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Ontario, Quebec, Alberta reach health deals with federal government – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Mar 10, 2017 By Kristy Kirkup THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Health Minister Jane Philpott confirmed Friday that Ottawa has reached health agreements with Quebec, Ontario and Alberta _…
Canada Takes Important Step to End Water Crisis – HRW
First Nations Leadership is Key to Addressing Polluted Drinking Water Canada has unveiled a new approach to fixing the drinking water crisis faced by indigenous First Nations peoples. Carolyn Bennett,…
Pauktuutit publishes guide to support Inuit through cancer – NunatsiaqOnline
March 09, 2017 “So many people have language barriers because their first language is Inuktitut” It’s been 10 years, but Sophie Keelan can clearly remember the moment she was diagnosed…
Didn’t know teen was in custody, psych nurse says – Brandon Sun
The Brandon jail’s psychiatric nurse says she wasn’t alerted to the admission of a suicidal young inmate who later hanged herself in her cell. As in inquest into the girls…
Ontario pledges $100M to combat homelessness – Our Windsor
An Inuit language translation of Boaty McBoatface is unlikely to win Mar 10, 2017 Organizers of the Franklin research expedition are looking to Nunavummiut for a name for their new…
Indigenous doctor numbers growing – StarPhoenix
March 8, 2017 Seventy-one indigenous doctors have graduated from the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan since 1972, when Dr. Melvin Lavallee of Cowessess First Nation was the…
Video: Nunavut youth asks ‘Where are our non-Indigenous allies?’ in Women’s Day mock parliament – CBC
Mar 08, 2017 Trina Qaqqaq spoke about suicide prevention in her speech to the House Baker Lake resident Trina Qaqqaq gave an emotional speech in Parliament today, calling on non-Indigenous…
Workshops teach indigenous women self-defence, nutrition, fitness – StarPhoenix
March 9, 2017 Jade Harper’s aunt Bernice was one of her heroes. As a passionate activist for the Metis community, she inspired her niece to get involved. Sadly, she died…
Why Discrimination Is a Public Health Issue – The Tyee
Racism literally makes people sick, and we need to do more to understand its role as a determinant of health. The woman walked into the store, drinking a can of…
Auditor general finds Nunavut’s support of health-care workers lacking – CBC
Report includes 17 recommendations to improve health care in the territory Mar 08, 2017 Nunavut’s health-care system suffers from major deficits in staff training and recruitment, says a report by…
