We Belong - Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement

INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON LIFE PROMOTION TO ADDRESS INDIGENOUS SUICIDE November 17-19, 2016 | Vancouver, Canada

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DETAILED PROGRAM 3:00 pm -7:00 pm 5:00 pm

Thursday – November 17th Registration in the Mouton/Rothchild Room Opening in Protocol with Elder Woody Morrison Opening Remarks • Masters of Ceremonies – Karen Kilikvak Kabloona and Harold Tarbell • Welcome from the co-chairs • Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement – Maureen O’Neil • International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership – Fran Silvestri • Thunderbird Partnership Foundation – Carol Hopkins

5:45 pm -7:00 pm Evening

Dinner iHope Benefit Concert at The Vogue Theatre

A Musical Event to Celebrate Indigenous Life, Resilience and Reconcilitation November 17, 2016 in Vancouver The Vogue Theatre NationTalk proudly presents the Indigenous Healing Our People Everywhere – iHope Benefit Concert 2016. Join leaders in bringing worldwide awareness to suicide prevention through messages of Indigenous resilience, life promotion and reconciliation. The facts are staggering; the suicide rate for Indigenous peoples is five to seven times higher than it is for other Canadians. iHope will shine a light on life promotion through music and a shared message of hope on November 17th, 2016 at the historic Vogue Theater in Vancouver. Music can be healing, and music will bring our nations together in celebration. Join us for this musical event! The iHope Benefit Concert 2016 hosted by Carla Robinson will feature international Indigenous performers including Buffy Sainte-Marie, Susan Aglukark and Andrea Menard, with special performances by Coastal Wolfpack and Murray Porter. Delegates of We Belong will receive iHope tickets on behalf of CFHI.

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DETAILED PROGRAM Friday - November 18th Registration in the Mouton/Rothchild Room Buffet Breakfast Opening in Protocol with Elder Woody Morrison

7:30 am - 9:30 am 7:30 am - 8:30 am 8:30 am - 9:15 am

Welcome to Territory by Coastal Wolfpack Introduction to We Belong – Rose LeMay 9:15 am - 10:30 am

CULTURE AS FOUNDATION TO INDIGENOUS WELL-BEING • The National Inuit Suicide Prevention Strategy by President Natan Obed, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami • Honouring Our Strengths: Relying on Indigenous Culture to Promote Wellness by Executive Director Carol Hopkins, Thunderbird Partnership Foundation

Table discussions:

1. What do you think about each speaker’s recommendation? 2. What would the recommendations look like in your community?

Feedback to the speakers from a selection of tables 10:30 am - 10:50 am Health and Networking Break 10:50 am - 12:15 pm RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES

• Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Impact on Mental Wellness and Suicide by Commissioner Helen Milroy, Australian Royal Commission on the Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse • Protective Childhood Experiences: The Impact on Resilience and Reasons for Life for Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth by Stacy Rasmus, Associate Professor and Bill Charles, Research Associate, Center for Alaska Native Health Research, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Table discussions:

1. What do you think about each speaker’s recommendation? 2. What would the recommendations look like in your community?

12:15 pm - 1:15 pm 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm

Feedback to the speakers from a selection of tables Lunch Breakout Sessions: Showcasing and sharing community examples of strength and actions for change

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DETAILED PROGRAM Topic

Title

Social Determinants Feather Carriers – of Well-Being (Land, Leadership for Life Community, Culture, Recreation) Prescription Drug Abuse Community-Based (Suboxone) Treatment Programs in Northwestern Ontario Child Sexual Abuse and Good Touch/Bad Touch Neglect Program in Nunavik Mental Wellness Teams/Partnerships

Mental Wellness Teams/Partnerships

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Speaker(s) Edward A. Connors, Debby Wilson Danard and John Rice

