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Researching How Technology Can Bring Health Care Closer to Home – Healthscape
April 06, 2017 Travelling for health care is a given for many people living in Northwestern Ontario, though technology is helping. Dr. Abraham (Rami) Rudnick, who became the Vice President…
Alberta expands school food program to all publicly funded school boards – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Apr 5, 2017 EDMONTON _ Alberta is expanding its school food program. It announced today that the program, which ensures students receive a meal or snack each day, will…
Investing in children to stop the scourge of extremism – TheRecord.com
Children’s rights advocate Marian Wright Edelman says: “The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; the question is whether we can afford not to.” When…
Northern Health aims to destigmatize drug addiction – Prince George Citizen
April 4, 2017 See a person for who they are, not what drugs they use. Listen while withholding judgment. Avoid using labels. This is some of the advice offered on…
Council must support poverty investment – TheSpec.com
You can say many things about Hamilton city council, some not complimentary. But you cannot legitimately say council hasn’t done the right thing on issues pertaining to poverty and the…
How Senator Murray Sinclair responds to why don’t residential school survivors just ‘get over it’ – CBC
April 04, 2017 To those who ask why Indigenous people don’t just “get over” the residential school experience, Senator Murray Sinclair has this response. “My answer has always been: Why…
Northwest has ‘room to improve’ – The Chronicle Journal
April 3, 2017 The Screen for Life Coach is on the road again, returning to a season of mobile cancer-screening service to more than 70 communities. “We are excited to…
We’re dealing with a lot of deep trauma’: B.C. Aboriginal peoples turn to culture for healing amid overdose crisis – Ottawa Citizen
The morning of his sister’s funeral, Jonathan Ewenin walked out of Vancouver General Hospital not knowing why he’d slept there. Rail-thin, dazed and alone, he worried what his sister, Mary…
Celebrating the Aboriginal Health Sciences Initiative as Dal looks toward province‑wide services for students – Dal News
March 31, 2017 The reach and impact of Dalhousie’s Aboriginal Health Sciences Initiative (AHSI) over its eight-year run stretches far beyond its small offices and two staff members based in…
Mba Indigenous Crisis Team – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Mar 30, 2017 WINNIPEG – Manitoba First Nations have rolled out the first provincewide indigenous mobile crisis team. Sheila North Wilson, grand chief of the Manitoba…
