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To long-time friends, thank you again for your participation in the National Public Policy Gathering in Victoria, British Columbia, last summer (2024) and your contributions to the Karihwáhstha Report #2. To our new friends, join us—we welcome your participation.

We are thrilled to announce our third annual in-person event will be held in Wendake, near Quebec city, at the Indigenous-owned and operated, Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations on Huron Wendat territory. We will be surrounded by nature and eating delicious land-based food.

Location: 5 Pl. de la Rencontre, Wendake, QC G0A 4V0

Dates: Monday, December 8 and Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Venue Details: https://hotelpremieresnations.ca/en/

Join meeting to bear witness to the launch of the gorgeous Karihwáhstha website—new hub to support cross-the-land collaborations.

In working towards this priority, in 2023, with funding support from the Lawson Foundation, IDHC held its second National Public Policy Circle Gathering in Victoria, British Columbia. Leaders and advocates in the field of Indigenous health policy came together to discuss and prioritize pressing policy issues and objectives surrounding Indigenous diabetes. The Gathering brought key subject matter experts from across Canada together to drive meaningful change in Indigenous diabetes policy. One of the defined objectives was to create a digital hub to facilitate stakeholder policy work. That objective is now realized.

The new hub includes a private login for members and features member information and networking opportunities, events calendar, policy repository, resource articles and videos, and private messaging. Members will have the ability to intract with others and suggest new content and ideas for the site.

The website will be formally launched to members at the Karihwáhstha in-person meeting #3.