Health committee  I think part of the solution is connecting young people with their elders and the teachings of how to harvest and eat from your geography, and eat food from nature. We've come very far from that. I think a lot of young people have lost the taste for wild game, fish, and tradition

Health committee  In the indigenous communities, I would have to say that, no, I haven't seen that.

Health committee  I guess I could use some examples and observations from when we travel into northern communities. We take our foot care program into some very remote places. We do a full day of treatment and care, and with that, traditionally we provide food. People come into the programming and

Health committee  I'll just add that in our programming, we emphasize holistic care. It is the teaching of the medicine wheel. We're addressing the mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional aspect of the disease; and the person, the community, and the family. As well, we're coming from a trauma-i

Health committee  I also work in an indigenous program that's funded through the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. I've been the executive director of the Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle for about 20 years, and we do grassroots programming. Since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission call

Health committee  Well, in my 20 years of working in indigenous diabetes, I haven't noticed a lot of surveillance data to draw upon, especially not in Ontario. I think there's a lot of work to be done.

Health committee  That's a good question. We have been approached by people who do have ideas around apps. We do have a gestational diabetes program where we would be looking to support women through their pregnancies using an app. There are a lot of ideas coming to our program now that we're lo

Health committee  It's been prevalently type 2 diabetes, but according to the regional health survey, type 1 is increasing.

Health committee  Our second recommendation is to prioritize food sovereignty. NADA supports culturally competent and safe environments for living, learning, and working, with a focus on promoting healthy environments, for example in food security and mental health. A key priority area in addres

Health committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, bonjour, boozhoo, tansi, sekoh, aaniin. We thank you for the opportunity to address the Standing Committee on Health. We would like to acknowledge that we are visitors here today on the traditional unceded territories of the Algonquin people. We are

Health committee  According to a recent study, approximately eight in 10 indigenous young adults will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime, compared with five in 10 in the general Canadian population. In fact, diabetes is three to five times higher now in the indigenous population and the ons