Grant: Planning Grants

This Planning Workshop will bring together researchers and stakeholders to work together to: 1) identify critical emerging issues in Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), Aboriginal health and identity; 2) develop a national research network and initiative. The Workshop will advance this research agenda by bringing together Aboriginal leaders and practitioners who are currently engaged in health technologies innovation (incl. e-health, telemedicine and connectivity more generally) with leading social science scholars in the critical studies of health ICTs in Aboriginal contexts. The goal of the Workshop is to develop a creative and effective synergy of Aboriginal and inter-disciplinary perspectives in order to advance the theoretical and practical components of health ICTs in Aboriginal Canada with particular focus on the social dimensions, the impacts and challenges, and the policy and implementation gaps as these technologies continue to permeate Aboriginal communities across Canada. (No primary research will be conducted for this Workshop.)