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."

Dr. Earl Nowgesic
Former Associate Scientific Director of the CIHR’s Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health

"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."

Dr. Christine Chambers
Scientific Director of the CIHR’s Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health

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