A celebration of Alberta health partnerships with the Siksika Nation in Ottawa

We're here today to celebrate a newly announced diabetes pilot with Siksika Health Services

That addresses type two diabetes using innovative technology.

We're also here today to celebrate Boehringer Ingelheim's 50th anniversary

And to acknowledge their commitment to closing the healthcare gap.

We have massive inequities in the delivery of healthcare in our health system in this country.

And that affects remote and Indigenous populations very asymmetrically.

And so the possibility about using remote care to start to

Help to bridge those gaps and form partnerships where we can deliver care in places

Where it was really very inaccessible in the past is a huge opportunity

And something that our team is very passionate about putting whatever time and resources we can in supporting.

There is a gift that we would like to provide by Siksika First Nation,

Their activities directly with Boehringer Ingelheim.

I've worked 43 years in Indigenous health, and I've never seen an opportunity that involves the use of public, private activities.

Everybody else that's been a health manager has always spent their time dealing directly with either federal government or provincial government

With rules, regulations and responsibilities and boundaries. What we're doing over here is

We're allowing those boundaries to be more determined by the communities themselves.

It was fantastic for BI Canada to be acknowledged for the 50 years commitment and contributions

That we have made as a company to Canadian patients as well as the Canadian healthcare system, and even more so

The contributions we've made through PATHWAYS since 2018 to address the healthcare disparity within Indigenous communities

Through Indigenous community informed and Indigenous community led healthcare solutions.