Collaborative Project Seeks to Determine Indigenous ‘Healing Indicators’ – FNHA
Aug 09, 2022
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is engaged in a collaborative project with Simon Fraser University (SFU) which will help identify ecological indicators that are based in the 7 Directives and examine how those indicators contribute to Indigenous-led Health Impact Assessments.
Called Healing Indicators: Research in Indigenous health impact assessment and self-determination, the project has two main goals. The first is to help build and develop next steps for an ecological indicator to meet the needs set out in the First Nations Population Health and Wellness Agenda.
The second is to help determine the FNHA’s ongoing role in Environmental and Health Impact Assessment processes of industrial projects. Environmental Public Health Services (EPHS) staff are requested to participate in the adjudication of the health and wellness impacts—both positive and negative—of these projects.
