{"id":2222,"date":"2023-08-08T18:24:53","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bccdcfound.wpengine.com\/?post_type=our-projects&p=2222"},"modified":"2024-08-07T17:18:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T17:18:24","slug":"kloshe-nanitch-bundles","status":"publish","type":"our-projects","link":"https:\/\/pacificpublichealth.ca\/projects\/kloshe-nanitch-bundles\/","title":{"rendered":"Kloshe Nanitch Bundles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kloshe Nanitch Bundles<\/h1>

Working together to promote Indigenous health.<\/h3>

Turtle Island, or what we now call Canada, has a tragic legacy of colonization with ongoing impacts on First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples. Over the last few years, the findings of the unmarked graves of children across the country have begun to shine much-needed light on this dark history of residential schools \u2014 settings of abuse and intentional assimilation, where thousands died from malnourishment or disease. We may never know the true numbers or immense scope of this tragedy.

This historical and ongoing colonization, control, and oppression of Indigenous Peoples has created a pervasive lack of trust in government and related institutions, including public health. It has created ongoing health and socioeconomic disparities, poorer health outcomes, and extensive inequities. Re-building trust and addressing inequities will take hard work and collaboration with Indigenous communities, with a focus on thoughtful public health initiatives rooted in respect, humility, safety, and ongoing dialogue and learning.

Grounding our work in why it matters.<\/strong>

In 2007, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission began work that culminated in 94 calls to action, and that same year the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) was adopted. BC was the first jurisdiction in Canada to pass the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA), in 2019. These grounding documents are pivotal in our work today, as we have a responsibility to uphold the rights of Indigenous Peoples in all that we do. Our work towards Truth and Reconciliation begins with always remembering why these harms persist because it is only through respectful learning, dialogue, and fostering relations that we may begin to reconcile how Indigenous people have lived and lost.

These are some of the shared goals of the Foundation and one of our partners, Chee Mamuk \u2014 the self-determining Indigenous-led program within the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC). Chee Mamuk engages in a constant cycle of deep listening and reflection and grounding their work in what people are telling them. And this is why we are partnering with them, to advance critical work within communities that addresses harms and inequities, promotes health and well-being, and builds relations, cooperation, and a new way of thinking that puts the emphasis on striving for well-being. This thoughtful work addresses the social determinants of health, advances equity, and underpins a healthier future, which takes into consideration the interplay of the lands, water, air, and all living creatures together.<\/p>