[Webinar] Pathways to Indigenous health - Why some trees keep their leaves: Considerations for Indigenous community safety and well-being

The webinar presentation will examine two key aspects of community wellbeing - housing and community safety. In the first part of the presentation, the presenter Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark considers housing as a human right and treaty right. In doing so, she examines Indigenous legal orders in relation to housing as well as discusses Indigenous jurisdiction regarding housing, encampments and policy making. Dr. Stark calls for expanding Indigenous jurisdiction beyond a duty to consult to accommodate ontologies of care and obligations. In calling for a move towards ontologies of care, Dr. Stark turns her focus to Indigenous law and responses to concerns about community safety, with a focus on using Band Council Resolutions to carry out the banishment of members and non-members who are threatening community well-being. She asks what it means to take up ontologies of care and obligations in these complicated contexts.

More about the "Pathways to Indigenous health" webinar series: "Pathways to Indigenous health" is a series of webinars hosted by the NCCIH. Between September 2023 and April 2024, this series of webinars will explore a variety of topics related to the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. The series intends to strengthen the links between knowledge, policy, and practice, by supporting the educational journeys of healthcare workers, public health audiences, and beyond.