Indigenous Healthcare & Youth

Name: Indigenous Healthcare & Youth
Start: 2024-06-04T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-06-04T16:45:00-07:00
Location: UBC Robson Square

Schedule

Tue Jun 04 2024 at 09:00 am to 04:45 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

UBC Robson Square | Vancouver, BC

The state of Indigenous healthcare in Canada has been a subject of ongoing concern and advocacy for improvement. Indigenous peoples in Canada often face significant disparities in healthcare access, quality, and outcomes compared to non-Indigenous populations. These disparities are rooted in historical and ongoing systemic factors, including colonization, intergenerational trauma, socio-economic inequities, and discrimination.
In the same vein, Indigenous child and family services in Canada has been a matter of significant concern and attention due to longstanding issues related to government practices, colonial policies, and systemic injustice. Indigenous children and families continue to be overrepresented in the child welfare system compared to non-Indigenous populations. But as Indigenous nations work to reclaim jurisdiction over child and family services in their communities, change is coming.
Join us as we engage in thought-provoking discussions, hear from esteemed speakers, and exchange innovative ideas to address the systemic challenges facing Indigenous peoples in accessing quality healthcare and navigating child and family services. From bridging cultural gaps in healthcare to addressing challenges in development child and family services laws, this conference is a platform for meaningful dialogue and actionable solutions.
Key Areas Addressed:
- Perspectives on the creation and implementation of child and family services laws from Nations with experience
- Experience of children and youth in the foster care system
- The role of traditional Indigenous practices and holistic concepts of health in the healthcare system
- Legislative approaches on Indigenous healthcare
Who Should Attend:
- Indigenous leaders, officials, councillors, elders, negotiators, administrators, and advisors
- Family law practitioners, lawyers, mediators and arbitrators
- Healthcare practitioners and providers
- Child services workers
- Federal, provincial, territorial and municipal government officials and policy advisors
- Advocacy groups and not-for-profits working to support Indigenous health, children and families
Attend in-person (Downtown Vancouver) or via live webinar.
To register
Online: www.pbli.com/indigenous-healthcare-and-youth
By phone: 604-730-2500