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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="EN-US">Health
Studies and Gerontology Department Seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 8pt;"
align="center"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="EN-US">Measuring
the Well-being of First Nations Populations and Communities<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="EN-US">Eric
Guimond<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";"
lang="EN-US">Senior Research Manager, Strategic Research
and Analysis Directorate, Indian and Northern Affairs </span></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";"
lang="EN-US">Canada</span></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Arial Narrow";"
lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date
year="2007" day="31" month="1"><span
style="font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="EN-US">Wednesday <span
style=""> </span>January 31, 2007</span></st1:date><span
style="font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:time
minute="30" hour="12"><span style="font-family: "Arial Black";"
lang="EN-US">12:30 - 1:30 pm</span></st1:time><span
style="font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-family: "Arial Black";" lang="EN-US">LHN 2703<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: maroon;"
lang="EN-US"><o:p> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="EN-US">The <b style=""><i
style="">Registered Indian Human Development Index
(HDI)</i></b> was developed by the Strategic Research and Analysis
Directorate
(SRAD) of INAC), to measure the well-being of First Nations populations
in
relation to other Canadians. The measurement is based on the United
Nations
HDI, a composite index used by the United Nations Development Program
to
measure and compare the quality of life in 170 countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p><br>
The <b style=""><i style="">First Nations Community Well-being Index
(CWB)</i></b> developed by SRAD is also a composite index, based on
similar
methodology as the HDI, which utilizes indicators of education, income,
labour
force and housing. The functional uses of the CWB index are many. As
well as
being able to identify the diversity of First Nation communities in
terms of
socio-economic status, the CWB index can assess determinants and
correlates of
well-being. Analysis of CWB over time can help assess changes in
community
well-being, impacts of specific programs or policies, and monitoring in
relation to the long-term departmental objectives of improving the
quality of
life, sustainability, and self-reliance of First Nation communities.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p><br>
Eric Guimond is of Mi'kmaw and French
descent and is a specialist in Aboriginal demography whose educational
background includes demography, community health, physical education
and
Aboriginal studies. He also possesses university research and teaching
experience with expertise in projection models of population and
Aboriginal
groups. He is currently completing Ph.D. studies (U of Montreal) on the
topic
of ethnic mobility of Aboriginal populations in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="EN-US">Canada</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="EN-US">.
Currently, Eric is engaged in the projects relating to First Nation
Housing,
Inuit social conditions and the development of knowledge transfer
mechanisms
between research and policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-family: "Arial Narrow";" lang="EN-US">Refreshments will be
provided<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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