Health committee  I'm in for training.

Health committee  I think the support could definitely focus on the implementation of the first nations mental illness continuum framework—not doing it for us but in collaboration, taking leadership from first nations organizations. There is a national team that is focused on the implementation of

Health committee  Any access to mental health services will make some difference, but you're never going to make as much difference without culture. No matter where you live in Canada, whether you live on a first nations reserve or in an urban environment, access to cultural support is difficult.

Health committee  There have been some regions of the first nations and Inuit health branch of Health Canada that have invested in training. For example, in the Quebec region, they provided $5,000 to five treatment centres so they could train all of their staff and invite community members in who

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  Dr. Smylie was talking about aboriginal organizations having more control over data, so there's a great appetite for information and data, and control and access and protection of data. First nations governments, organizations, have developed capacity and interest since 1980 in

Health committee  No, it was first nations.

Health committee  Sure. What we heard in the development of the mental wellness continuum framework, in terms of moving forward in addressing mental wellness and promoting culture, is that we have to move forward from a systems perspective from an examination of deficits to a discovery of strengt

Health committee  Yes, I was.

Health committee  Yes. [Witness speaks in Ojibway] Good afternoon and thank you. I'd like to begin by thanking you for the opportunity to speak with the committee. Thank you for the invitation. I'd like to discuss with you mental wellness from a first nations' perspective. I've introduced my

Health committee  I know that was something we supported in First Do No Harm, Canada's national strategy. We certainly were part of those discussions that promoted that initiative, but I'm not aware of any specific examples.

Health committee  And pregnant women.

Health committee  Certainly, there are needs specific to pregnant women, so there is advocacy at this time to look at how we might address the specific needs of pregnant women. One of the projects that we had planned but got stalled because of funding cuts was to develop care pathways, so that ser

Health committee  That's right.

Health committee  That's a big question.