BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20251123T005157EST-8652tvgAVw@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20251123T055157Z DESCRIPTION:Virtual lecture\n\nWatch Live on Youtube\n\nCindy Blackstock\, PhD (Social Work)\n Executive Director\, First Nations Child and Family Car ing Society of Canada\n\nA member of the Gitxsan First Nation\, Cindy is h onoured to serve as the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and a professor at 91şÚÁĎÍř’s School of Soc ial Work. She has over 30 years of experience working in child welfare and Indigenous children’s rights and has published more than 75 articles on t opics relating to reconciliation\, Indigenous theory\, First Nations child welfare and human rights. Cindy was honoured to work with First Nations c olleagues on a successful human rights challenge to Canada’s inequitable p rovision of child and family services and failure to implement Jordan’s Pr inciple. This hard-fought litigation has resulted in hundreds of thousands of services being provided to First Nations children\, youth and families .\n\nShe recently served on the Pan American Health Commission on Health E quity and Inequity and fundamentally believes that culturally-based equity is fundamental to meaningful reconciliation. Cindy is frequently sighted in the company of the Caring Society’s reconciliation Am-bear-rister\, Spi rit Bear\, engaging children in meaningful actions to implement the TRC Ca lls to Action.\n\nEquity + Culture = Healthy Kids\n\nEquity means access t o the same opportunities as others in areas such as education\, healthcare \, and other vital public services. As more First Nations move towards sel f-determination\, how will they ensure equity for their members? It is inh erently tied to self-determination\, especially as First Nations continue to move forward despite past and present systemic racism in Canada.\n\nREG ISTRATION REQUIRED\n DTSTART:20211103T220000Z DTEND:20211103T220000Z SUMMARY:44th Annual Osler Lectureship URL:/medhealthsci/channels/event/44th-annual-osler-lec tureship-334348 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR