[Toolkit] Address Dementia Related Stigma with Indigenous Specific Strategies

In support of the implementation of Canada’s first national dementia strategy: A Dementia Strategy for Canada - Together We Aspire, the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) was provided funding to help raise awareness of dementia within Indigenous communities, with a focus on reducing stigma. This toolkit is part of NWAC’s project, Stigma: An Exploration of Lived Experiences, Understandings, and Behaviours of Dementia within Indigenous Communities.

This project focused on understanding the impact of stigma for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples connected to dementia and is grounded in Indigenous methodologies and ways of knowing. NWAC interviewed 12 Elders and spoke with 57 Indigenous women and genderdiverse people across through three virtual engagement sessions with First Nations, Inuit about their knowledge, understanding and experiences related to dementia and stigma.