Caring for the North: Dr. Veronica McKinney works to advance Indigenous health in Sask. – Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Mar 04, 2021

“The thing is, our ways aren’t always about the medicines, it’s about how you live your life. And I think there’s a lot to be learned in our Western world about that.”

Dr. Veronica McKinney was a lab technician and a nurse before becoming a doctor. Whatever the job title, her work has always been informed by her connection to her Cree and Metis heritage.

McKinney, now the Director of Northern Medical Services at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Medicine, said her medical career was first inspired by the stories her mother passed on about her great-grandmother.

Her mother was born several months premature, weighing barely two pounds, and had to be kept in a tiny bread pan by the stove for warmth, cared for nearly round-the-clock.

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