Indigenous Partnership Council
The Indigenous Partnership Council is established to bring together Indigenous public health experts, Knowledge Keepers, Elders, and community representatives to provide expert, community-driven advice, guidance and recommendations in support of the development and implementation of PHO’s Indigenous Strategy. Council members will provide guidance on PHO’s programs, priorities, and approaches to partnership, ensuring alignment with the needs, experiences, and aspirations of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities in Ontario.
The Council is structured to support meaningful engagement across Ontario by strengthening trust and relationships with Indigenous partners and ensuring that Indigenous ways of knowing and community-driven priorities inform PHO’s planning and decision-making. Through this advisory role, the Council will provide strategic guidance to support the implementation of PHO’s Indigenous Strategy and contribute to a culturally responsive and respectful public health system.
Call for Members
Call for Council members is now open. To apply please fill out this form.
Conflict of Interest Rules
Public Health Ontario recognizes that many external advisors may not be completely free of actual, potential or perceived conflict of interest, as they may have affiliations with regulated industries, the scientific community or special interest groups, which receive funding from industry.
In an attempt to avoid or mitigate conflict of interest, we have developed conflict of interest rules that are intended to achieve a reasonable balance of those divergent considerations and the expertise we hope to gain from the external advisors, while avoiding or mitigating conflict of interest. To this end, each candidate will be asked to complete a conflict of interest disclosure form as part of the application process.
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