Item - 2016.HL12.1

The Board of Health:

1.  Endorsed the Toronto Indigenous Health Strategy;

2.  Requested the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to:

a.  Include Toronto Indigenous Health Advisory Circle (TIHAC) member(s) in the Ministry’s Urban Aboriginal Health Table, as Toronto has Ontario's largest Indigenous population;

b.  Ensure that urban Indigenous communities are identified as a priority population in the Ontario Public Health Standards which are currently under review;

3.  Forwarded the report (May 10, 2016) from the Medical Officer of Health and the Toronto Indigenous Health Strategy to the Ontario Ministries of Health and Long-Term Care; Education; Aboriginal Affairs; Training, Colleges and Universities; Municipal Affairs and Housing; Children and Youth Services; Attorney General; and Community and Social Services;

4.  Forwarded the report (May 10, 2016) from the Medical Officer of Health and the Toronto Indigenous Health Strategy to the Canadian Public Health Association, Ontario Public Health Association, the Association of Local Public Health Agencies, Public Health Ontario, and the City's Aboriginal Affairs Committee; and

5.  Directed the Medical Officer of Health to report back on an implementation plan for elements of Toronto Indigenous Health Strategy (THIS) which are within the Board of Health mandate by the end of 2016.