Past, Present, and Future: The Story of a Northern Ontario First Nations Health Data Partnership

In 2016, several First Nations health service organizations in northern Ontario came together to address a shared challenge: a lack of high-quality, community-specific health data that they needed to make evidence-informed decisions. This led to the formation of Mamow Ahyamowen (Everyone’s Voices), an epidemiology partnership of 11 First Nations organizations collectively serving 78 communities across the region. Building on the foundational work of the Chiefs of Ontario and ICES, Mamow Ahyamowen used health administrative data to better understand the mortality experiences of its communities in 2019. Since then, the Partnership has prioritized meaningful knowledge translation and capacity-strengthening activities to share findings in ways that support Partners and communities.

This webinar will tell the story of Mamow Ahyamowen through lenses of self-determination and Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Participants will hear from presenters who hold various roles in the Partnership, including Loretta Loon (Steering Committee Member for the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority), Dr. Jennifer Walker (Epidemiologist, Health Services Researcher & Advisor), and Maureen Gustafson (Knowledge Translation Specialist). Together they will provide an overview of the Partnership’s history, work to date, and path forward.

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