security/sovereignty; Thanks for the stone, nice touch!; Great job!; Thanks; Nice workshop; Food security is an issue that needed to be addressed-Great to see the work being done; Important, clear, concise. Information necessary for all communities, Elders, Youths, Adults, Disabled, etc. Enjoyed sharing of ideals; Good; Great question and answer period; You could also incorporate the use of food banks for food access; Good workshop; Was good; Very good presentation by both ladies; Need more ideals for my community. Need to re-educate our people, as what is fibre, they don’t know; This is a big issue in our community-especially those with diabetes and children. Hunt/fish/gather; Start food security advisory committee include NS Native women. Talbe at MMAHB. Health technician-important issue; Very good workshop, Learned a lot; Great thanks!

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Workshop A2 Mapping the Way

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 11:00 am –12:00 pm

Presenters: Mary Sheppard, Clinical Lead and Zita White, Project Coordinator

No. of evaluations: 39

Workshop Overview

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (1 ) Dissatisfied (0) Neutral (5) Satisfied (21) Very Satisfied (12 )

Comments: Excellent presentation and group discussion; Circle was beneficial; Great group to help and support each other; Kept my attention throughout; Each reserve is in need of help; Good interaction between communities; It was interactive and fun. Sharing circle is always a good idea; Meeting new challenge in life; I liked the way they got the people to come out of their comfort zone; Good to see that every band has strong ties and that it was good to hear that there are more positive than negative points; Thank you – I received a better perspective about how others work and how valuable my various work experience is to me as a community member; Interacting with issues and acknowledging similarities; Great group of professionals.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Yes, very much; No; Learning from one another; It helped in learning what others are doing; Somewhat; Learned a few things; Very informative; Showed the similarities in all other communities; To meet other people; Networking and sharing very useful; Interesting information; Taught me a new way to get group to interact with one another; Yes, helpful, and gives each other support and new ways to learn and teach; Learning of other communities hard work and success; Very useful, I realize the things I can capitalize on in my community; Hearing from other communities, organization etc.; Getting to know everyone and meeting the needs of First Nations; Somewhat as it can be important to staff and community to share ideas of what we need in community; Meeting new people and hearing about other agencies or communities; Yes, there is a lot of common feelings amongst the different communities- that is good to know!; Found out how often others meet their challenges; I can focus on our strengths in our organization and maybe take a closer look on our challenges; Useful to hear strengths and challenges from other areas; To hear about other communities; Gained knowledge; It was nice to hear from others and what is happening in their communities also; Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Report, November 2012 30

It’s nice to be reminded that we all have strengths and to learn from others through their accomplishments; Great to meet new people and to hear success stories; The circle allowed us to learn more about other communities; Receiving information on what other communities are doing in their community; Interacting with issues and acknowledging similarities; Knowledge; To see all other people; Communicative and establishing resources; Good overview of service; As always, Talking Circles are a good form of communication for a way for people to express themselves; Learning from others what is happening in other communities; Ideals/Information.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: Bigger room; More information on the project itself; No need for improvement; More discussion; Wanted to hear more about the project a bit more in-depth; All went well; Better circle; Discussion of Mapping the Way; More time to hear others to complete the “circle”; More information on what they actually did, Ie: examples of activities; Enjoyed new technies; If more participants had their say; It was ok as it was. Good presentation; More time allotted; Don’t know; Not sure yet; Room set before time; Pictures or videos of communities successes; More time to share. Would have liked to hear a bit more about the project; A little noisy at the beginning, difficult to concentrate on presenters since it was in the same room as a tea break (maybe closed doors earlier); No; Networking; A bit more content presented; It could have been longer; Circle could have been formed better; N/A.

4) Overall Comments:

Nice job!; Excellent-Thank you!; Didn’t learn a lot; Great work, sounds like anyhow!; Keep up the good job; Excellent job; Very interesting and informative; Love the new ideas and different ways and programs that we can use; Was very great activities; Their voices reminded me of our community nurse we had from NFLD-Debbie. Good presentation overall; Great; I loved this session and more gatherings like this are needed; Need more interaction at all levels; Very good; Very well done and looking forward for any updates; Good; Appreciate moving out of comfort zone allowing the opportunity to talk to First Nations community members; Great idea! Having people interact; Good on ya!; Great-thank you! Very nice to hear others speak and receive prizes; Thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere the presenter created-very; Very good; Very good and interesting people and other agency; Excellent and open communication works; Enjoyable; It was interesting but like I said before too rushed; Everyone should have an opportunity to share; Great presentation, great way to get people to come together.

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Workshop A3 OCAP

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Presenters: Jane Gray and Bonnie Healy

No. of evaluations: 14

Workshop Overview

Background on the First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC).  What is OCAP?  First Nations Regional Health Survey (RHS) and OCAP - Information Governance in Practice  OCAP Trade Mark and OCAP Certification  Alberta-FNIGC – regional model

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (0) Neutral (0) Satisfied (6) Very Satisfied (8)

Comments: Great to learn more about RHS and the advances; What kind of ethics do we have in NS, NB, etc. Need more question and answer time also so we can learn from others here; The workshop is very important and has information which is useful for Communities; She talked a little too fast, the lady who did introduction on OCAP; Awesome presentation, Culturally relevant/Self – determination; Good information; The presentation was very informative, enjoyed hearing a regional perspective.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: New information regarding OCAP Certification and OCAP Resolution; Yes very informative, eye opening as to where our HC’s send out also on bands; Yes, working within a national health care organization, learning how best to engage the First Nations is very important; Not to me personally, but for people I know, is needed very much; Very good to hear about the work at FNIGC such as RHS survey. Also good to hear about the Alberta situation; Needed better understanding of OCAP principle; Provided good sound information; Did not know what it was all about, glad I came. I asked a friend what it was about and she told me so I decided to come and check it out; As a Community liaison in my Community for Pediatric Pain Research learning about and applying the OCAP principles are important to me; Understanding OCAP – Nationally and Regionally. Update on OCAP; How to assert information governance with respect to relationships with partners; Get to understand more on the information we do not hear too often; Better understanding of how to apply OCAP principles to future work; Just found out about OCAP and very interesting. I will do more reading on the OCAP.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: More time; Criteria for people to attend, recommend who should attend these meetings; N/A; More examples of how OCAP was used in Communities; Longer time period to present!; N/A; More time; More detail on other First Nations who have OCAP principles; Very good for all First Nations.

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4) Overall Comments:

Thanks for the question period; Need more time so we don’t rush; Fantastic presentation – very informative; Good, the presentation is excellent, for people who need it most; Loved hearing from Jane Gray and Bonnie Healy who were so knowledgeable about this topic; Blackfoot speaker, Bonnie Healy, was amazing; Great information; Blackfoot lady was very good. I know a little bit more about OCAP. Glad to be here. Thanks; Bonnie was an excellent speaker. Very informative and spoke from the heart; Great speakers!; Excellent speaker. Alberta was very useful; Excellent presentations from both speakers.

