Call to Action #30

Engage Indigenous Advisors to help Indigenous and non-Indigenous organizations evaluate workplace practices and strategies, measure and monitor workplace inclusion strategies, provide inclusive workplace training, and undertake systems review of strategies.

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Supporting Evidence

What does meaningful Indigenous community engagement look like? Examining collaboration processes in health systems transformation in southeastern Ontario (Canada)

Type of Evidence: Academic Literature

Summary of Key Findings:
This study examines collaboration between Indigenous community partners and the Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team in southeastern Ontario, identifying key themes for meaningful collaboration including relationship-building and increased Indigenous representation, while highlighting barriers such as tokenism and lack of accountability, and developing a framework to guide partnerships between mainstream institutions and Indigenous groups in health systems and policy.

Topics & Keywords:
community engagement, Indigenous representation, Integrated care, OCAP principles, Ontario Health Teams

Limitations:
Key limitations identified include feelings of dismissal and tokenism among Indigenous partners, slow-moving work with unclear goals, undue burden placed on the Indigenous community, and a lack of accountability and transparency within the collaboration process.

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Collaboration with Indigenous communities in an integrated care learning health system in Ontario, Canada: a case study of the Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team

Type of Evidence: Academic Literature

Summary of Key Findings:
The paper examines a collaboration between Indigenous communities and the Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Ontario Health Team (FLA OHT) in Ontario, Canada, aimed at co-designing a governance process for Indigenous-focused evaluation and developing a framework to address health inequities faced by Indigenous peoples through improved health system evaluation approaches.

Topics & Keywords:
Access, Community-based participatory research (CBPR), Control, Indigenous health, Ontario Health Teams (OHTs), Ownership, Possession (OCAP), Quintuple Aim framework

Limitations:
No significant methodological constraints identified.

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