COVID-19

Audit covered the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 March 2021.

Using the changes during the COVID pandemic to look at the challenges and reassessments of community-based research.

Examines the shift from a in-person suicide prevention program, Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide (PC CARES), to an online format and how this shift allowed the program to be more impactful while still maintaining its core features.

Study looked at household characteristics most closely associated with variations in incidence in 287 reservations and tribal homelands which had a total of 861 cases. Found that lack of complete indoor plumbing and access to potable water could be an important determinant, as well as relevant information communicated in the language spoken by most tribal members, but that household overcrowding did not appear to be associated with spread of the disease.

In ten videos, Knowledge keepers from Wiikwemkoong (Manitoulin Island) share thoughts and advice about staying physically and spiritually strong during the COVID pandemic. Six of the ten focus on identification and harvesting of plants for food and medicines.

Reports results of 2020 survey completed by 122 lawyers.

Presents overview of government's approach to COVID-19 as it relates to Indigenous peoples and its operational plan.

Discusses the challenges with conducting research on Indigenous communities due to the COVID pandemic.

Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Manitoba, 2020.

Brief discussion of issues as well as recommendations in seven key areas: access to technology; service workforce and funding arrangements; mental health; family violence; prevention and early intervention; support for kinship carers; and family and cultural contact, reunification and permanent care.

Chapter nine in COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery: A Report for the Nation.

Data from crowd-sourcing initiative with 600 participants conducted between June 23 to July 6, 2020.

Looks at Ernest Swanson and Mark Illing's Augmented Reality exhibit inspired by the stories of Walter McGregor. The AR exhibit allows visitors to follow safety protocols during the COVID19 pandemic.

Discusses the large discrepancy between incidence and mortality rates reported by Indigenous Services Canada and those reported by communities themselves and compares the two sets of numbers in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Quebec. Argues that jurisdictional battles between federal and provincial governments have negatively impacted both delivery of services and accumulation of accurate information, with the result being lack of accountability at both levels of government.

Disaggregated data for Blacks, Latinos, Indigenous peoples, Pacific Islanders and Asians including actual and age-adjusted mortality rates per 100,000 and total deaths experienced by each group. Current as of Sept. 15, 2020. July 2022 update.

Discusses the nature and scale of the problem of lack of internet access in remote communities, which caused greater issues during the pandemic as schools closed ,and possible solutions; concludes with five recommendations.

Discusses the importance of addressing ethnicity, specific measures that should be considered, general recommendations, and specific recommendations for governments and health workers.

Developed to assist communities in mobilizing to promote health and minimize the risk of contracting, or becoming very ill from, COVID-19. Includes environmental scan of existing resources and recommendations to increase effectiveness in providing information by using seven principles: accessibility, context, distictions-based, clarity and brevity, strength-based approaches, grounding in cultural identity and knowledge, and evidence based / wise practices.

Reports that statistics from states with adequate race/ethnicity data show cumulative incidence of laboratory-confirmed cases among American Indian and Alaska Natives was 3.5 times higher than in the non-Hispanic white population.

Uses a collaborative analysis of Newfoundland Indigenous experiences to examine the impact of the COVID pandemic on their access to drinking water.

Lists key events from January to May, 2020.

Essays by scholars, practitioners and learners written with an emphasis on the relational and wholistic nature of Indigenous health discuss how the pandemic has affected individuals and communities.

"43rd PARLIAMENT, 2nd SESSION"

Focuses on health and access to healthcare, participation and consultation, access to information, livelihoods, territories, land and resources, and access to clean water and sanitation facilities. Under each topic lists promising practices and key actions for States and other stakeholders.

Commentary piece which examines the effects that discriminatory healthcare practices have on Indigenous peoples, healthcare outcomes, and social determinants of health. Notes the successes of First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities during the current pandemic and the need for Public Health Care that continues to support the self-determination of Indigenous communities.

Spreadsheet contains information on number of cases, locations, date confirmed and by whom, whether the person was a tribal citizen or non-native, age, sex and cause of transmission, in known.

Related material: Indian Health Service (IHS) Area Data. Indian Health Service Percent Positive Tests.

Created to answer frequently asked questions and outline safety procedures and protocols put in place by the organization.

Includes timeline of major events, statistics on pre-pandemic and current market status of lobster, snow crab, northern shrimp, oyster, scallop, and Atlantic halibut, federal government aid overview, projections for state of the industry in the near and moderate future, and recommendations.

Survey included questions about: effect on finances, staffing and services; housing needs of community members during and after pandemic; future organizational requirements; communications from public health officials, vaccine rollout and hesitancy; and community resiliency.

Duration: 1:28:50.

For Indigenous content see chapters 10, 11, and 12.

Survey was conducted between April 29, 2020 and May 22, 2020 and elicited 838 responses. Includes demographic information and statistics on business characteristics, severity of impact, 2019 gross revenue and change in 2020, employment, access and barriers to government relief programs, and capabilities for producing Personal Protection Equipment. Related material: Key Findings.