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Workshop B1 Community Mobilization During Crisis

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Presenters: Philippa Pictou and Laurie Phalen

No. of evaluations: 44

Workshop Overview:

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0) Dissatisfied (0 ) Neutral (1 ) Satisfied (15) Very Satisfied (28)

Comments: Good information to bring back to NADAP staff/health staff; Information/handouts useful; Did not realize the true effects of bath salts; First time learning about bath salts; Very good information; We need this information at community level, to watch our own child, grandchild, community members; Good information; Awesome, very knowledgeable speakers; Good session, very informative; Satisfied fully; Lots of anecdotal context, information on subject and insight on plans that positively affect the situation; Very informative; First time I heard of bath salts as a drug, thought it was something you bathed with – I’m glad I decided to come to this workshop. Thank you; Excellent and important topic to present, good case study; Presenters were informative; Excellent; Very informative – positive; Very knowledgeable presenters – important information everyone should have; I didn’t realize the involvement that Pictou Landing had in making this drug illegal. Great job.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Yes, good background information, well delivered; Very useful – still so many unknowns. Drugs are getting worse in all communities; Very informative; Handout sheets and their own experiences and dealing with usage of bath salts; Good tips on how to mobilize community involvement; First learned more about bath salts and its complications and how the surrounding areas reacted to this crisis; Very useful; Very informative as I work with Pre/Post; Lots of pertinent information; Educated on the problems that families and community face each day; Very useful, I know what to look for in people; Defined what bath salts are, signs and symptoms, long term health problems; Knowing about bath salts; Getting information on “Bath Salts”; Gave great information; Taught me what to look for should I meet a youth and younger people using this drug; Yes, great information; Yes, going to put information in a newsletter; Yes wasn’t aware of bath salts; Educational; Yes; Identification of the drug signs, long and short term effects; Know little about this drug, lots of information was provided; Very informative on what this drug is; I did not know what bath salts were – now I know what to look for in our community and family; Information was valuable; Interesting but not directly applicable; Could be very valuable; Lots of well organized information; I heard about it, but not knowing a whole lot about what this Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Report, November 2012 34

drug can do; Learned more about bath salts, thank you and learning how the Pictou community dealt with what could have been a big problem; Now I know it’s a drug and not good for you, I’m glad I have some knowledge about the drug I can take home to my grandchildren; How to get a committee started; Yes, I now understand the complexity of the issue and how it should be integrated in the community; Now I feel confident I could talk to my co-workers about it so they will be aware of it (bath salts); Better understanding of the issues to deal with if comes up in the community; More knowledge-more power; Very useful, I will use this information in my work; It shows others that change is possible- people coming together to deal with an issue and finding a way to deal with it-plan=action; Absolutely-working on Wellness Committee-Understanding addictions and impact of bath salts very important; Any knowledge is good knowledge; Good to hear this information in the event it comes to our communities; Very informative-Had no previous knowledge of bath salts;

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: N/A; Show the video that they discussed; There’s always room but thought Philippa and Laurie did a tremendous job; More questions; Can’t think of anything; More examples (visuals), pictures of the different usage of bath salts; Session on how to mobilize community to deal with this issue; Turn off cell phones, it interrupts the person who is presenting; Very informative workshop; More interactive; Nil; N/A; Nil; More visual of drug and how it is used; More visuals; Less description-more effects; It’s good like this; Fireworks and dancing giraffes; I feel it was a very good presentation. Very informative. Keep up the good work; Good workshop; N/A, perfect; Don’t know, maybe have young people attend the meetings; It was good the way it was presented; Longer.

4) Overall Comments:

Impressive example of an effective approach to changing legislation-making bath salts illegal; Excellent work; Thank you for a good presentation. Great job ladies!; Nice and interesting way to end the day; Excellent presentation and ways community dealt with this issue; Great; Presenters did very well; Was not aware of the problem with this issue of bath salts and the drug problems; I thought it was a very good workshop. I learned a lot about bath salts; Great presentation!; Good; Very useful; Thanks-great presentation-very informative and scary!; It was a great presentation on bath salts and community awareness on this new drug; Great presentation, Thank you; Enjoyed presentation!; Good handout and overall information; Great presentation; Too long; Good presentation; N/A; Thanks; Very helpful; Awesome topic; No real criticisms. It was a great presentation; Thank you; Very interesting topic thank you. (Bath salts) need more workshops of these drugs; Presentation was perfect and useful for every person in the room, various information; Very well done; Research needs to be done on long term effects but it is so new; Great workshop!; Great information!; Pictou Landing First Nation is a leader in many issues. It’s important that their experiences are understood as best and promising practices for other communities. Strong leadership from grassroots upward-mobilized community. Great work!; Very informative session, in depth. Great job Laurie and Philippa;

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Workshop B2 Maliseet Mental Wellness Team

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 3: 30 pm – 4:30 pm

Presenters: Roxanne Sappier, Health Director Tobique First Nation and Steve Christie, Director of Addictions and Mental Health Services for the Fredericton and Upper River Valley Area

No. of evaluations: 23

Workshop Overview:

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (0 ) Neutral (1) Satisfied (12) Very Satisfied (10)

Comments: Informative; Encouraging to see; Networking with all the First Nation communities; Good speaker-clearly defined presentation; Good sharing of information. Good spirit of the presenters; Creates a sense of learning to bring together linkages of networking with other communities; To understand all the needs of NBFN’s; Very informative, glad I attended; Improved as it progressed; Interesting work and partnerships between FN and RHA; Great to see positive results at community level.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Gives encouragement to community hope; Very good to know there are such services; Answered some questions I had re: the program; Informative; Understanding the positives when communities link and partner together. First Nations need this in all aspects; Showing that community reserves have programs in different areas and how to work as a team in all communities. To make changes in the communities; Collaborating; Helped me to understand how the project worked with the communities; Very good update-know the learning from FN and Horizon Health; Gave understanding to bring a capacity building with networking communities; To know everyone has a place of help, no one is turned away; Help me to know what services are available and who to contact regarding mental wellness; Better understanding of pilot project; Valuable information; It may understand more about that project; Better understanding of Dr. Sinhuh; Quite familiar with the project already; How the communities are linked, consistent message that issues are similar even though communities want their own solutions; Great information; Awareness, better understanding of this committee and hopefully some good comes out of this project; Helpful information for the Maliseet First Nations.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: More time to discuss; A presentation by Dr. Sinha, as he really understands First Nation Mental Health Issues and some people have not met him yet (word of mouth in communities); Clear introduction, don’t assume that the audience knows or is familiar with the program; Not applicable/it was good; Nothing to add; More time; To include NS too; Hard to “hear” most of the conversation but gradually improved especially with second speaker; More time on this Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Report, November 2012 36

topic – Mental Health is just so important!; Guest speaker should talk louder; N/A; Use of microphones was a little hard to hear, Steve was very hard to hear; Good job presenting. Way to go Wellness team;

4) Overall Comments:

Great work!; I think some communities would better utilize these services if the professionals involved were introduced to the community in a non-threatening manner/event. Ie: family day or community dinner to help anxieties some members may have; Thanks for the presentation; Hope this partnership works and can be a National Model. Even international if the Maliseet Band near Houlton Maine becomes a partner; Interesting session; Great presentation – very relevant!; My hope is that this project continues as it will address Mental Health and Addictions in First Nation population. Woliwon; Was very informative and great work; It was interesting and help is everywhere; Too much discussion to only a few people who asked questions and could not hear the discussion, at the beginning of presentation second speaker was clear, easy to hear; The room was very cold, Very well presentation, continue your good job!; Excellent speakers; Great work!; Would be nice to see this model brought into other FN and RHA; Hopefully this is something that will be a benefit for our First Nation Communities that are participating and hopefully see results somewhere in the future; Gaps in the project: -Liaison for the Mental Health –Need access/resource for psychologist – Ongoing funding for expanding/sustaining project –Off reserve First Nation people.

