Grant: Operating Grant: NEIHR - Saskatchewan

The First Nations and Métis Peoples' Health and Wellness Research, Training, and Knowledge Mobilization Centre (FMHRC) is a Saskatchewan-based consortium of First Nations, Métis and allied partners who have joined to apply for the CIHR Network Environment of Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR). Based upon direction from Métis and First Nations health leaders, our NEIHR proposes two intersecting collaborating health and wellness centres; the First Nations and Métis Centres . The Centres will each be governed by a Community Advisory Council and each will have co-Scientific Directors, with a NEIHR Executive Director overseeing and supporting the general operations of both Centres (see governance model). Our catchment area is Saskatchewan, and is inclusive of Treaties 2,4,5,6,8 and 10 and the traditional territory of the Métis Nation. Key Indigenous and allied partners from other regions of Canada and internationally are also members of our network, and our consortium proposes to host the NEIHR Coordinating Centre and National Secretariat (described in the Coordinating Centre attachment). The First Nations and Métis Centres will operate through a central NEIHR office in Saskatoon and three regional hubs (Regina, Prince Albert and La Ronge) to share NEIHR resources. The NEIHR Coordinating Centre will be co-located with the SK-NEIHR head office. Our network's Indigenous leaders are the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, Saskatchewan Association of Friendship Centres, the Northern Inter-tribal Health Authority, the Office of the Treaty Commissioner, and Saskatchewan's Indigenous postsecondary institutes. The larger network includes First Nations and Métis communities and organizations, including established community-university partnered research teams. The structure of our NEIHR supports First Nations and Métis partnerships with university researchers to develop diverse and innovative health/wellness research, training and KM programs.