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To: Manitoba First Nations and Tribal Health Directors

August 20, 2009 Re: Comprehensive Inventory of First Nations Health Staff I would like to invite you to participate in a survey called the “Comprehensive Inventory of First Nations Health…

Goldcorp´s community commitment has 20/20 vision

Ontario Mining Association Ontario Mining Association member Goldcorp has become the newest contributor to support the Canadian National Institute for the Blind´s Eye Van Program. Goldcorp´s Red Lake Mine has…

Government of Canada Helps Reduce Cigarette Smoking in Aboriginal Communities Across Alberta

EDMONTON, ALBERTA – Aug. 20, 2009 – Member of Parliament Brent Rathgeber, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced federal support for a project designed…

Media Advisory: Health Canada

ST. ALBERT, ALBERTA – Aug. 19, 2009 – On behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, MP Brent Rathgeber will announce Government of Canada support for Nechi Training,…

ST. ALBERT, ALBERTA – Aug. 19, 2009 – On behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, MP Brent Rathgeber will announce Government of Canada support for Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute – Aboriginal Tobacco Cessation Project.Date: Thursday, August 20, 2009 Time: 10:30AM, MDT Location: Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute 1 Poundmaker Road St. Albert, Alberta T8N 2G3 For more information, please contact Office of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq Federal Minister of Health Josee Bellemare 613-957-0200 or Health Canada 613-957-2983

August 18, 2009 The Provincial Government Is Distributing This News Release On Behalf Of The Assembly Of Manitoba Chiefs And The Government Of Manitoba First Nations families and communities will…

Doctors “beacons of trust” in countering any H1N1 outbreak: minister

August 18, 2009 The federal health minister’s annual speech to the CMA’s General Council (GC) usually deals with broad policy issues affecting the health care system but has little to…

Federal-Provincial-Territorial Ministers Take Action to Increase Physical Activity for Children and Youth

CHARLOTTETOWN, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND – Aug. 14, 2009 – Federal, provincial and territorial Ministers responsible for Sport, Physical Activity, and Recreation, at their annual meeting today, agreed to take specific…

When The Smoke Clears We’ll Have A Healthier BC

Canadian Cancer Society British Columbia and Yukon For Immediate Release VANCOUVER – August 13, 2009 While BC retains the lowest smoking rate (15%) and lowest daily smoking rate (10%) in…

SPHERU Researcher Appointed to the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation Board

Dr. Sylvia Abonyi, Canada Research Chair – Aboriginal Health, SPHERU Research Faculty, and Associate Professor, Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan, has been appointed for a two-year…

Report from Taking Stock of Youth Wellbeing in BC Today: A Forum

TAKING STOCK OF YOUTH WELLBEING IN BC TODAY: A FORUM June 11, 2009 at Vancouver Community College FORUM OVERVIEW AND THEMES In spring 2009 First Call: BC Child and Youth…

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