Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"

Funding of $82.5 million in mental health and wellness supports to help Indigenous communities adapt and expand mental wellness services, improving access and addressing growing demand, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding will help partners and communities to adapt mental wellness services to the current COVID-19 context, including: expanding access to culturally...

To ensure that First Nations have the information they need to serve their members well, Budget 2019 proposes to provide $78.9 million over seven years, starting in 2019–20, with $13.7 million per year ongoing, to permanently fund the Surveys on Indigenous Peoples and the First Nations Regional Health Survey. These surveys provide important information on education, health,...

Measuring Well-Being on First Nations Reserves – April 2015 – December 2017 The Department did not have a comprehensive picture of the well-being of on-reserve First Nations people compared with other Canadians Over-all Message 5.17     Overall, we found that Indigenous Services Canada’s main measure of socio-economic well-being on reserves, the Community Well-Being index, was not comprehensive....

Ministry of Indigenous Services Priorities Gaps remain in the overall health outcomes between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. Life expectancy for Indigenous People is up to 15 years shorter Infant mortality rates are two to three times higher Diabetes rates are almost four times higher for First Nations on reserve Opioid-related deaths are up to three...