FNEHIN - First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network

Spring Institute on Indigenous Property, Development and Extraction, May 5, 2012 Winnipeg, MB

Gathering Wisdom V, May 15-17, 2012 Vancouver, BC

Native Health Research Conference, July 16-19, 2012, Seattle, WA

Graduate Students in Aboriginal Health Research - Call for Abstracts deadline May 11

Ecosocial Approaches to Aboriginal Health - Graduate Students Gathering June 22-25 Montreal, QC

Summer Institute on Research in Aboriginal Health May 28-June 1, Nova Scotia

Network for Aboriginal Mental Health Research Summer School June 26-28, Montreal, QC

Call in chat “Warning: Breathe deeply: at your own risk?” May 2, 2012

Webinar – Spotlight on Knowledge Translation Methods and Tools, May 24, 2012

Webinar - Research Involving the First Nations, Inuit and Metis, May 10, 2012

Summer School - Community Based Methods and Ethics in Indigenous Research, June 16-19. London ON

Aboriginal Health Research Writing Retreat, BC, May 24-27

2012 Global Indigenous Conference, University of British Columbia (UBC) May 5-6

Public Forum and Feast (Victoria, BC) May 7

Review:  What Fish Should I eat?

Int’l Polar Year 2012 Conference - From Knowledge to Action April 22-27, Montréal, QC

Gateways North: Expansion, Convergence and Change, The Pas, MB, May 3, 2012

Summer Institute - Advancing Health Equity, Building on Experience May 15-16, Kelowna, BC

Global Conference on Oceans, Climate and Security May 21-23, 2012 (USA)

2012 World Indigenous Housing Conference June 11-15 BC

Conference - Healthy Environments Across Generations June 7-8, New York, NY

Conference - Creating and Sustaining Healthy Environments June 11-14, Edmonton, AB

15th International Congress on Circumpolar Health Aug 5-10 Fairbanks, AK

Health Impact Assessment 2012 International Conference Aug 29-31, Quebec City, QC

Conference - Healthy People Healthy Places Sept 16-19 Blue Mountains, ON

Obesogens: An Environmental Link to Obesity (research)

Funding - Grassroots Communities Mining Mini-Grant

New Study: Ubiquitous bisphenol A linked to adult obesity, insulin resistance

CBC ‘Nature of Things’ Jan 12 & 15 - chemical pollutants and obesity

8th Fire: Creating a New Relationship with Canada’s Aboriginal Peoples (New TV program Jan 2012)

Popular First Nation cancer care course expanding to all provinces

Recognizing and Preventing Overexposure to Methylmercury from Fish and Seafood Consumption

Study: Mercury affects subsistence-fed sled dogs in Yukon River

Study - Marine food pollutants as a risk factor for hypoinsulinemia and type 2 diabetes

Summary - National Health Forum 2011

Study : human health risk associated with exposure to chlorination in drinking water

Study: Impacts of shale gas and oil extraction on the environment and human health

Canadian Public Health Association - Call for Abstracts

Children’s Environmental Health Webinar, November 10th, 2011

Research - Relationship between road and railway noise with blood pressure and hypertension

Research - Environmental toxin Bisphenol A can affect newborn brain

Study: BPA may affect child behavior

Feeding Mind, Body and Spirit: A Gathering Dec 6-7, 2011 Toronto

Mercury submission - AFN to Environment Canada

Practical Public Health Tools for Climate Change Adaptation (Virtual Forum) Oct 21

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17 new factsheets posted under Resources & Publication ‘fact sheets’

summary of Environmental Health workshop from International Indigenous Summit on Energy & Mining

New call for proposals by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC)

The 2012-2013 NFNECP and DWQP Call for Proposals are now open!

NFNECP) “>The National First Nations Environmental Contaminants Program (NFNECP)

Montreal 2011 Ecocity World Summit

UNEP launches Safe Planet website

International Indigenous Summit on Energy and Mining, Niagara Falls, June 27-29, 2011

10th Annual Canadian Rural Health Research meeting, Richmond, BC October 20-22, 2011

Counting on the Environment: The Contribution of Forests to Rural Livelihoods, 15 June 2011, UK

1st International Conference on Food and Environment, 21 - 23 June 2011, United Kingdom

Environmental Health Conference, Apr 20 & May 4, 2011 (two part) Toronto, ON

Indigenous Wisdom and Geopolitics Article

Approach to Consultation - see Grand Council Treaty #3’s Great Earth Law

http://www.gct3.net/grand-chiefs-office/laws-and-policies/

NEW links to VIDEOS under Resources & Publications

find First Nations Environmental Health videos and links to TV episodes in the drop-down menu of Resources & Publications

Conference: Growing Old in a Changing Climate, May 25-26, 2011

http://www.sfu.ca/fc2011/

Community-based Health Resarch: A Summer Institute: Weaving the Tapestry , Regina, SK June 20-24

Traditional Foods Summit , March 28-29, 2011, Seattle

Managing Aboriginal Land and Water Interests, March 28 – 29, 2011, Toronto

First Annual Indigenous Health Research Conference, March 25-26, 2011, Saskatoon

FNEHIN-Networking and Partnership Development Meeting

March 21st and 22nd, 2011 at the University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia

Water and Society 2011

First International Conference on Water and Society, a multi-disciplinary forum for the presentation and discussion of many issues affecting water resources today, 5 – 7 December 2011, Las Vegas, USA

2011 National Forum “Sustaining a Healthy Future: From Indigenous Knowledge to Cultural Safety,”

2011 National Forum “Sustaining a Healthy Future: From Indigenous Knowledge to Cultural Safety,” Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, September 29 to October 1, 2011.

The International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Public Health (EPPH2011

The International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Public Health (EPPH2011) will be held from May 10th to 12th, 2011 in Wuhan, China.

2011 National Conference Peace, Good Mind, & Strength

Cancer Models and Novel Therapies, The Beaton Institute for Cancer Research

Sunday July 3, 2011 – Wednesday July 6 2011 Glasgow, Scotland,

A review on arsenic concentrations in Canadian drinking water

Interesting Facts

Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change

First Nations reserve to expand 10 times

NAHO

First Nations Environmental Health Championed in Two New Initiatives - Media Release

Contaminants and Environmental Health: A Discussion Group for First Nations in Ontario

Profile on Mining and Environmental Health

Human Environmental Health Impact Assessment: A Framework for Indigenous Communities

First Nations Food, Nutrition, and Environment Study