{"id":340,"date":"2023-08-01T20:35:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T20:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csch.ca\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2023-08-02T14:24:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T14:24:15","slug":"northern-rural-and-remote-health-nrrh-forum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/csch.ca\/csch-events\/northern-rural-and-remote-health-nrrh-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern, Rural and Remote Health (NRRH) Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern, Rural and Remote Health (NRRH) Forum<\/h1><\/div>
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October 6 \u2013 9, 2017
\nHappy Valley – Goose Bay, Labrador<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The Canadian Society for Circumpolar Health (CSCH) and the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada jointly organized the Northern, Rural and Remote Health (NRRH) Forum, with the following partners:<\/p>\n<\/div>

  • <\/i><\/span>
    Innu Nation<\/div><\/li>
  • <\/i><\/span>
    Labrador-Grenfell Health<\/div><\/li>
  • <\/i><\/span>
    Mushuau Innu First Nation<\/div><\/li>
  • <\/i><\/span>
    Nuntsiavut Government<\/div><\/li>
  • <\/i><\/span>
    NunatuKavut Community Council<\/div><\/li>
  • <\/i><\/span>
    Sheshatshiu Innu First Nation<\/div><\/li>
  • <\/i><\/span>
    Town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay<\/div><\/li>
  • <\/i><\/span>
    Labrador Institute<\/div><\/li>
  • <\/i><\/span>
    Memorial University, Faculty of Medicine<\/div><\/li><\/ul>

    The NRRH Forum provided an opportunity for collaboration and engagement across a variety of sectors. It facilitated partnerships and knowledge exchange, fostered dialogue on best practices in research ethics and methods, explored local innovations in community-based programming, health service delivery and teaching, and encouraged a reimagining of Northern health systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Keynote Lecture<\/span><\/p>\n

    Natan Obed, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami<\/a>, presented a keynote lecture entitled, \u201cToward Health Equality for Inuit.\u201d<\/p>\n

    President Obed\u2019s lecture situated the systemic health disparities experienced across the North in the context of social justice, Inuit-Crown relationships, sovereignty, and the unfinished process of Nation-building.<\/p>\n<\/div>