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Community-Based Programs Can Help Reduce Male Suicide – Huffington Post Canada
Jason was in Grade 5 when he started having feelings for other boys. Because of those feelings he was called names, beaten up in school and even sexually assaulted. Since…
Plant-Based Ingredient Could Lead to Improved Tuberculosis Vaccine – Uoguelph.ca
January 23, 2017 The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine hasn’t changed much since it was first used on humans almost a century ago, yet the disease is still prevalent in Canada’s aboriginal…
Canadian Rangers lack support and health care access, military ombudsman says – CBC
Canadian Armed Forces ombudsman investigating Canadian Ranger program following deaths Jan 23, 2017 The Canadian Rangers are not getting access to the health care services they deserve and lack sufficient…
Mamisarvik Inuit addictions treatment centre reopens – CBC
Jan 23, 2017 Inuit-specific treatment centre accepting clients through a referral system After several months of closure, the Mamisarvik Healing Centre in Ottawa has reopened and is taking clients through…
New scientific director aims to ‘shine light’ on Indigenous health issues – CBC
Jan 23, 2017 Institute’s goal is to help set national research agenda on Indigenous health Dr. Carrie Bourassa, the new scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute…
First responders call for national strategy to tackle PTSD crisis – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 22, 2017 By Laura Kane THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ Natalie Harris was afraid to fall asleep. As a young paramedic in Barrie, Ont., Harris went to bed…
Environmental group finds mercury in soil upstream from Grassy Narrows community – CP
TORONTO – An environmental group believes it may have found a source of ongoing mercury contamination that has plagued a northern Ontario First Nation for more than 50 years. The…
Indigenous women’s concerns about tubal ligation spark external review – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Jan 20, 2017 SASKATOON _ Saskatchewan’s largest health region has launched a review into concerns raised by some indigenous women who said they felt coerced into having tubal ligations after…
After two more children commit suicide, First Nations leaders demand support from federal government – Ottawa Citizen
Jan 19, 2017 A week after his 12-year-old niece was buried in Wapekeka First Nation, an emotional Joshua Frogg held her glove in his hand Thursday as he and First…
Ontario chief suggests class action lawsuit to stop Indigenous youth suicides – CBC
Highest rate of suicide is among children aged 10 to 14, according to First Nations statistics Jan 20, 2017 It’s time for First Nations leaders to consider a class action…
