Grant: Cat. Grant: Healthy Youth - Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Urban Ind.)

"As Métis, we are people who honor and respect the family, our elders who hold the key to the past and our children who are the future. We are guided by our values as we aspire to attain our highest potential." The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) Statement of Prime Purpose makes clear the value of Métis youth. And yet there is little health research that is specific to Métis youth health priorities and health research engagement preferences in Canada. This project aims to fill this gap by determining the health priorities of Métis youth in ways that respect and uplift Métis ways of being and doing and exploring how MNO youth citizens want their voices represented in health research. To accomplish this, we will use mixed methods including a population-based survey, 1:1 interviews, and a Métis methodology, keeoukaywin (the visiting way) with MNO youth Citizens. The findings from this study will inform youth-specific health research priorities, program planning and service provision for the MNO and across the Métis Nation.