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Report shows Patient Care Review Process working well

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release 2010HSERV0046-000895 July 30, 2010 Ministry of Health Services VICTORIA – Thousands of patients across British Columbia are accessing the standardized care quality complaints process launched…

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Residents of Northwest Winnipeg to Have Easier Access to Health and Social Services: Premier

July 29, 2010 Keewatin and Vurrows Location of New ACCESS Nor’West The province is investing $4.2 million in a new one-stop health- and social-services centre called ACCESS Nor’West to be…

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Request for applications for membership on Provincial Trans Health Project Advisory Committee

Rainbow Health Ontario is seeking trans people from across Ontario to be members of a Provincial Trans Health Project Advisory Committee. Sherbourne Health Centre, The Centre for Addiction and Mental…

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Rainbow Health Ontario is seeking trans people from across Ontario to be members of a Provincial Trans Health Project Advisory Committee. Sherbourne Health Centre, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, The Trans Health Lobby Group of the Rainbow Health Network, the Trans PULSE research study and a number of trans community activists have been working with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care over the last two years to develop a plan to improve trans health services in the province of Ontario for trans people. Through this process the Ministry of health has agreed to:•Establish 3 additional assessor sites for trans people needing approval of OHIP funded SRS •Provide training for health care providers across the province in trans health care •Conduct an evaluation of aforementioned initiatives •Establish an advisory committee to oversee the development and implementation of these three projects. This call for applications is to find four members of the trans community from diverse communities across the province to be members of the advisory committee for these projects. We are searching for people with particular skills to work with us to co-create improved services for trans people across the province. They are welcoming applications from trans people with diverse backgrounds and experience to be part of this ground breaking imitative and would like to especially encourage applications from: •people of colour & people from racialized communities; •immigrants and refugees; •Aboriginal and Two Spirit people; •people whose first language is not English •people living with (dis)abilities •people living outside of the GTA – particularly people from rural and northern areas of the province; Application Process Click here to link to our website and the application form (NB — you will need to scroll down): http://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/about/whatsnew.cfm?startRow=1#aec572d74-3048-8bc6-e8ee-cad0372460ed Email or mail your completed application form, including references and a brief résumé by 5pm, August 18th. Email: jkeystone@RainbowHealthOntario.ca Mail: c/o Jen Keystone Rainbow Health Ontario Sherbourne Health Centre 333 Sherbourne Street Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2S5 They thank all applicants for their interest, but only short-listed candidates will be contacted for a telephone interview. Applicants, please be sure to include a telephone number that they can use to contact you.

Rainbow Health Ontario is seeking trans people from across Ontario to be members of a Provincial Trans Health Project Advisory Committee. Sherbourne Health Centre, The Centre for Addiction and Mental…

July 29, 2010Comments Off on Rainbow Health Ontario is seeking trans people from across Ontario to be members of a Provincial Trans Health Project Advisory Committee. Sherbourne Health Centre, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, The Trans Health Lobby Group of the Rainbow Health Network, the Trans PULSE research study and a number of trans community activists have been working with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care over the last two years to develop a plan to improve trans health services in the province of Ontario for trans people. Through this process the Ministry of health has agreed to:•Establish 3 additional assessor sites for trans people needing approval of OHIP funded SRS •Provide training for health care providers across the province in trans health care •Conduct an evaluation of aforementioned initiatives •Establish an advisory committee to oversee the development and implementation of these three projects. This call for applications is to find four members of the trans community from diverse communities across the province to be members of the advisory committee for these projects. We are searching for people with particular skills to work with us to co-create improved services for trans people across the province. They are welcoming applications from trans people with diverse backgrounds and experience to be part of this ground breaking imitative and would like to especially encourage applications from: •people of colour & people from racialized communities; •immigrants and refugees; •Aboriginal and Two Spirit people; •people whose first language is not English •people living with (dis)abilities •people living outside of the GTA – particularly people from rural and northern areas of the province; Application Process Click here to link to our website and the application form (NB — you will need to scroll down): http://www.rainbowhealthontario.ca/about/whatsnew.cfm?startRow=1#aec572d74-3048-8bc6-e8ee-cad0372460ed Email or mail your completed application form, including references and a brief résumé by 5pm, August 18th. Email: jkeystone@RainbowHealthOntario.ca Mail: c/o Jen Keystone Rainbow Health Ontario Sherbourne Health Centre 333 Sherbourne Street Toronto, Ontario, M5A 2S5 They thank all applicants for their interest, but only short-listed candidates will be contacted for a telephone interview. Applicants, please be sure to include a telephone number that they can use to contact you.Read More

CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health Travel Awards Opportunity

Travel Awards in First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health: Conference Presenters for the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (ANAC) National Conference: The CIHR – Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (IAPH)…

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Consultations for Long-Term Care and Community Support Services to Begin Next Week

Health and Community Services July 28, 2010 The Provincial Government will hold a series of public consultation sessions throughout the province in the coming weeks to seek input from stakeholders…

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Government of Canada Announces Continued Support of National Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative

News Release 2010-129 July 28, 2010 For immediate release Long Plain First Nation, Manitoba – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced $110 million in funding over two…

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Council of Canadians celebrates UN General Assembly recognition of human right to water

MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release July 28, 2010 After over a decade of hard work, the global water justice movement achieved a major victory today as the United Nations General…

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A wide cross-section of community projects receive Tier 1 funding

FOR RELEASE #10-136 July 28, 2010 Whitehorse – Nineteen community projects will receive over $263,000 in Community Development Tier 1 funding. “Even smaller projects can mean a great deal to…

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Media Advisory: Health Canada

Ottawa, Ontario – July 27, 2010 – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Federal Minister of Health, will meet with David Meeches, Chief of Long Plain First Nation, Manitoba, on Wednesday, July…

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