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First Call: BC Child & Youth Advocacy Coalition Report on 2008 Provincial Community Consultations
THE MANY FACES OF ADVOCACY FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH: 2007/2008 PROVINCIAL FORUMS IN FIVE B.C. COMMUNITIES Between December 2007 and November 2008, staff from the BC Centre for Safe Schools…
Government of Canada and National Seniors Council Listen to Seniors in Iqaluit
Iqaluit, Nunavut (July 8, 2009) – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, and members of the National Seniors Council (NSC) met with seniors’ organizations and service providers in Iqaluit…
14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health
Yellowknife, July 7 – The 14th International Congress on Circumpolar Health, Securing the IPY Legacy: From Research to Action will be held in Yellowknife Northwest Territories Canada, July 11-16 2009.The…
Applying a Sex/Gender/Diversity-based Analysis within the National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and other Drugs and Substances in Canada
June 2009 The National Framework for Action to Reduce the Harms Associated with Alcohol and Other Drugs and Substances in Canada was developed in response to a call issued by…
Equal Health Care for All Canadian Children
Health indicators among children in Nunavut are approaching the levels of those in Sri Lanka and Fiji, says Mary Simon Imagine for a moment that you are a pregnant 19-year-old…
University of Guelph to Host an Intensive Graduate Course in the Emerging Field of Ecohealth
Collaboratively designed and intensive graduate course traverses disciplines to explore Ecosystem Approaches to Health. GUELPH, ON, July 6 – Internationally renowned researchers from disciplines spanning family medicine, veterinary medicine, sociology,…
Manitoba Bulletin #30 H1N1 Flu
July 6, 2009 · Manitoba Health and Healthy Living is reporting the death of an adult between the ages of 18 and 65 who had a lab-confirmed positive test for…
Poor Health Among Indigenous Peoples a Question of Cultural Loss as well as Poverty
Canadian and Australian researchers discuss underlying causes of health disparities For immediate release 2009-23 Edmonton, Alberta (July 3, 2009) – The health problems of Indigenous peoples around the world are…
Lost in Transition: A Review of the Transitioning of Children and Youth In Care
Office of the Child and Youth Advocate June 2, 2009 The Child and Youth Advocate, Darlene Neville, today released the Report Lost in Transition: A Review of the Transitioning of…
Aboriginal health care initiative gets $75,000 boost from CIBC
Continuing to close the health care gap between Aboriginals and other Canadians TORONTO, June 30 – CIBC (CM: TSX;NYSE) announced today a new $75,000 pledge to Saint Elizabeth Health Care…
