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When I’m around my people, I feel safe’: City aims to combat Indigenous overdoses amid opioid crisis – CBC
Toronto Public Health strategy calls for culturally safe care, Indigenous-led consumption sites Feb 20, 2019 Catching up in the bustling lobby of an east-end Toronto clinic and supervised consumption site, Les Harper and Lawrence Boyer have lots to talk about — and lots in common. Both men understand the complicated nature of drug use, from the […]
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Opinion: Address barriers to health care for Indigenous Montrealers – Montreal Gazette
February 19, 2019 Montreal’s health services are ill-prepared to take care of the area’s fastest growing population, one that has grown 300 per cent over the past 20 years. The Montreal Gazette reported recently on instances of Indigenous patients being turned away from needed care. These were not isolated cases, but symptoms of a deeper problem. […]
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NU Government: Quality of Life Secretariat call for funding proposals
18 February 2019 The Department of Health’s Quality of Life Secretariat is accepting funding proposals for suicide prevention initiatives for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Non-profit organizations and community governments in Nunavut are encouraged to submit funding proposals for community-led projects focused on suicide prevention, intervention and post-intervention. Activities eligible for funding include, but are not […]
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BC Government: New St. Paul’s Hospital officially moving forward
Feb. 15, 2019 VANCOUVER – Improved access to life-saving health care is on the way to downtown Vancouver with the approval of the business plan for a new St. Paul’s Hospital. “For over 125 years, people in Vancouver and across British Columbia have benefited from the health care provided by St. Paul’s Hospital,” said Premier […]
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Minister Duclos participates in the Annual General Meeting of Le Réseau Solidarité Itinérance du Québec
February 15, 2019 Québec, Quebec Employment and Social Development Canada Homelessness has an economic and social impact on every community in Canada. The Government of Canada is committed to helping those who are in need and believes that one homeless Canadian is one too many. Today, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children […]
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$2.5 Million In Capital Funding For 10 Addictions Beds In LLRIB Wellness Centre Project
February 14, 2019 The Government of Saskatchewan is providing $2.5 million in capital funding to support 10 addictions beds as part of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band’s Wellness, Health and Recovery Centre project. The wellness centre will blend western and traditional Indigenous approaches to healing and recovery. In addition to the 10 addictions treatment […]
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NTI Board Unanimously Support Three Pillars in Addictions and Trauma Treatment System for Nunavut
(February 14, 2019 – Iqaluit, Nunavut) The Nunavut Tunngavik Board of Directors supports the three pillar approach to Addictions and Trauma Treatment system in Nunavut and calls on government to fund the system on an urgent basis. Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI) has been an active partner of the multi-party feasibility process in 2017 and 2018 […]
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New funding for Lac La Ronge Wellness, Healing and Recovery Centre
Reconfirms commitment to increasing access to mental health and wellness supports for First Nations February, 14, 2019 — Lac La Ronge, Treaty 6 Territory, Saskatchewan — Indigenous Services Canada The Government of Canada is committed to working in partnership with First Nations to improve access to health services and strengthen mental health and well-being supports […]
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Databases a powerful weapon in fight to eradicate TB – Winnipeg Free Press
Feb 14, 2019 Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 global causes of death. It is caused by bacteria that first settle in the lungs and spread through the air and is passed on when a person with an active infection coughs or sneezes. People can also pass on TB when they are not […]
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Sexual health promoted at Nunavut Arctic College – Nunatsiaq News
Sexy Health Carnival staged by Native Youth Sexual Health Network February, 14 2019 Crocheted, anatomically-correct reproductive organs were among the attention-grabbing items on display at Nunavut Arctic College’s main campus in Iqaluit last week. The occasion was the Sexy Health Carnival, put on by the Native Youth Sexual Health Network. With the help of the […]
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