• Hosted by Vancouver Island and Australian Indigenous Delegation
• Health Governance and Leader Plenary Panel
• Australian Indigenous Guest Speaker
• Health Governance and Leadership Plenary Panel and Guest Speakers
• Australian Indigenous Guest Speakers – Mick Gooda and Sue Anne Hunter

• Hosted by Northern BC, United States Indigenous Delegation
• Health Innovation and Transformation Plenary Panel
• United States Indigenous Guest Speaker, Chelsey Luger and Anthony Thosh Collins
• Hawaiian Indigenous Guest Speaker, Dr. Sheri-Ann Daniels

• Hosted by Interior BC and Aotearoa (New Zealand) Indigenous Delegation
• Community Strength and Resilience Plenary Panel
• Aotearoa Guest Speaker, Riana Manuel

• Hosted by Fraser Salish and Hawaiian Delegation
• Indigenous Youth and Elder Panel
• Indigenous Youth and Elder Speakers
• Closing Ceremonies

Indigenous healing, culture, and teaching, support Indigenous people in protecting, incorporating, and promoting their Indigenous medicines and practices, recognizing the complexity and diversity of Indigenous ways of learning and teaching, and Indigenous worldview. 

Health innovation is to develop new or improved health policies, systems, products and technologies, and services and delivery methods that improve Indigenous health.

Health transformations are changing a system that improves health status and quality of care and decreases health care costs. The transformation must be evidence-based and supports patient-centred collaborative care within an integrated health care system.

A trauma-informed approach begins with understanding the physical, social, and emotional impact of trauma on the individual, as well as on the professionals who help them. The intention of Trauma-Informed Care is not to treat symptoms or issues related to sexual, physical or emotional abuse or any other form of trauma but rather to provide support services in a way that is accessible and appropriate to those who may have experienced trauma.

Community strength and resilience is the ability of communities to withstand, adapt to, and recover from adversity. The community uses its assets to strengthen public health and healthcare systems and to improve the community’s physical, behavioural, and social health to withstand, adapt to, and recover from adversity.   This stream includes women, early childhood, 2SLGBTQQIA+ or any other Indigenous target groups.

Research, data, and knowledge exchange encompass meaningful and respectful ways of gathering, and sharing knowledge that helps leaders and planners strengthen the health and wellness of Indigenous Peoples.

Health program planning and evaluation includes everything from assessing needs, setting goals and objectives, planning activities, implementation, and measuring outcomes. It shows how your program planning and evaluation met its objectives, involved its stakeholders and community members, and the impact it had on the health of your community members.

Programs that promote culturally safe, comprehensive, and coordinated continuum of mental health, healing and wellness approaches that affirms, facilitates and restores the mental health, healing and wellness of Indigenous people.  Mental health and wellness is a continuum of care that brings together the best of traditional and cultural approaches with western approaches and encompasses a range of fully integrated programs and services.

Innovative and evidence-informed projects addressing problematic substance use prevention, harm reduction and treatment initiatives. The focus could focus on psychoactive substances, including opioids, stimulants, cannabis, alcohol, nicotine and tobacco at the community, regional and national levels.

This theme is meant to highlight youth-led initiatives and innovative work with Indigenous youth to better serve their needs, priorities, and resilience. Indigenous youth are encouraged to apply and present. Supporting youth within our communities is essential to ensuring the health and well-being of current and future generations of our Indigenous communities.

This theme is meant to highlight Elder led initiatives and innovative work with Indigenous Elders to better support their needs, priorities and resilience. Indigenous Elders are encouraged to apply and present. Elders hold wisdom, experience and teachings and are essential to supporting the strength, traditions and social values of our Indigenous communities.

Promoting Indigenous peoples exercising and having full enjoyment of their rights to self-determination and self-government, including developing, maintaining and implementing their own institutions, laws, governing bodies, and political, economic and social structures related to Indigenous communities.