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Workshop B3 Health Services for Two-Spirited People

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Presenter: John Sylliboy, AHHRI Coordinator, APC

No. of evaluations: 10

Workshop Overview

Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance (W2SA)

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (0 ) Neutral (0 ) Satisfied (3) Very Satisfied (7)

Comments: Wonderful speaker; Good speaker; Well thought I was going to find out what services are available but learned too; As a front line walker, maybe can direct people to Mental Health and online chats. Well a few names to throw out there for help for later.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Provided information in an area I didn’t know much about. Very useful; This workshop was extremely useful as the presenter made all his points very clear and made you think; To support our people in whatever walk of life they may follow; Yes, presenter shared his personal story, which helps audience connect with content; Gave me idea now to approach topic in community and who can be contacted to educate our youth; No data collection, gathering together to find solutions; Very educational. Maybe help me deal with more people that are 2 spirited; It helped me find help for our youth; Important to bring these issues up to increase understanding among health care providers; I work with community members in health and sometimes come across two-spirited children/youth. Be good to get training to know how to talk with them.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: Invite our youth so they can have a voice; In future, maybe can include members of LBBTQ community, give another perspective; Give some information on what’s out there now; Website addresses/resources needed to give out to communities.

4) Overall Comments:

John is an inspirational and candid role model. I’m thankful the opportunity to participate in the workshop; Great presentation and I fully agree more resources and networks should be discovered (or bonds made), and with the more experiences shared the comfort level rises; Each community should be contacted by Wabanki 2-Spirited; Very informative and helpful in pointing out gaps in services available to FN communities; Good, stories are good and how saved lives; Learned a lot!; Very good information and great speaker; John did an awesome job presenting. Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Report, November 2012 38

Workshop C1 Building Healthy Relationships with your Hep C and/or HIV positive staff

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Presenter: Gabe Saunlier, Healing Our Nations

No. of evaluations: 5

Workshop Overview

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (0) Neutral (0) Satisfied (1) Very Satisfied (4)

Comments: Gabe is very engaging! We love him!

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Gained knowledge; Gave me useful information that I can bring back to our Health Centre; Information on Hep C was helpful; Awesome.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: (No Comments recorded).

4) Overall Comments:

Great presentation-lots of time for questions/very relaxed; Awesome.

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Workshop C2 Traditional Medicine

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Presenters: Tuma Young and Flo Young

No. of evaluations: 50

Workshop Overview

Tuma will be talking about the use of traditional medicines in Mi’kmaq culture.

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0) Dissatisfied (0 ) Neutral (0) Satisfied (7) Very Satisfied (43)

Comments: Very positive and fun. Excellent speaker!! Educational too; Very satisfied; Very useful information; Great presenter; Good job; Tuma is an excellent presenter. Very knowledgeable in this area and demonstrated well; Very informative about Indian medicine; Interesting; It was interesting and found out a lot about each one; Very informative; Awesome; Very knowledgeable; Very informative presentation, enjoyed being able to see the plants; A rich learning experience; Very informative session. Knowledge is such a good thing when it comes to traditional medicines; Very informative and keeps your attention. Excellent!; Very useful information; Great presentation on the knowledge and uses for traditional medicine; Could have been longer; Very interested; I could listen all day to Tuma. This course could be longer. Even a half day; Excellent information; Enjoyed this session; Very well explained; Humorous and informative; Very educational.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Learning the values of our traditional medicines; Very thankful for the information regarding traditional medicine; Great! Will be asking one of our elders from our communities what is available where we live; Very informative but not applicable to my work; Good information, very interesting; Great teaching; Learn and use traditional medicine; It will give me a boost to seek more medicines through elders; Very – requires further research and availability needs to be identified; It was useful to me, and educated me with different medicine, treat different illnesses; Learned many medicines; We found out a lot of ways to use each one, but there could have been more on them; Very useful – enjoy understanding and knowing medicine; Very informative; Provided an understanding of the common use of traditional medicine; Learning what is available to help with the symptoms from chemotherapy; Good information to take back to the community; I will be able to collaborate information with our NNADAP worker and our community spiritual healer to help our community members; Working in a First Nation community the health staff need to know traditional herbal medicine; Very interesting and informative; Learning about the uses; Knowing what to use the medicine for; Very useful; Showed me that there are options to medicine; Very; To know what plants are good for you such as diabetic and high blood pressure; Learned lots of new information; Yes, nice to see more traditional items at the conference; Amazing to know all the variety of medicines which can be used daily in our communities; Learned lots of traditional medicines; Wanted to know some of the traditional medicines used; Very very useful. A part of our heritage. Need to host again; Into healing; Ask elders to go for a health walk; Very interesting; I work as a nurse – I would like to discuss these medicines with my coworkers; Excellent; The creation story very helpful. Also, there was a good mix of medicine types; Yes; Very informative; I know a little more about traditional medicine; Encouraging to know that

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traditional Mi’kmaw medicine is still practiced; Gave me more insight on the various conditions that our medicines can do; More knowledge; Want to learn more about traditional medicines; Understanding the language and culture better.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: Handouts of names, pictures of each medicine and what it’s used for; Ability to view samples is important – was able to see this at the end of presentation; Longer; I would have loved to see the names of the medicines on the power point for spelling as each medicine was taught; Made it longer; Visuals, Power Point and handouts (medicines good); Could have been longer; None; Excellent; With a smaller group size would have been great to see the plants up close; I thought it was great; I thought it was great!!; It would be nice for the non natives to be able to have access to the names of the medicines to do research on and to be able to inform our community members about the medicines; Longer session, very interesting; Longer; Smaller group, time limited seemed short for and important topic as traditional medicine; Medicine Walk; None; N/A; English because I am not Mi’kmaq; Longer, smaller group so we can view the different medicines. Go outdoors to find some medicine; Spellings of the medicines; Take us into the woods. Have the Mi’kmaq names spelled out on overhead; Paper information covering the plant; Did very well; N/A; It would have been helpful if there was a power point with pictures of medicines and where it can be found; Just keep doing it; Make pictures of the plants before they were dried and ground up; More time and perhaps a slide show; Not a whole lot of anything, Tuma is a good presenter; Translator for some; More time.

