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Medicalization, Privatization and Stigmatization – The Link
November 29, 2016 Feminist Critiques of Health Care Shift the Conversation from Physiology to Sociology That is about all that’s left of the Women’s Health Contribution Program and the services…
BR Bovine TB – CP
Source: The Canadian Press – Broadcast wire Nov 29, 2016 OTTAWA – The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it’s possible that a quarantine on 40 cattle operations in Alberta and Saskatchewan could be…
Prescription delays for indigenous patients amount to triage by race – Healthy Debate
November 23, 2016 Eligible First Nations and Inuit people are supposed to have access to drug coverage, dental care, mental health counselling and more. So why does it take days…
Reserves Desperately Need Mental Health Funding: Frontline Workers – Huffington Post
Nov 27, 2016 Indigenous leaders say rampant child sexual abuse on many reserves across the country is an underlying contributor to mental health crises — particularly among young people —…
Food bank users unable to afford rising hydro rates, group says – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Nov 28, 2016 0:05 By Allison Jones THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ Ontario food banks say they are seeing an increase in clients unable to afford the rising cost of…
Phoenix Sinclair inquiry commissioner says ‘time has come’ for progress report – CBC
Nov 29, 2016 ‘Those 62 recommendations have been hanging out there for 3 years,’ Ted Hughes says The retired judge who led the Phoenix Sinclair inquiry says it’s time for…
Sudbury researcher a boost for native health – The Sudbury Star
November 25, 2016 Dr. Carrie Bourassa is an experienced and well-regarded researcher, but she sees herself more as a “servant to indigenous communities” than anything else. Health Sciences North Research…
Personal care home workers in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation could go on strike Nov. 28 – Thompson Citizen
November 25, 2016 Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union (MGEU) members at the personal care home in Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN) will be on the picket line Monday if the…
Indigenous musicians raise awareness about high suicide rates – APTN
November 18, 2016 A group of some of the biggest names in Canadian Indigenous music got together in Vancouver. They held a benefit to raise awareness about the high rates…
Doctor, health administrator to lead Manitoba switched at birth review – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Nov 24, 2016 OTTAWA _ A pediatric doctor and a health administrator have been tabbed to examine how four indigenous men from northern Manitoba were switched at birth 40…
