1. Our score (<<World Justice Index 2012)  Score 6.2

2. Racism and health (stress metabolic immune systems) (Williams 1997)

3. Embodiment and determinants of health (Krieger 2011) Need to avoid stigmatizing risk discourses (Lupton 1995) Intergenerational loop, perpetuating poor health (social epigenetics)

4. Knowledge Integration Within And Across Disciplines Knowledge Integration Within And Across Disciplines Improvement in Population Health Informing Public Policy Developing and Evaluating Health services Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Education and Training Knowledge Generation Population Sciences Genome- based Science and Technology Humanities and Social Sciences Knowledge Generation Population Sciences Genome- based Science and Technology Humanities and Social Sciences RESEARCH SOCIETY Policy Development Assessment Assurance The Public Health Genomics Enterprise (Bellagio Model) Source: Bellagio Statement. Genome-based Research and Population Health, Report of the expert workshop held at the Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, 14-20 April 2005

5. Aim 1: – Social readiness preparation for study implementation Aim 2: – Develop survey, recruitment plan, study implementation Aim 3: Biological samples – Blood and/or saliva and buccal swabs Aim 4: – Stewardship & biobanking model SOPs Analysis/authorship process Respectful approaches to knowledge mobiliation

6. Child with FASD Age Sex Ethnicity Region Age specific questions related to: Education Justice or Social Service engagement Mental health conditions Physical health Trauma histories Risk Behaviors (drinking, smoking, drug use, substance use) Social Behaviors Sleep patterns Nutrition Sibling of a Child with FASD Age Sex Ethnicity Region Age specific questions related to: Education Justice or Social Service engagement Mental health conditions Physical health Trauma histories Risk Behaviors (drinking, smoking, drug use, substance use) Social Behaviors Sleep patterns Nutrition Parents of Child with FASD and Sibling Both Maternal (Mo)/Paternal (Fa) Age Sex Ethnicity Region Socioeconomic Justice engagement Mental health conditions Physical health Trauma histories Risk Behaviors (drinking, smoking, drug use, substance use, current, past and during pregnancy for mother) Parenting style Nutritional status Potential Maternal factors Gravidity Parity Body Size Healthy Child Control Age Sex Ethnicity Region Age specific questions related to: Education Justice engagement Mental health conditions Physical health Trauma histories Risk Behaviors (drinking, smoking, drug use, substance use) Social Behaviors Sleep patterns Nutrition Parents of Healthy Child Control Both Maternal (Mo)/Paternal (Fa) Age Sex Ethnicity Region Socioeconomic Justice engagement Mental health conditions Physical health Trauma histories Risk Behaviors (drinking, smoking, drug use, substance use, current, past, and during pregnancy for mother) Parenting style Nutrition Potential Maternal factors Gravidity Parity Body Size Child Mother Father Mother Alcohol in Pregnancy Child FASD Outcome Translating to the Community: A Social Epigenetic Cohort Study of FASD N=100 N mo+fa =100 N=100 N mo+fa =100 N=100 Social Biological Characteristics

7. Interdisciplinarity is about inter-dependencies to make a difference Consortium Projects FN PTOs Water Rights Groups Funding Agencies Students Multiple Academic Disciplines FN Community Leaders and Members

8. Solutions generated in First Nations space Guided by a multitude of traditions Traditions representing north, south, east and west Goal to advance the mental, emotional, physical and spiritual health of community members, on and off reserve. Hart, Elias, Hall, 2011

9. Why a prairie NCE for Indigenous Peoples In honour of the League of Indian Nations in Western Canada held on the Keeseekoowenin Indian Reserve (Mb), circa 1920