Dr. Janet Smylie and Wanda Phillips-Beck1 raise a number of valid issues in their CMAJ commentary on Indigenous maternity care. We would like to highlight 2 of these. First, the challenges that Indigenous Peoples face need to be understood in the context of the harms of residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and the ongoing inequities and systemic racism they continue to experience. Second, that in the era of Truth and Reconciliation, research exploring the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples should include those peoples in all phases of the research. This fundamental requirement should ensure the ethical conduct of the research and appropriate interpretation of the findings. As leaders at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, we fully endorse this approach.
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