4) Overall Comments:

Thank you very much! Enjoyed these teachings; Very informative; Would have liked a longer session; Very good; Loved it! Great workshop; Very interesting; Very well presented – good to see the visual and for him to speak Mi’kmaq; Wonderful, enjoyed thoroughly; Wonderful workshop, hope I can learn more; Good workshop!; All have this in place of every conference; Great presenter and an excellent workshop; I am so glad this is being carried out and shared; I am so glad to be present during this conference and especially for this important session; Great presenter, very knowledgeable!!!; Very good – one of the best workshops at conference; Wonderful, he should go to every community; Great subject to teach our youth. Also, the medicine was used by my Grandparents; Handouts with information; Great; Want to learn more; Great presentation and presenter. Very pleased; Excellent; Very interesting; Very informative; The class was full. Well done Tuma; Great. I was involved in traditional medicine in the North; Very informative; Excellent!!; Very interesting; Very good; Very good workshop, thank you; Very interesting workshop; Would like to know more, how are doses determined, mixtures, etc; Very interesting; Very informative, thank you; Very good presentation; Great.

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Workshop C3 Community Based Research

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 9:30 am – 10:30 am

Presenters: Diana Campbell, Heather Castleton Nathaniel Pollock, Community partnerships for research and action on suicide: Experiences from Central and Northern Labrador

No. of evaluations: 17

Workshop Overview:

This study, prompted by the concerns of Mi’kmaq women from Pictou Landing First Nation (Nova Scotia), is a site- specific human health risk assessment associated with the impacts of pulp and paper mill contaminants. Over the past two years, we have secured research funding from the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation, the Atlantic Aboriginal Health Research Program, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (over $500,000) to answering the Pictou Landing Native Women’s Association’s overarching research question, “Are we getting sick from Boat Harbour”. A local pulp and paper mill’s 50-year old effluent treatment facility has been dumping effluent into the estuary, now known as Boat Harbour, adjacent to the community. This requires that we consider not only physical illness but also mental, emotional, and spiritual health and wellbeing from a Mi’kmaq worldview. We are using a Two-Eyed Seeing approach that brings Indigenous and western knowledges and sciences together, complementing one another to achieve bi- directional research capacity and to better understand the situation at Boat Harbour. Our research is in its early stages and this presentation is intended to report on where we have come from and where we are going to answer this important research question. Together, we will be assessing community-wide perspectives of environmental hazards and conditions, health problems, access to health care, and other environmental health issues affecting residents. We are also collecting oral histories that will assist in the reconstruction of Mi’kmaq physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual understandings of Boat Harbour over time and within its unique cultural, political, and historical context; as well as amassing Mi’kmaq perspectives and mapping community activities with respect to the interactions people have with the lands, water, and air surrounding Boat Harbour. From there, we will collect and compare baseline water and air quality data with existing data to determine the current state of the Boat Harbour ecosystem (and, as much as possible, changes over time) and finally, we aim to identify the current water- and air-borne contaminants present to determine associated human health risks. Unlike other research and work previously completed, this study is designed by and with the women to document physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health. Ultimately, the community-academic research team will use the data to generate a plan, providing suggestions for what Pictou Landing First Nation, Pictou county residents, government, industry, the academy, collectively, are going to about the legacy of pollution at Boat Harbour.

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (0 ) Neutral (2 ) Satisfied (9) Very Satisfied (6) Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Report, November 2012 42

Comments: I was at a health meeting in Ottawa last week and we talked about suicide – everything you talked about were the issues we discussed; Would have liked to know on agenda it was communities projects; As a community based researcher I found session extremely useful and informative; Community based approach of Pictou Landing is empowering, women are leading the research. Two eye seeing approach; Very interesting and useful; Interesting and informative; Well presented.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Interesting to see what a group of determined women can do; Very useful – the lack of mental health services is a huge barrier to all people; Very informative; See the different types of research that can be done; Different aspects on how to go about community research; No; Excellent – as a researcher it gave me ideas how to enhance communication with community and confirmed that many of the strategies I’m already using work for others; Learned about the approach that Pictou researchers are taking was useful, agree that two eyed seeing approach should be used in all research projects; My community is located on River Banks with many industries that were nearby; Pictou Landing project shows the willpower of women. How to incorporate grass root community and transparency involving women all from the beginning; I’m a grad student – good to see what others are doing; It sparked an interest of the pollutants that surround First Nation communities; Research methodology; For research protocol for future projects and collection of data very useful; Provided ideas for my own research activities.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: You should have been given your own time so the attention could have been given to such a crucial topic; More time; Talk more about methods; Explain what community based research is first, then go into communities – projects; More questions than answers; Suicide research presentation was really dry and felt data driven, didn’t relate to it at all; Would have loved to hear from the grass root women. How they feel from the workers. Should of given them the whole time; NFLO presentation could have gotten to the point quicker, we’re all from the Atlantic don’t need background (pretty repetitive and basic. Not very useful); What mechanisms to continue sharing work/efforts/information with others – U tube to get message out; Having women give their perspective on the research; More information about results; N/A all good; Needed more time for each;

4) Overall Comments:

Great work! Thanks!; Thank you! Great work; Presenters did well thank you for your time and hard work; Since it’s a health issue the Native women are concern, why wasn’t the Health Centre informed or included?; Great! Thanks; Heather Castleton’s session on Pictou Research was really interesting, loved that research was grass roots driven by women; Looking forward to the outcome and results of Pictou Landings results; Invite Pictou back to do a presentation to the larger forum next year; Good; Great presentation – length (time was too short!) for presentations; Excellent information; Excellent!!

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Workshop D1 Self-Care for Health Care Workers

Date: November 15, 2011

Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Presenter: Andrea Currie

No. of evaluations: 18

Workshop Overview

Andrea Currie grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is a member of the Métis Nation. She is the mother of one daughter, Rowan, and a member of We’koqma’qewiskwa, a women’s traditional hand-drumming group from We’koqma’q First Nation. She has worked as the Clinical Therapist in We’koqma’q for the past nine years, where she offers individual, couple and family counseling as well as facilitating self-help support groups with residential school survivors, community members living with cancer, and two-spirited people. In the new year, she and some community members will be starting a group to provide support to those living with chronic mental illness. Andrea has learned first-hand how important self-care is to health care providers in our First Nations communities. In this workshop, she will offer an experiential introduction to a number of self-care strategies, including stretching, meditation, guided visualization, music, and laughter. Wear comfortable clothes!”

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (0 ) Neutral (1) Satisfied (10) Very Satisfied (7)

Comments: It was great, but needed higher sound so people could hear better; Very useful ways of relieving stress; Thank you; Very useful for myself. Can utilize techniques in the workplace and at home with my teenage son; Very informed; Would like to see it longer; Relaxing; Loved this presentation, got to relax and have some fun.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Meditation is great for self help, to heal, but it is not for everyone. Exercise various parts of your body and mind; We need to remember to take care of ourselves in order to help others; Reminds me to watch me; Yes. Stretching exercises; Helped me to learn some new skills; Taught me to sit up when laying down, new stretches; Very relaxing; Somewhat, stretches ok; Can be used to help me relax and care for myself; Reinforces that we need to look after our body as a whole; More information the better; Different techniques to help relax; Keep you from getting tired of your work; Very applicable to day to day living; Using humor to heal; Meditation, stretches and laughter to help you de-stress and relax; I can use it during work or home or during my maternal program; Learned different ways to de-stress.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: Need more time, also the tape was not loud enough to fully understand; Learn more self help information; More time; More time; Lock the door after a certain time or be put in a more quiet room for less interruption; The environment could have been better, too much noise; Longer time, more space; More time should be given for this; Longer-these sessions are important!; All information was great; The disruptions were making it very hard to relax; More time!; Quieter environment, room to be considered by organizer for such a session; N/A; Longer session; More space; Perfect, can’t be improved. Should be longer, I wanted the time to be more!

