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Friday, March 20, 2015
OPENING CEREMONIES
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Entertainment – Nanavut Sivuniksavut
Keynote Address by Wab Kinew
ORAL ABSTRACTS SESSIONS 2 & 4
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The Family Spirit Program Randomized Controlled Trial:
Three-Year Outcomes from a Paraprofessional Delivered,
Home-Visiting Intervention for American Indian Mothers and
Children (Crystal Kee)
Making the Invisible, Visible: Using Population Data Linkage to
Illuminate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Maternal and
Child Health Outcomes (Jane Freemantle)
Physical and Mental Health of Off-Reserve First Nations
Children of Teen Mothers (Anne Guevremont)
Re-Balancing the Wheel-The Two Eyed Seeing, TES Diagnostic
Wheel for FASD and Related Conditions (Rene Turcotte)
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Developmental Milestone Achievement among Aboriginal
Children in Canada (Leanne Findley)
Healthy bodies, Healthy Minds: Summer Literacy Camps as
an Investment in the Future (Melanie Valcin)
A Community-Based Approach to Suicide Surveillance,
Follow-Up and Brief Intervention: The White Mountain
Apache Model (Angelita Lee)
CONCURRENT SESSION B1 & B2
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Supporting Resilience in Native American Families and
Communities through the First Born Program (Virginia
Beamsley, Sheeresa Begay)
Métis Life Skills Journey Program: Contributing to Individual
and Community Resilience (Fay Fletcher, Kyla Fisher)
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Bridging the Gap Between Elders and Youth Through
Story-telling (Natasha Rabbit, Kisikaw Ksay-yin)
"Keeping Our Spirits Strong Together " A Holistic Wellness
Program for Young Aboriginal Girls (Lisa Stafford, Tracey
Paul Kirkpatrick)
PLENARY SESSION – Family Violence
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Communication for Violence Prevention in Inuit Communities: The Success of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada’s Child and
Youth-focused Projects (Katherine Irngaut)
Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) (Kyle Newman)
FWWI – The Canadian Connection (Cheryl Hankard)
Saturday, March 21, 2015
PLENARY SESSION – Youth Panel
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Resilience, Activism, and Youth: Voices for Change in Indigenous Communities (James Makokis, Joaquin Gallegos, Jocelyn
Formsma)
CONCURRENT SESSION C1 & C4
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An Invasive yet Preventable Disease; Suicide (Shaquita Bell)
Community-Based Participatory Research in Indigenous
Communities: The Maskwacis Life Skills Training Program
(Loly Baydala, Natasha Rabbit)
CONCURRENT SESSION D3 & D4
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The Constant Epidemic: Injury in Indian Country (Ben
Hoffman)
Akwesasne Injury Prevention Project (Rose-Alma
McDonald, Alison Macpherson)
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Using Outcome Mapping to Evaluate a Culturally Adapted
Prevention Program in an Indigenous Community (Melissa
Tremblay)
Understanding Aboriginal Children's Pain from a Two-Eyed
Seeing Perspective (Margot Latimer, Kara Paul)
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Outbreak of Invasive Haemophilus Influenzae Serotype A
(Hia) among North American Indigenous Children
(Michael Bruce, Shalini Desai, Raymond Tsang)
STIs in Native American Populations (Jill Huppert)
Enteric Infections in the Arctic (Tobey Audcent)
PLENARY SESSION – Multinational Panel
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Health Status of Indigenous Communities (Steve Holve, James Irvine, Anne Chang)
Sunday, March 22, 2015
CONCURRENT SESSION E2 & E3
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Understanding Inuit Youth Health Priorities (Anne
Aningmiuq, Robert Comeau)
Champions for Change - Developing Leaders and Building
Skills in Indigenous Communities (Joaquin Gallegos, Ryan
Ward)
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Rickets and Alaska Native and
Canadian Indigenous Children (Rachel Kerford Lescher,
Leanne Ward)
Store Outside Your Door: Addressing Food Security for
our Future Generations (Gary Ferguson)
Determinants of T2D in Children: The Complex Interplay
of Nature and Nurture (Brandy Wicklow)
CLOSING CEREMONIES
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Closing Address by Adam Beach
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Continuing Education
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