Fall 2017
Early in the fall of 2017, the group submitted an Applied Health Research Questions request to ICES for the Learning From Our Ancestors project. It also re-engaged First Nations served by the organizations to refamiliarize them with the analysis plan.
Around this time, the group also held its second face-to-face meeting in Sudbury. Elders and Knowledge Keepers in attendance named the group Mamow Ahyamowen. In Ojibwe, Cree, and Oji-Cree, this translates roughly to “everyone’s voices” or “working together”.