About this video
Naasuatit: Inuit Health Statistics Project
and Statistics Canada hosted an introductory
workshop on statistics that eleven residents of Nain (or 2 % of the adult
population) attended. Six members of the class group stayed on to provide
the Naasautit project team with valuable input into the design of the
Naasautit Web site. It was a great surprise and honour when, on the first
day of the training, President Jim Lyall and First Minister Tony Andersen
of the new Nunatsiavut Government stopped by. The video shows the leaders
urging the class to make use of the training and stating some of the reasons
for the Naasautit project.
President Lyall said, “ I encourage you to make the most of the training you receive as it will enable you to make better use of statistics on Inuit health....
“I am sure the results will be positive for the Nunatsaivut Government as with the numbers will give us a better idea what the numbers mean to Labrador Inuit as we set priorities for the future while aiming to improve the overall health of our people”
“It’s my hope that all partners will read the benefit of the training will be the quest to improve the health and overall well being of the people they represent.
“First Minister Andersen said, “As Inuit we agree that we have all been over studied with those studies and stats we’ve seldom agreed. It’s encouraging that Statistics Canada and our Nation (Inuit) organizations are here to train some of our people so that some of these stats and some of these studies bring more positive results and will reflect (our) health needs they we are trying to bring to a level playing field.”
This was a turning point in the Naasautit project when we could see the
value of building Inuit capacity to use statistics for their benefit.
This was the smallest community to ever host a Statistics Canada workshop
of this kind and it demonstrated that there is without a doubt, the need
for training of this kind.
Isme Alam , Program Manager for the Aboriginal Statistics Training Program at Statistics Canada prepared the article to describe the trip for Statistics Canada.