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4) Overall Comments:

Cell phone interrupted the session. The self help was just great, liked the cards; Take to all front line workers; Good; Very good with the time allotted; Grateful that this self care workshop was a choice to take. Thank you; Thanks for sharing; Good; If we do not look after ourselves then it is impossible to look after others; Great information; I would suggest this be an evening workshop or make sure participants are on time; Interesting; Good opportunity to find ways to take care of self; Fun!; Andrea Currie is excellent in leading this workshop-we need more sessions like this; Enjoyed it; This presentation is useful for the everyday person who needs to relax from life.

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Workshop D2 The Social Determinants of Health

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 10:45 am – 11:45 am

Presenter: Dr. Verle Harrop

No. of evaluations: 27

Workshop Overview

The workshop will start with an introductory overview of what the determinants of health are, how they work and why they are important. Special attention will be paid to determinants that impact the health and well-being of Atlantic Canada’s Aboriginal populations. Drawing from a collaboration with the First Nations community of Eel River Bar in northern NB, Dr. Harrop will illustrate how to take action on the determinants of health. Workshop participants will then break into small groups and, using a “Taking Action on the Determinants of Health” template, will identify an inter- sectoral approach that mobilizes and leverages local community strengths and capacity. These “taking action” strategies will then be shared with the group as a whole. The workshop will conclude with a brief survey designed to help Health Canada identify priorities and inter-sectoral partners to promote action on the determinants of health.

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (2 ) Neutral (4) Satisfied (14) Very Satisfied (7)

Comments: The “Tooth Tales” presentation was great. Great idea having a multi faceted workshop like that; Good information to use tools to submit information; Velma’s presentation was good. Glad to hear of these wise and promising community based practices; Needed more clarity of the presentation; I thought this was a focus on social determinants. Presentation was about delivery-focusing or preventative as an approach, FN Integrative program too disjointed; A lot of useful data; The presentation of Velma was interesting to hear; Reminded of holistic approach.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Somewhat; Gained knowledge; Not very useful for my program. But still interesting; Good ways of combining different programs together; Learned of different program and projects to use for our children; Nice to see what other communities do in their community; Hear about other funding projects; Applying Social Determinants. Loved the Gaynor Watson Creed schematic slide; We use it in our centre, nice to see it from another community; Stories shared; Good information to use tools to submit information; Very informative; Somewhat but not a great explanation; Practical information to actions; Encouraged upstream approach and outreach in communities; The examples of oral/hygiene about teething was helpful; Good; The answer is simple. Break it down. Don’t be so overwhelmed. Find the determinants; use the data, put in a category. The policies are made from breaking it down; Not very useful; Well organized presentation. Background data then case studies; Very informative. Well explained and educational; Networking is so important; Useful tool to take back to my work place; The handout is useful.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: More understanding of First Nation traditional practices and how we focus on the collective. How we can get back into more traditional ways of thinking is what they are describing as ‘revolutionary’ ideas; Like it; More information would benefit where, how, why the program (projects available); More elaboration on applying slide on

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Gaynor Watson Creed; Voice, less of microphone; Good reminder; More examples of integrated health services; More focused on Aboriginal Social determinants of Health. Presenter was ‘out there’ kind of. Not very helpful to me; N/A; Examples of a FN using FN determinants and health; I need more clarity on some topics. Too mixed and confusing on the FNs social determinants of health; Nothing; I think Velma talking about her program as the lead, then introducing the other speakers might have made this more clear. Velmas’ approach was very interesting; Graphics were informative but hard to understand.

4) Overall Comments:

Velma was very good; Very interesting; Very satisfied; Interesting; Very well presented; Excellent; N/A; Needed more clarity-consistency of topic; Was nice to hear the main presenter could be found afterwards in the booths/displays; Thank you! Great job.

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Workshop D3 Cancer in First Nations Communities

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 10:45 am – 11:45 am

Presenters: Joanne Lucartz Simpson and Gina Doxtator

No. of evaluations: 25

Workshop Overview

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0) Dissatisfied (1) Neutral (3) Satisfied (18) Very Satisfied (3)

Comments: Just thought there would be some analysis about cancer for Aboriginal peoples; Very good; Thought this was going to have more discussion on our communities and talk on support for our people. This information I feel was from a “different perspective” than what I thought it would be. Thought more focused on Atlantic “cancer on reserves”.; Should be an introduction to presentation what and why; Great to see the work in identifying gaps and seeing what works already and also what else could be done to close the gaps.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Very informative; Interesting; Learned about some gaps; To hear the FN community input/experiences; Lots of information; Great information; New information; To know that there is resources out there for First Nations; Website that I will definitely check out; Informative; I will check out the various resources and education and bring back to my community; Go back to my community to share information received in this session; Resource available; Not, well yes the resources were valuable and motivated to work on more for Atlantic area; Great for information purposes to health staff; Information was useful although I was expecting something different. Topic needs to be more broad; Lots of information; Aware of the National movement; Link to training opportunities at Saint Elizabeths; Very useful for community and health care providers and also families; Online courses, Data information accessing this information; Help understand better; The website looks interesting-something I will share with others.

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3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: Just thought there would be some analysis about cancer for Aboriginal peoples; More time; Statistics; More time; Seating was uncomfortable, room was dark; Yes. The room was dark and the presentation was “monotone”. I think that is the right term; Microphone could have been used and could not read information; More interactive involving discussion around the table. Not what I expected in the workshop. Thought it would be more about cancer in First Nations Communities; More emphasis on community cancer experiences including survivors; Only if data is available; Room is too dark and table should be set better; Statistical information-people are curious about what are more common cancers.

4) Overall Comments:

Very good; Some research on Aboriginal palliative care available (peer reviewed); Thanks!; Found it to be a lot of information, would like hand outs to take and read; There are too many gaps that FNs face regarding health care; Good session; Thank you. I learned a lot about organizations and resources I never knew about; Good!; More discussion on how to support our cancer patients in our communities; Need more workshops focused on community focused “cancer related” issues here in Atlantic. Group input would be nice; More emphasis on community cancer experiences including survivors; Still very useful; Good information, Thanks; Very well done, they know their stuff; Great workshop. The cutbacks in funding worries me on how to provide on-reserve supports-seeing there are financial gaps already.

