translate English to French: It was these small groups of activists who were first invited to sit on the various advisory groups within Health Canada that were starting to recognize and to deal with the epidemic in Aboriginal communities.
Ce sont ces petits groupes de militants qui ont d’abord été invités B siéger aux divers groupes consultatifs de Santé Canada qui commençaient B prendre conscience de l’épidémie dans les communautés autochtones et B se pencher sur le problPme.