Medical Matters: Introducing CPSA’s 2025 Council Chair – CPSA

January 16, 2025

The Cree phrase for “Happy New Year” is “Miyo-acehtowi-kisikanisik.”

In my culture, when we are beginning a new endeavor or meeting others for the first time, we introduce ourselves. So, I would like to start this message with an introduction. Tansi! Nicole Cardinal, nitisiyihkâson niya. Onihcikiskwapiwinihk ohci niya. Hello, my name is Nicole Cardinal, I am from Saddle Lake Cree Nation. I am a First Nation physician practicing medicine in a rural community.

I personally find the start of a new year to be reinvigorating and re-energizing. It is a time to reflect on the past year’s hardships and challenges we overcame personally and professionally, and to look forward to the opportunities, goals and plans for the year ahead. This new year will be filled with change and transition in many ways. As an organization, CPSA undergoes its own natural transitions—reviewing and revising bylaws, staff departures and new hires, and adjustments to strategic plans are some of the ways change is woven into the work we do. Change can be an uncomfortable process, but it can also result in learnings and growth. For instance, living in Alberta where changing seasons bring shifts from warm to cold weather means we have learned to adapt so we can move forward.

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