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Workshop E1 Reclaiming Our Ancestral Footsteps

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Presenters: Derwin Joseph, Edward Perley and Harrison Milliea

No. of evaluations: 28

Workshop Overview:

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0) Dissatisfied 0() Neutral (0) Satisfied (10) Very Satisfied (18)

Comments: Well organized and well presented; Very well done and also excellent work in the project; Success stories are valuable!!; To find out the outcomes of where you come from; Was very interesting session, opened my eyes with what is needed in our communities; Good slides-good information. Clear; I thought the three gentlemen did a really good job, very caring; Excellent presentation.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Interesting; Knowledge transfer and information to share with other communities; Excellent; The information gathered from this workshop inspired me to do the same thing in my community. Amazing knowing that this project has been successful for that amount of time; Very relevant to my work in communities; Relates to my work as an educator and helping students to revive culture into their own lives; Elders teaching/sharing with the youth and vice versa; Yes-especially working with youth and elders; It reminds us to go back to days where elders teach the values and cultures to our youth; I like this initiative youth/elders; Very informative; Very good testimonies; Yes, take back to my community teach our youth; Very useful; Help me understand the topic; Every reserve looses their culture in some way and elders teach you now to recapture it in some way; Would love to offer same program in our community; Thoughtfulness is inside; Better understanding of programs; This work should continue so that our youth will reclaim their ancestry. This is needed and to be open to other communities; Always good to hear about experiences of youth and culture; I thought it was very interesting; Great ideas to take back to our community/health centre; We have to continue to fight for our youth.

3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: N/A; To hear from one of the “youth” from the camp; It could have been longer; Doing a very good job; More photos and maybe a youth testimony; More ways to reclaim our Mi’kmaq history; Speak more clearly, louder; More presenters and women to talk to on this topic. Not used to men only talking about a topic on how our footsteps are reclaimed; It was great!; None; Could have been longer; Very well done; Separate location – instead of beside another; You can’t improve as to three men showed their true heart; Have youth express themselves.

4) Overall Comments:

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Well presented; Very well done, Thank you; Excellent work to reconnect youth and elders; Excellent; This camp needs to be given more funding so it can continue; Ongoing funding for these projects if needed!!; Great to hear the recommendations. Excellent project; Just knowing there are people out there helping the youth and elders to come together as one. Great job; Nice to hear from the elders; Very important message to take back to our communities – suicide intervention. Being in my early 50s I should also have a camp to be the next generational elder!!!; Very interesting. Cultural training for 30-40 year olds. Training for elders 40-60 year olds; Good job! Elders and children are very smart because they hear what elders say but only a handful will listen. Try and get more out there and to bring everyone together. Not to get involved in alcohol, drugs and trouble; All communities should offer programs like this!; Enjoyed it; Great – “keep going” working with the youth, don’t stop! Good to see the elders involved; Have more youth camps; Awesome speakers - Very down to earth clear presentation. Loved the elders sharing; Very good; Awesome job. Thank you for your time.

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Workshop E2 Canada Blood Services OneMatch

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Presenter: Mary Lynne Pride

No. of evaluations: 8

Workshop Overview:

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (0) Neutral (0) Satisfied (3) Very Satisfied (5)

Comments: Wow; Extremely informative; Well presented!

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Yes. Opened my eyes to the need for transplants; Yes, what great information; I will bring back the information to my community and will organize in the near future a workshop to educate about this; Important for First Nations people to know; Understanding that anyone can donate; Yes, I am now aware of this very important program for our First Nations; Love the idea of the tool kit.

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3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: Testing to be done on site; This was a very interesting session. Great!!; Should have a booth to join OneMatch at our First Nation Conferences; Not the workshop - the title could have been expanded so people would know what OneMatch is.

4) Overall Comments:

Excellent; I want to donate. Thank you for inviting OneMatch and making us aware; Excellent presentations; Thanks; So glad I attended as it was informative and educational to me. Thanks; I am going to look into this program, very interested. I am glad I participated into this important workshop; Thank you for the great work in this area. Community meetings would be useful!! Powerful presentation.

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Workshop E3 FASD Programs and Building Relationships

Date: November 19, 2012

Time: 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm

Presenters: Jolyne Knockwood, Fort Folly First Nation; Lisa Steeves, Bouctouche First Nation; Jyllian Cress, Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq

No. of evaluations: 12

Workshop Overview:

The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder program by the North Shore Micmac District Council Inc. was created to increase awareness and management of FASD within the seven (7) communities:

 Buctouche  Eel Ground  Eel River  Fort Folly  Indian Island  Pabineau  Metepenagiag

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this workshop?

Very Dissatisfied (0 ) Dissatisfied (0 ) Neutral (4) Satisfied (7) Very Satisfied (1)

Comments: A bit disjointed, hard to follow sometimes; Very informative and interesting; Well coordinated; Very informative, well presented.

2) How was this workshop USEFUL to you?

Comments: Lots of great resources; Great resources are available for communities; Good description of activities; Provided information on what’s going on in communities. Very good resource material; No, not in my program; Great information; New ideas to take back to my community; Informative-new ideas/activities; Information was very useful/books were awesome teaching tools. They are needed in every community. So it was useful in that it or they gave out great ideas; It taught me a lot about what services to go to for the problem with FASD situation should arise; Diversity. Good to see different models-those that are culturally based-those that are more of an integrated model with provincial services.

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3) How could this workshop have been improved?

Comments: View example material, books, etc. after the talk. Lots to look at. You want to look at it, but when you are done you’ve lost the presentation. Also, Bios for presenters would have been great; Focused to needs of the audience; None noted, all went well; First presenters (North Shore) seemed disorganized and made a lot of assumptions that the audience knew all about what FASD is and what types of resources are available. They showed a lot of resources but didn’t explain what they were used for. Second presenter was fine; N/A; Ask bigger bands what they have, communicate with big bands; All good; What would be interesting and also a teaching for care givers, health workers would be to have a child, teen or an adult that has actually been diagnosed, to hear their story; Seating arrangements weren’t great for the meeting really.

4) Overall Comments:

Difficulty in following the presentation. Might be more due to the business of the conference. Even lunch wasn’t much of a break. I blame the whole conference; Excellent information on FASD; Good presentation, well done. There should be more of these sessions in each community in the region; Thanks! Great!; Lots of information and resources. Great presentation!!; Excellent; Very important program. Hope this continues and is expanded to meet the special needs of FN children in communities. They work more closely with addictions services and other community and health aurhority programs services to support our children and families.

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Overall Conference Evaluation

Date: November 19-21, 2012

No. of evaluations: 48

Overall Conference Evaluation: Gathering Our Voices Building Capacity, Building Bridges

This years’ theme “Atlantic First Nations Health: Gathering Our Voices Building Capacity, Building Bridges” is meant to incorporate the Atlantic Chiefs Health Priorities of mental health, addictions, elder care and investing in children and youth.

1) Overall, how satisfied were you with this conference?

