Announcement of the recipient of the I-HeLTI Cohort
The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC), in partnership with First Nations Health Authority, university-based researchers from Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Health Sciences and the University of Alberta, as well as Indigenous leaders and communities, received $16M in Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grants to continue the long-term study, Hishuk-ish tsawalk, towards improving health and wellness for Indigenous children.Footnote 1
"The NTC are leaders in the area of developmental origins of health and disease (DOHaD) and Indigenous populations. Hishuk-ish tsawalk is exemplary, and has great potential to contribute to the wellness of Indigenous Nations now and for generations to come. Miigwetch."
"The CIHR-Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health (IHDCYH) is pleased to support this Indigenous community-university partnership that will use traditional Indigenous Knowledge alongside Western ways of knowing to promote healthy child development. This team’s strengths-based and multi-generational perspective is aligned with our goals of advancing science, promoting knowledge and ways of knowing, and addressing the needs of children, youth and families across the lifecycle."
Resources
- Funding Decisions Database - CIHR (cihr-irsc.gc.ca)
- Indigenous-led study to improve child health and wellness - SFU News - Simon Fraser University
- Historic Grant to Help Indigenous Communities | Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council (nuuchahnulth.org)
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