Grant: Meetings, Planning and Dissemination Grant: Aboriginal Peoples' Health

Recognizing that issues of water resource quality and management affect health directly and indirectly, and desirous of promoting health and reducing the burden of illness borne by Aboriginal peoples, the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research (CAHR) at the University of Victoria is preparing a consensus conference to initiate inter-disciplinary dialogue in the areas of community management of water systems and Aboriginal health. The meeting will take place on March 22, 2010, to coincide with the United Nation's World Water Day. This meeting, intended to bring together diverse researchers and practitioners active in fields of advanced health research, public health, Aboriginal health, and water systems management, will be hosted at the First Peoples House at the University of Victoria. Intended material benefits from this meeting will include a written final report with companion DVD of the proceedings, a synthesis paper, a compendium of best practices in the management of small water systems for the promotion of health and well-being and the prevention of water borne infectious disease, increased capacity for community-based research and implementation of water management techniques and policies amongst participants through sharing of knowledge and experiences.