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This session is presented by Healthcare Excellence Canada.

Care Forward is a new initiative from Healthcare Excellence Canada. Teams can access funding, coaching, tools and peer connections to drive meaningful, local impact.

Several streams are available. This Q&A session is for those interested in applying to the "Enhancing Integrated Care" and/or "Right Care Challenge" streams. It is part of HEC's  Care Forward - What's Next at HEC webinar series, which begins on May 13. To register for this session, sign up for the webinar series and respond "yes" to  Live Q&A - Enhancing Integrated Care and Right Care Challenge on the second page. 

This webinar is presented by the Health Data Research Network (HDRN) as part of the Big IDEAs About Health Data speaker series.

About the Presentation:

Working closely with First Nations, Inuit and Métis partners as well as urban Indigenous health service providers, HDRN Canada member ICES has developed unique partnerships that include data governance and data sharing agreements. This work, supported by the Indigenous Partnerships, Data and Analytics department at ICES, enables Indigenous-driven analyses using ICES data. In this session, Dominique Legacy and Laura Ferreira-Legere will discuss becoming a trusted partner and forming partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations. They’ll explore current processes for using Indigenous data, and share how this work has informed planning for community governance of immigration data at ICES.

About the Speakers:

Dominique Legacy is a dedicated leader in advancing Indigenous health outcomes through strategic partnerships and data governance. As the Director of Indigenous Partnerships, Data and Analytics at ICES, she is committed to upholding and operationalizing Indigenous data governance principles to support Indigenous-led initiatives and research projects. Dominique has over a decade of experience working alongside community at the Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre. A Mi’kmaq of Sickadomec, registered to Elsipogtog First Nation, and French-Canadian ancestry, she holds a Master in Health Sciences from the University of Ottawa and a Bachelor in Psychology from the University of Moncton.

Laura Ferreira-Legere is the Senior Manager of Public and Community Engagement, Knowledge Translation at ICES. She has held professional roles in clinical nursing practice in Atlantic Canada and nursing guideline development in Ontario, including as a volunteer panel member contributing to best practice recommendations on equitable health care for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. Her Master’s thesis on reproductive cancer care in lesbian and bisexual communities received the York University Nursing Thesis Award. In her current role, Laura supports scientists and project teams to incorporate meaningful and equity-centered public and community engagement in research and analysis.

About the Series:

The Big IDEAs About Health Data Speaker Series features a variety of experts discussing how data can be used to advance health equity. It aspires to create a space for conversation about whether and how data can be used to advance equity in Canada; specific uses of and guidelines for the use of disaggregated data (sex and gender, race and ethnicity, disability, income, housing, language etc.); and advancements in data research practices and methods that embed inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in algorithms, distributed analytics, community involvement and equity assessment tools. Watch and share past webinar recordings. 

Public Health 2025 is the national conference where public health professionals, researchers, policy-makers, academics, students and trainees come together to strengthen efforts to improve health and well-being, to share the latest research and information, to promote best practices and to advocate for public health issues and policies grounded in research.

Winnipeg is located in Treaty One Territory, the home and traditional lands of the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe), Ininew (Cree), and Dakota peoples, and in the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. 

# Conference Objectives

Public Health 2025 will provide:

• a dynamic setting that brings together researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to profile action-oriented best practices, evidence-informed interventions, successful strategies and new research from both domestic and global settings;
• a venue that supports forward thinking, reflection and critical dialogue to prepare public health to meet future challenges;
• a supportive environment for sharing innovative ideas and approaches to public health practice, policy and research that encourage further collaborations across and within sectors;
• a multisectoral knowledge exchange and networking opportunity to discuss current public health issues from across Canada and around the world; and
• a venue for public health professionals at all stages of their education and careers to collaborate, innovate and help shape the health and well-being of Canadians.

# Learning objectives

Having attended Public Health 2025, participants will be better prepared to:

• articulate the current status of public health evidence, research, policy and practice;
• identify public health challenges and related solutions, trends, emerging issues and gaps;
• utilize effective evidence-based public health programs, practices, structures and systems; and
• identify strategies for knowledge translation and exchange.