Aboriginal Peoples

Aboriginal Injury Prevention Networking Group

In 2006 the ACICR convened a collaborative meeting with invited representatives of the Métis Settlements and other key stakeholder organizations representative of both urban and rural Aboriginal communities. The purpose was to discuss what could be done to move injury prevention forward in Aboriginal communities in Alberta to begin addressing the injury problem particularly in off-reserve Aboriginal communities. The discussion resulted in the formation of the Aboriginal Injury Prevention Working Group.

A project funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada was undertaken in February 2006 by the Aboriginal Injury Prevention Working Group to develop a culturally appropriate Aboriginal Model for Injury Prevention. The purpose of the model was to guide the development of actions that would assist Aboriginal communities toward the implementation of community injury prevention initiatives.

A subsequent project was completed in 2009 that resulted in the development of a Five Year Strategic Plan that focused on Métis Settlements and Aboriginal community action in both urban and rural areas of Alberta.

For more information on the membership of the Aboriginal Injury Prevention Working Group and the two projects see the following documents:

• Aboriginal Injury Prevention Model
• A Five Year Plan for Urban & Rural Aboriginal Injury Prevention in Alberta

 Data

• First Nations Injuries Health Service Use, 2005

 

Workgroups

Aboriginal Injury Prevention Networking Group

Research

• Final Evaluation Report - Urban Aboriginal and Métis Settlement Populations: Developing an Action Framework for Injury Prevention
• Little Red River Cree Nation (LRRCN) Safe Communities Demonstration Project Evaluation Report

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