Room Chateau Belair

Janet Gordon, Ben Bear and Trish Hancharuk

Chateau Olivier

Jeannie Sala

Ballroom B

Anita Gordon Building Stronger Gaye Hanson, Communities from Colleen Geddes, Culture Kwanlin Dün First Gina Nagano and Nation Joe Migwans Nunatsiavut – Where Kaila de Boer ‘We’ Are: Meeting youth ‘where they are’ in the provision of services

Chateau Lafite Chateau Margaux

Health and Networking Break INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND INTERGENERATIONAL STRENGTH • Reframing Indigenous Health Inequity: Resilience and WellBeing in the Context of Historical Trauma by Amy Bombay, Researcher on Intergenerational Trauma and Professor, Dalhousie University • Whānau Ora: A Family-Centred Approach to Intergenerational Gains by Sir Mason Durie, Emeritus Professor, Maori Studies, Massey University, New Zealand

Table discussions: 1. What do you think about each speaker’s recommendation? 2. What would the recommendations look like in your community? 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm

Feedback to the speakers from a selection of tables Closing by Elder Woody Morrison

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Dinner Talent Showcase


DETAILED PROGRAM 7:30 am - 8:30 am 8:30 am - 9:00 am

Saturday - November 19th Buffet Breakfast Opening in Protocol with Elder: Woody Morrison Address from the Métis National Council by President Clément Chartier

9:00 am - 9:45 am

RACISM AND CULTURAL HUMILITY • Cultural Safety through Humility by Joe Gallagher, CEO, BC First Nations Health Authority

Table discussions: 1. What do you think about the recommendation? 2. What would the recommendation look like in your community? Feedback to the speakers from a selection of tables 9:45 am - 10:30 am

WISDOM OF INDIGENOUS YOUTH LEADERS • Participants of the Indigenous Youth Leadership Development for Community Wellness Pre-event

Table discussions: 1. What do you think about the recommendation? 2. What would the recommendation look like in your community?

Feedback to the speakers from a selection of tables 10:30 am - 11:00 am Health and Networking Break 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Breakout Sessions: Indigneous Leadership – Sharing Wisdom & Lessons Title/Organization Speaker(s) Room Kathy Kettler Chateau Social Determinants of Inuit Health in Canada, Inuit Tapiriit Selma Ford Belair Kanatami and Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada Cultural Connectivity, Assembly Elders Aylmer Courchene, Joe Chateau of First Nations Elders’ Council Quewezance and Ki’sihkaw Ksay- Lafite Yin Métis Mental Health – Youth Tanya Davoren Chateau Perspectives Shaughn Davoren Olivier Monique Auger

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Title/Organization Descended From Strength: Assembly of First Nations National Youth Council “Calls to Action on Life Promotion in First Nations Communities”, Assembly of First Nations Suicide Prevention Experiences in Latin-America, Various

Speaker(s) Assembly of First Nations Youth Council Representatives

Room Chateau Margaux

Dévora Kestel, Yolanda Segura, Alvaro Basualto, Roberta Aguiar Cerri Reis, Oraide Siqueira, and Regina Célia de Rezende, Brazil

Ballroon B

12:15 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm BUILDING CONSENSUS ON THE FORUM’S RECOMMENDATIONS Facilitated by Carol Hopkins 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm

VISION FOR NEXT STEPS OF WELLNESS AND RECONCILIATION

Rose LeMay 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm 3:00 pm - 3:30 pm

WE HAVEN'T LOST ANYTHING - LAND, STORYTELLING & CULTURE TO REBUILD INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

Ryan McMahon Closing in Protocol with Elder Woody Morrison

Opportunities to Share #WeBelong2016 CHFI.Northern.Indigenous

Social Media Please tweet and add your comments on the CFHI’s Northern and Indigenous Facebook page! Throughout the Forum, NationTalk will have a roving camera to capture your responses to speakers, your vision of wellness, your story about community resilience, your message to your community…any positive message! NationTalk will video short clips of about 30 seconds, do a quick edit, and immediately post to Twitter through the CFHI account and #WeBelong2016.
