Research and data are important tools for Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nations. Having accurate and complete health data is an important part of Nation Rebuilding and the implementation of community-based and culturally rooted health promotion strategies. Through the I-HeLTI project communities wish to write their own stories of restoring healthy family systems.

For this project, data governance is manifested in principles, policies, and procedures that ensure the data capacity needs and data sovereignty of Nuu-Chah-Nulth communities and Nuu-Chah-Nulth Tribal Council are met. Data sovereignty is when Indigenous communities have authority over their data, how their data is used, and how their data is managed.

Our team, partners, and communities are coming together to develop good data stewardship approaches that help to prevent unethical, extractive, and harmful research. This includes the implementation of ownership, control, access, and possession (OCAP^®) principles.

To learn more about governance, data, stewardship, and partnership contact us.