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Indigenous COVID-19 Vaccine Resources

Please note that this is a living page that will be growing as the response to COVID-19 continues to develop.

COVID-19 vaccines and Indigenous peoples
Government of Canada's COVID-19 Vaccine information portal.
First Nations Health Authority: What you need to know about the vaccine
The First Nations Health Authority's (FNHA) Medical Officers and Nurses recommend the COVID-19 vaccine as an option to protect individuals, their families and their communities. Here's what you need to know about the vaccine's safety, effectiveness and rollout.
Maad’ookiing Mshkiki: Sharing Medicine
A community-led initiative designed to provide timely, accurate, trauma-informed, and culturally relevant information about medical concepts related to available COVID-19 vaccinations, with the explicit aim of empowering informed consent and decision-making of First Nations, Inuit and Métis living in urban and related homelands.
NCCIH: Updates on COVID-19
The National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health (NCCIH) will be updating both this resource page as well as social media channels to provide reliable and timely information in response to the evolving global pandemic.
Vaccine hesitancy and First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations – Potential implications during COVID-19
This webinar discusses some of the specific challenges for vaccine uptake amongst First Nations, Inuit and Métis populations, including their negative historic and contemporary experiences with mainstream healthcare systems, health care professionals, and vaccine providers in Canada.