26th International Papillomavirus Conference: Satellite Symposium
Enhancing HPV Prevention among Indigenous Populations: International Perspectives on Health and Well-Being
Montreal, Quebec
July 5, 2010
Opening Address
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Editor's Notes
Far north – Inuit NWT – Dene YK – Gwichin & Tlingit BC – Haida, Tsimshian, Chinook, Shuswap, Salish, Kutenai AB – Beaver, Blackfoot, Blood SK – Plains Cree, Assiniboine MB – Plains Cree ON – Cree, Ojibwa, Algonquin, Mohawk, Oneida, Onandaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Erie, Huron QC – Algonquin, Inuu (Montagnais) Atlantic – Mi’kmaq Nfdld – Beothuk Labrador – Innu Language groups: Athapaskan, Tlingit, Tsimshian, Haida, Wakashan Salishan, Eskimoan, Algonquin, Kutenai, Siouan Iroquoian
ACCORDING TO CANADA’S 2006 CENSUS THERE ARE 31.6 MILLION PEOPLE IN CANADA OUT OF WHICH 1.2 MILLION ARE FIRST NATIONS, INUIT OR METIS AND ARE REPRESENTED ACROSS CANADA MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES. THE PERCENTAGES SHOWN ON THE MAP REPRESENT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FIRST NATIONS, INUIT AND METIS IN THE PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES OF CANADA. Yk – 25% NWT - 50% Nunuavut - 85% BC – 5% AB – 6% SK – 15% MB – 15% ON – 2% QC – 1% NB – 2% NS – 3 % PEI –1% NFD/LB – 5%
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