Hatala, Andrew R.
Njeze, Chinyere
Morton, Darrien
Pearl, Tamara
Bird-Naytowhow, Kelley
Funding for this research was provided by:
Institute of Indigenous Peoples' Health (FRN 130797)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (895-2011-1001)
Article History
Received: 11 September 2019
Accepted: 2 April 2020
First Online: 20 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All aspects of this research were approved by the University of Saskatchewan’s Behavioural Research Ethics Board (#14–141) and locally by the Community Advisory Research Committee. Written and verbal informed consent was obtained from all participants in this research. Consent was not obtained from the parents/guardians of minors (under the age of 18) who participated in this research. Youth 16 years and older were deemed able to consent to participate for themselves and this was approved by the University of Saskatchewan’s Behavioral Research Ethics Board.
: Written consent from all youth participants was obtained for the use of their photographs and stories.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The founding sponsors had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, and in the decision to publish the results.