Very Dissatisfied - 0 Dissatisfied – 0 Neutral – 3 Satisfied –25 Very satisfied – 20

Comments: Really enjoyed the conference; Good presentations all the way through; Well organized!; Very good and informative conference; Too bad last day was full; All interesting; I loved it and the information I have gotten from this conference has been plentiful; Love elder Imelda! Opening speaker Cindy was great!; I’m glad I went. The workshop and the conference itself was very interesting and very informative; Very well organized and welcoming; The conference was very well organized and planned. Full of informative workshops and excellent speakers; Very classy, well attended and well organized. There seemed to be an awful lot to take in though. Would have made a great four day conference; Well organized, good topics; The only presentation that did not interest me and was of no benefit to me was the advocacy panel. We are all advocates in our community so I’m sure we know meaning; Cindy Blackstock was amazing. Ancestral Footsteps was very informative.

2) How was this conference USEFUL to you?

Comments: Resources, Ideas, Networking, Motivation, etc.; Yes; Very; Some components were very useful and I will bring back to my community; Yes, a lot of useful workshops; Very useful, good information to take back to community; Related to my work as researcher and educator; I learned new things that I can bring back to my community; Covering Elders, Bath Salts-good topics; Workshops; Yes; Somewhat; Information gathering, networking; All workshops relevant to community healing, very informative; Great information; New skills; Very great information; Yes it was very useful to my community; Yes, traditional information; I am in the health care field and always want to know outcomes of other Mi’kmaqs; Very. All topics were new and interesting to me; Much insight on all topics discussed and plenty learned from it all, and have lots to bring back to share to people; The information was great-really glad I came; Evening sessions were great too!; Very useful information, many new contacts; Great networking, good presentations; I learned a lot and found out a lot of resources; Lots of ideas; Learned a lot; Allowed me to hear and learn about the issues important to First Nations in Atlantic Canada. Also allowed me to renew friendships with people I have met over the years; Helpful in learning what others are doing and how it can be applied to my work; Very interesting; Canadian Blood Services should have set up and collected; Learned a lot; Empowering; Yes, very informative. Great presentations; Meeting with people haven’t seen in a while-networking-healing and stones workshop; Good networking and ideas of what else I can do to improve my program; Great! Will be going back with feedback and ideas!; A wide range of pertinent information; Realization there is a huge continuum of competencies; Yes, new topics; Taking a lot of useful information home. So I guess it was useful; Very useful; Networking and learning what other communities success stories are helpful to add to our everyday programming.

3) How could we improve this conference next year?

Comments: Keep doing what you are doing. Maybe a different venue; Any information would be great; More self-care; More prevention and self-care topics; Continue to have a variety of speakers/topics; Have it in Halifax-night entertainment; Better food. Fredericton/Moncton; Another motel; Less Health Canada driven. Less survey crap; Satisfied with the format, don’t fix something that isn’t broken; Youth panel to discuss youth struggles, successes or hopes, dreams, visions, etc.; More interactive sessions. Evening entertainment, karaoke; More heat. Was great! Very organized.

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Keep the MC-he is lively, funny and entertaining; Offer massages in the evenings, karaoke or social; More time on each session; Evening entertainment; All power points and conferences available, clarify breaks, have more handouts and resources, more booth options; Rooms are a bit cold; Advocacy session was not informative; Different venue; No comment; Warmer room!; More traditional values and teachings; interactive sessions, evening entertainment ie the relatives; Nothing! Time was well spent. It wasn’t too long! Great job; Venue-having people setting up and tearing down rooms during presentations was distracting; Set up and tear down during presentations was not good; Youth-Re learning our ways!; More breaks in between the workshops; I would have liked to know more about the seniors before attending them, ie: who was presenting, maybe a poster on the wall would have helped; How about a dance or entertainment?; No presentations on Advocacy, unless you get an advocate from a community that can explain advocacy form the grass roots; Plans for youth – Drugs/Prescriptions. What is actually working!!!

4) What workshop topics should we include next year?

Comments: Proposal writing; The workshops were very informative. Thank you, see you next year; Methadone Phase II – who is helping; Karaoke/Relatives; Keep up your excellent work!; Great food, etc.; Please have more prepared speakers. Have it in Membertou! Karaoke!; Great job planning committee; Very good and informative and nutritious; MMAYC will have to (along with other groups) create more resources to show more of an image within the public; MC was awesome; Great job!; Excellent; Great job!; Congratulations to the organizers for a job well done!; Well organized and Allan was awesome!!; Overall great job! Thank you!; Wonderful MC. That man is a treasure; It would be great to have a speed dating seminar-to learn who is doing what in their community. Also a great way to meet new people. Do it at the beginning of the conference so you can connect with people in departments later on. Eat local food, indigenous food. Another successful strategy is to have the lunch themed-give people the opportunity to sit with others who are interested in the same topic. Eg: injury prevention, infant and maternal care, youth, early child development and so on; Workshops should have presenters’ names, exercise breaks and stretches.

5) Other Comments:

Keep up the good work; feel healthy to see the participants each year& free time to discuss what others are doing in their communities. Nutrition break should not be chips and chocolate squares more fruit healthy muffin; The mental health talk day 2 with the 2 men sharing their story was awesome; youth presenter was excellent, I would like to invite him to do a youth wellness workshop; Thank you so much!! Enjoyed the conference very much, very informative with mental health issues and addictions. But most of all I really enjoyed the two guys about what trials and tribulations they are going through, cause it hit home for me, happy to their them talk about it, it made me more to understand and compassion; Good workshop selection; was very happy that mental health workshops was worked into the program; the youth mental health & addictions and workshop - Very Good power pints are so boring, that Amanda Peter’s Rock, ok Aaron’s Power point was Good, than any I have seen so far!, Amazing young man; over all very good workshop, thank you; Thank you! Our last speaker, Aaron is such a great inspiration; Physical activity could be traditional dancing and drumming. Use this physical activity. Rabbit dance, duck dance, record our elders as APC can this still oral; He covered so much, wish he had more time; always enjoy attending the conference every year; overall the conference was great; thought it was great – well come next year; thank you for allowing us to come to this conference, glad I came; wonderful – should go to all community as a youth role model; Great location, comfortable beds, good company and lots of sharing, welalin / woliow; Great Job people, your organizations is going in the right directions for our teaching a values; Location is good – food and snacks you grant.

