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National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
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NCCAH
In early 2005, the University of Northern British Columbia was
successful in securing support from the Public Health Agency of Canada
for the establishment of a National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal
Health (NCCAH). The NCCAH is located at the University of
Northern British Columbia in Prince George, BC. The university
serves a region rich in cultural diversity, including 17 First Nations
with more than 27 distinct languages and dialects.
Located in this environment, the NCCAH seeks to support Aboriginal
communities across Canada to realize their health goals and in doing so
reduce the health inequities that currently exist for Aboriginal
peoples.
The work of the NCCAH is national in scope and directed to serving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples across the country. |
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Photo credit for above and following: Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, represented by the Ministry of Health (2005).  |
| Establishment of the NCCs
The Public Health Agency of Canada has established six National
Collaborating Centres (NCCs) across the country as part of the
Government of Canada’s commitment to renew and strengthen public
health. Each Collaborating Centre will specialize in a different
priority area of public health and together have an overarching mission
to build on existing strengths and create and foster linkages among
researchers, the public health community and other stakeholders to
ensure the efficiency and effectiveness of Canada’s public health
system. The regionally-located Centres will provide national
focal points for knowledge translation in key priority areas of public
health and contribute to the development of a nation wide public health
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Focus of the NCCAH
The overall mission of the NCCAH is to increase Aboriginal capacity for
action on their determinants of health. NCCAH will accomplish
this by:
- Being a resource and facilitating the development of ideas and
information to support and inform future public interventions.
- Supporting the development of practices and policies through
knowledge synthesis, knowledge translation and knowledge exchange.
The fundamental role of the NCCAH will be to build bridges between
Aboriginal people’s approaches to public health and existing research
centres, repositories of public health related information and service
delivery agencies. The NCCAH will also collaborate with the other
National Collaborating Centres (NCCs) on joint projects and
initiatives. The NCCs are already taking initial steps to ensure
collaboration amongst the centres, including the sharing of work plans
to address national priorities in a coordinated manner.
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Your Contribution
We welcome your
comment in the following areas:
- Gap areas in research, policy and practice
- Existing information resources that can be built upon
- Role of the Centre
- Design and operation of the Centre
- Potential challenges and solutions
- Key stakeholders with whom the Centre should be engaging
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University of Northern British Columbia
3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada, V2N 4Z9 | |
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