About Us
The First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network (FNEHIN) is a Canada-wide, web-based network that provides information to assist First Nation communities to participate in environmental health research and to address their environmental health concerns.
The FNEHIN aims to:
• Encourage the growth of First Nations programs related to the human health impacts of environmental conditions.
• Actively communicate and provide access to relevant information and tools that will assist First Nation communities in making informed decisions.
• Provide a place to exchange information and enable collaboration between First Nations, researchers and other environmental health stakeholders.
• Promote the use of Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge in environmental health research.
• Communicate, build linkages, and identify opportunities for partnerships with First Nations’ organizations and communities, academic and research departments, federal and provincial governmental organizations, the corporate sector, and non-governmental organizations.
The secretariat is based at the Assembly of First Nations, Environmental Stewardship Unit.
Funding was provided in the past by Health Canada’s First Nations & Inuit Health Branch, Environmental Health Research Division. The information and opinions expressed on this website are those of the authors/researchers and do not necessarily reflect the official views of Health Canada.
Original Organisational partners to FNEHIN:
- The First Nation Centre of National Aboriginal Health Organization
- The Canadian Water Network
- The Environmental Research Division of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada
- BC Leadership Chair in Aboriginal Environmental Chair
- Public Health Agency Canada – Foodborne, Waterborne & Zoonotic Infections Division
- The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
- The National Collaborating Centre for Environmental Health
- Assembly of First Nations
FNEHIN Brochure
FNEHIN_Brochure_Eng_july_11.pdf
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