Indigenous children are being neglected in Ontario’s efforts to get kids safely back in school – The Star
Jan. 24, 2022
Read the fine print, and you’ll realize that Indigenous youth aren’t included in province’s promises to get rapid tests and masks out to all schools.
Late last year, I spent five weeks criss-crossing northern Ontario in light aircraft, helping with COVID-19 vaccination programs for First Nations children and youth.
As always, ever since I first began working as a pediatrician and researcher in Inuit and First Nations communities in northern Canada 30 years ago, I continue to be shocked witnessing so much severe poverty and deep social trauma.
