The First Nations principles of OCAP® are a set of standards that establish how First Nations data should be collected, protected, used, or shared. Standing for ownership, control, access and possession, OCAP® asserts that First Nations have control over data collection processes in their communities, and that they own and control how this information can be used. For more information on OCAP, please visit: https://fnigc.ca/ocapr.html.
CAMH is acting as a service provider in respect to the ONHRDB. This means that each agency that uses the ONHRDB owns the data that they enter into the database; CAMH does not own the data. CAMH is obliged to delete data from the database at the request of the participating agency.
CAMH is also a service provider to the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care and is contracted to generate aggregate reports on the data for the Ministry. The ONHRDB does not collect any personal information or personal health information. The ONHRDB also does not collect whether an individual identifies as First Nations, Inuit or Métis-- or any information regarding a person's ethnicity; therefore, CAMH generates no reports from the ONHRDB in this respect.
That being said, CAMH is aware of these standards is will strive to comply with them if any additional questions or concerns regarding their application to the ONHRDB are raised. A full assessment of the ONHRDB in regards to OCAP compliance is currently underway, but given that this assessment is not yet complete the ONHRDB cannot be said to be OCAP® compliant at this time.
