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Action On Sexual Abuse In Urban Aboriginal Community

For Immediate Release March 17, 2010 NANAIMO – A $485,000 provincial investment is supporting sexual health and self-esteem programs for Aboriginal youth and intervention for men at risk of abusing…

Several Community Groups to Benefit from Provincial Wellness Grants

Health and Community Services Tourism, Culture and Recreation March 17, 2010 The Williams Government is continuing its commitment to improve health and wellness in Newfoundland and Labrador by awarding 35…

Sexual Health Focus Group Story

The Healthy Aboriginal Network Non-profit promotion of health, literacy & wellness We’re focus group testing a new story on sexual health. We are still using YouTube, but for those of…

World TB Day – Canada’s leading the international fight against TB, but more work must be done in Canada’s North

March 17, 2010 While The Canadian Lung Association commends the federal government’s recent commitment to international tuberculosis (TB) control, it urges the government to continue working with provincial and territorial…

Materials now posted online from the Critical Connections Symposium

The Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies in partnership with the Violence Against Women sector, Children’s Aid Societies, the Ontario Coroner’s Office, Child Welfare Secretariat and the Ontario Women’s Directorate…

Healthy Communities Fund Launch – New Funding Deadline Approaching March 26th!!

MEMORANDUM TO: MHP Partners and Stakeholders FROM: Bob Stark Deputy Minister (A) DATE: February 26, 2010 SUBJECT: 2010-2011 Healthy Communities Fund Launch I am pleased to provide information on the…

Premier Announces Investment In Emergency Medical Services In Arborg

ARBORG—A new emergency medical service facility for this community was announced here today by Premier Greg Selinger. “This government has been working to upgrade emergency medical services throughout the province,”…

Inuit Tobacco-free Network Training Health and Wellness Workers

NEWS RELEASE March 9, 2010 OTTAWA, ON — Frontline health and wellness workers in Inuit communities are taking a three-month distance education course about promising practices in tobacco reduction, which…

Snowbird report card reveals most provinces breaching the Canada Health Act

Toronto, March 17 – Only Prince Edward Island and the Canadian territories and are living up to the requirement of the Canada Health Act to provide portable, universal health care…

Mental health report focuses on multicultural groups

CALGARY, March 15 – Statistics Canada is predicting that 1 in 3 Canadians will belong to a visible minority by 2031. The Mental Health Commission of Canada has released a…

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