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We continue to work diligently in strengthening partnerships, increasing the profile of the Metis Settlements, looking at training opportunities and addressing health related issues that were identified in the Community Based Health assessment on the Metis Settlements completed February 2017.
To date various grant funded projects have been executed to begin the process of addressing priority areas identified in the assessment, the health boards vision is that in the near future our Settlements will have funding to run sustainable programs to address youth programming, mental health and addictions, senior services, etc. In 2020 grant funded programs provided employment and program delivery funds to the settlements for 8 Prevention and Addictions Coordinators: 8 part time youth workers (Caring for our Future Leaders) and 2 Mental Health and Addictions Navigators and 2 Data Interns from Elizabeth and Peavine who work out of the MSGC office. Health Surveillance Analyst Interns/Training/work opportunity- 2 interns Goal of this initiative is that the Metis Settlements will one day have their own database to house Metis Settlement specific health data. Although numerous studies on aboriginal health exist, few studies differentiate between Metis’, Inuit and First Nations Populations. The studies that focus on Metis health are national or provincial in scope, with no specific studies that focus on the Alberta Metis Settlements populations’ overall health status. • A Data Accord would be a partnership between Alberta Health and the Metis Settlements • The Metis Settlements would have ownership and control to their own Metis Settlement Specific Data and Alberta Health would do the collecting. • With the Metis Settlements approval and consent, Alberta Health would mark trends in our communities. • Based on the data collected Alberta Health would advise Alberta Health Services to create culturally appropriate programs and services to the Communities. On February 27,2020, the results were presented to an All Council Assembly and approval was received to proceed with entering into a Health Data Accord with Alberta Health. May 1,2020 a draft Health Data Accord Agreement was forwarded to the Settlements for review and approval and we received approval from 5 Settlements, unfortunately due to COVID-19 this initiative has been delayed. Jennifer and Chelsea are currently also working and reviewing the last years census data and making recommendations on changes that should occur to ensure that data aligns and is comparable to Alberta Health Services and the Provinces census. Status of Youth Report: In 2018, the Students Commission of Canada and the Youth Secretariat partnered to develop Canada’s first ever Youth Policy, in the policy, the Government of Canada committed to publish a report highlighting the State of Youth in Canada. This and other engagement sessions with youth will help develop Canada’s first State of Youth Report.
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