In addition to these Advisors, one position on the Partnership’s Board of Directors is held for an Indigenous Board Member at Large.

Susie Hooper, Métis Advisor to the work.Lea Bill, First Nations Advisor to the work.The Partnership’s work is currently guided by a First Nations, an Inuit and a Métis Advisor as recommended by the former National Indigenous Organization Caucus which included representatives from the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami and the Métis National Council. Our work is guided by the following Principles of Engagement, which were co-created with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Elders, advisors and partners. Encouraging an organization-wide approach to implementing the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control guided by First Nations, Inuit and Métis governments, organizations, advisors and partners and supported by on-going, mandatory cultural competency training for Partnership staff.Supporting partners in their efforts to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of all First Nations, Inuit and Métis patients and families.Supporting self-determined, regional and Peoples-specific priorities in the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control.We are committed to working in a reconciliatory way with First Nations, Inuit and Métis to improve the cancer system by: Supporting this work is key to sustainable system change and to closing the gaps in cancer care and outcomes between First Nations, Inuit and Métis and other people in Canada. First Nations, Inuit and Métis governments, organizations and communities are leading the work that will result in improved well-being with the development and implementation of Peoples-specific, self-determined solutions.

The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer acknowledges that colonial practices and policies continue to impact the well-being of generations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis.

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