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Appendix: Participant List (Those who registered)*

Name Community / Organization Elaine Alison Wagmatcook Darlene Anganis Membertou First Nation Gillian Bailey FNIHB Susan Barrett Potlotek First Nation Jacqueline Basque Eskasoni First Nation Janet Battiste Eskasoni First Nation Sunshine Bernard Millbrook First Nation Della Bernard Tobique First Nation Colin Bernard Millbrook First Nation Barbara Bernard Abegweit First Nation Mary Jane Bernard Abegweit First Nation Elaina Bigras UNBI Pam Bowser Fort Folly First Nation Lynn Boyce Chapel Island Health Center Robin Boychuk FNIHB Amanda Brooks Millbrook First Nation Lavinia Brooks Millbrook First Nation Jake Caplin Eel River Bar Mitchell Syvret-Caplin MMAYC Rep Wendy Chadwick Eel Ground First Nation Cheryl Copage NSNWA Carolyn Dewolfe Eel Ground Health Center Loraine Etter NSNWA Gena Gallant FNIHB Delores Ginnish Esgenoopetitj First Nation Peter Gloade Millbrook First Nation Faye Googoo FN Help Desk Natalie Googoo Waycobah First Nation Trevor Gould Paqtnkek Gerald Gould Abegweit First Nation Kate Gray Mews FNIHB Phyllis Harlow FNIHB Mary Hatfield Pictou Landing First Nation Verle Harrop Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network (UAKN) Aaron Hatty Kingsclear First Nation Walter Isadore Wagmatcook Health Center Deborah Jadis Abegweit First Nation Stephanie Jadis Abegweit First Nation Francis Joe Helen Joe Juliana Julian Paqtnkek Gail Kelly Kingsclear First Nation Trina Khattar Healing Our Nations Lacey King Kingsclear First Nation Wendy Knockwood Fort Folly First Nation Atlantic First Nations Health Conference Report, November 2012 58

Judy Labillois Eel River Bar First Nation Lyn Labillois Listuguj Community Health Services Velma Labillois-Petersen Eel River Bar First Nation Dr. Margot Latimer IWK, Halifax Lana M. Lennon Tobique First Nation Jennifer MacDonald Waycobah First Nation Trudy MacNeil Abegweit First Nation Isabella Marble MMAYC Rep Jeanette Marshall Potlotek First Nation Amanda McIntosh Woodstock First Nation Corrina Milliea Millbrook First Nation Cheryl Morris FNIHB Janet Mulcahy Eel River Bar First Nation Josephine Muxlow FNIHB Chris Nasson Millbrook First Nation Laurie Nicholas MAWIW Council of First Nations Sherry Parsons St. Mary's First Nation Krista Paul Aboriginal Affairs (PNB) Lawrence G. Paul Membertou First Nation Ruby Paul Eskasoni First Nation Janet Pothier CMM Melanie Purdy Acadia First Nation Chrissy Riley Abegweit First Nation Marla Robinson-Pyne Acadia First Nation Roseanne Sark MCPEI Gabe Saulnier Healing Our Nations Harriet Sheppard Eskasoni First Nation Claudia Simon Paqtnkek First Nation Mabel Simonson Eel River Bar First Nation Jody Simonson Eel River Bar First Nation Tim Sock Abegweit First Nation Julie Solomon Elsipogtog First Nation Robert Sylliboy Burnt Church First Nation Laurie Tousenard Potlotek First Nation Charlotte Warrington Glooscap First Nation Elaine Wilson FNIBH Cathy Wilson Kingsclear First Nation Wendy Wong Wagnatcook First Nation Shelley Young IWK, Halifax Mary C Pierro APC - Elder Care Group Mary Helen Pierro Wagmatcook First Nation Joanne Bartirogue Esgenoopetitj First Nation Lita Richardson Esgenoopetitj First Nation Mindy Denny UNSI Amanda Peters APC Chelsea Googoo APC Noreen Copage APC Thomas Hill APC

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Heather Knockwood APC Patricia Saulis APC Marilyn Sark APC ECWG Andy Nicholas Tobique First Nation Mary Basques Eskasoni First Nation Tracy MacLennan Lennox Island First Nation Michelle McLean Lennox Island First Nation Melissa Seagull Canadian Partnership Against Cancer Mary Peck Wagmatcook Health Center Micheline Plante Madawaska Maliseet First Nation Rhonda Richardson Andrea Paul Pictou Landing First Nation George Snyder Eel River Bar First Nation Tracey Fiola Eel River Bar First Nation Sheila Williams Gignoo Luke Labillois Vicki Augustine Award Presenter Tryna Booth Presenter Steve Christie Presenter Heather Castleton Presenter Diana Campbell Presenter Andrea Currie Presenter Jillian Cress Presenter Gina Doxtator Presenter Sheila Francis Presenter Jane Gray Presenter Verle Harrop Presenter Bonnie Healy Presenter Paul O'Hara Panel Presenter Joseph Derwin Presenter Jolyne Knockwood Presenter Joanne Simpson Presenter Mary Lynne Pride Presenter Megan Leslie Panel Presenter Jana Mackay Presenter Harrison Milliea Presenter Laurie Phalen Presenter Philippa Pictou Presenter Nathaniel Pollack Presenter Edward Perley Presenter Bonnie Polchies Panel Presenter Mary Sheppard Presenter Roxanne Sappier Presenter Lisa Steeves Presenter Zita White Presenter Tuma Young Presenter Allan J R Polchies MC Barbara Broom Volunteer

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Gena Gallant Volunteer Nicole Hobbs Volunteer Sara Rose Volunteer Imelda Perley Elder Cindy Blackstock Presenter Deborah Robinson Chief Candice Paul Chief Tammy Rafuse Joan Foster Proxy Helen Joe Burnt Church, NB Lind Michaud Ron Simonson Jeanne Simon Normy Gould Chief Everett Martin Bridgett Smith Donna Metallic Listuguj Community Health Services Vincent Stevens Native Drug and Alcohol Tom Sylliboy Eskasoni First Nation Sylvia Jadis Elsipogtog Health & Wellness Frances Helen Joe Esgenoopetitj First Nation Karlena Johnson Mi'kmaw Family & Children's Services Sally Johnson UNSI Debra Keays-White FNIHB Gordon Labillois Eel River Bar First Nation Patricia MacDonald Eel Ground Health Center Tracy MacLennan Lennox Island First Nation Everett Martin Eel River Bar First Nation Donna Metallic Listuguj Community Health Services Linda Sanipass-Michaud Bouctouche First Nation Corrina Milliea Millbrook First Nation Sandra Musgrave FNIHB Kara Paul Aboriginal Health Science Initiative Margaret Paul Oromocto First Nation Jack Penashua Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation Matt Pryde FNIHB Matilda Ramjattan MCPEI Rhonda Richard Bouctouche First Nation Jeanne Simon Elsipogtog Health & Wellness Ron Simonson Eel River Bar First Nation Bridget Smith Eskasoni First Nation Natasha Sock Elsipogtog First Nation Vincent Stevens Eskasoni First Nation Sheila Williams Gignoo Elaine Alison Wagmatcook Susan Barrett Potlotek Jacqueline Basque Eskasoni Janet Battiste Eskasoni Jillian Cress CMM

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Sarah Doucette FN Help Desk David Francis Paqtnkek Stella Fraser Eskasoni Cheyenne Julian Paqtnkek Marie Kryszko Pabineau Dawn MacIntosh Paqtnkek Jenna MacKay CMM Lesley McKee MFCS Shayla Mootz Paqtnkek Sandra Musgrave FNIHB Anne Marie Paul Paqtnkek Janet Pothier CMM Brenda Roos FNIHB Sandra Simon Paqtnkek Helen Joe Mary Basque Eskasoni Pam Gough FNIHB Kate Gray-Mews FNIHB Cheryl Morris FNIHB Sandra Musgrave FNIHB Wendy Paul Matt Pryde FNIHB

* As in previous years, many participants did not register beforehand and will not be accounted for on this list.

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