Aboriginal Contraception Awareness Project

NIICHRO is working under the direction of a Steering
Committee composed of Dr. Darlene Kitty, Dr. Ken Seethram,
Kathleen McGovern, Kimberly A. Scott, Lisa Spencer, and Marian Morkill, BScN., and in collaboration with the Society of Gynaecologists and Obstetricians of Canada (SOGC).
The purpose of the Aboriginal Contraception Awareness Project is to determine:
1) the interest of Aboriginal communities in an Aboriginal
component of the SOGC’s Contraception Awareness
Program; and
2) considerations for the development of an Aboriginal
component of the SOGC’s Contraception Awareness
Program.

The Aboriginal Contraception Awareness Project will fulfill its purpose, in large part, by conducting a series of community consultations with several Aboriginal communities across the nation. In total, eight communities, that represent both First Nations and Inuit populations, have been selected.
-Stó:lõ Nation, British Columbia
-Odawa Friendship Centre, Ottawa, Ontario
-Kahnawake, Quebec
-Regina, Saskatchewan
-Shamattawa, Manitoba
-Ft. Rae, Northwest Territories
-Pelly Bay, Nunavut
-Montreal Friendship Centre

The communities were selected in hopes of collecting information that reflects much of the diversity of Aboriginal life across Canada.

The community consultations will invite 8-12 interested
community members including a CHR, another health care provider and/or youth worker, elders, adults (women and men), and youth (teenage girls and boys). The moderator will seek to gather information that addresses broad issues regarding sexual and reproductive health in Aboriginal communities in Canada.