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Meet Canada’s first aboriginal forensic pathologist – CBC
Sept 25, 2016 Dr. Kona Williams hopes to bridge the gap between her institution and aboriginal communities. Dr. Kona Williams pulls on her crisp white lab coat and points to…
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge meet moms battling addiction in Vancouver – CP
Source: The Canadian Press Sep 25, 2016 By Laura Kane and Gemma Karstens-Smith THE CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER _ The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met several mothers who are dealing with drug and…
Research program celebrates 100 papers – Northern Ontario Medical Journal
September 23, 2016 Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program makes contribution to First Nation health care in northwest The Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program (ABRP), a joint initiative of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya…
September 23, 2016 Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program makes contribution to First Nation health care in northwest The Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program (ABRP), a joint initiative of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre (SLMHC) and the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA), has no shortage of health issues to tackle. Responsible for a region of 38,500 square kilometres and 31 fly-in First Nation communities with a multitude of health and social problems, physicians and health care administrators in the two organizations have more need for a robust research program than most communities. Read More: http://www.nomj.ca/2016/09/23/research-program-celebrates-100-papers.html
Sep 23, 2016 Eight new support recovery beds are coming to Cranbrook as the Interior Health Authority announced the first round of contracts that are aimed at creating 57 new…
Bella Bella, the town that solved suicide – Macleans.ca
September 22, 2016 How remote Bella Bella emerged from its ‘dark time’ by reconnecting troubled youth with the land The airport in Bella Bella is a one-room shack with plastic…
Mental Health Foundation to bring end family violence campaign to New Waterford Monday – Cape Breton Post
September 22, 2016 NEW WATERFORD — The Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia will bring the fourth event in its year long ‘Opening Doors: End Family Violence’ campaign to the…
Healing the scars left by residential schools – Troy Media
By participating in Orange Shirt Day, we honour the victims of Canada’s residential school system and move toward reconciliation PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. Sept. 22, 2016 — In the fall of…
Give them a chance’: A son’s struggle with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – CBC
Sep 22, 2016 21-year-old Mark Lynn went missing on Aug. 24, near Dettah, N.W.T. He was confirmed dead earlier this month The father of a man who went missing in…
Sep 23, 2016 Eight new support recovery beds are coming to Cranbrook as the Interior Health Authority announced the first round of contracts that are aimed at creating 57 new spaces across the IHA jurisdiction. The East Kootenay Addiction Services Society will be providing four support recovery beds in Cranbrook, while the Ktunaxa Nation Council Society will also provide four Aboriginal support recovery beds. “More beds mean more people can get their lives back,” said Health Minister Terry Lake. “Bed by bed, we are following through on our commitment to create new substance use treatment beds, so families can be made whole again, and communities can benefit from engaged, healthy members.” Read More: http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/394579051.html
Sept 21, 2016 The North East Local Health Integration announced its plan Wednesday to improve the health-care status of aboriginal people, seen as a key step in the reconciliation process.…
MPs head to Nunavut to study ‘tragic epidemic’ of suicide – CBC
Sep 22, 2016 Standing committee chair says suicide study will ‘change Canadian policy with regards to the North’ Nunavut’s struggle with a high rate of suicide will once again be…
