Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 23
Exploring Theme: "Commitment to Health Care Workers"
Updates on this page: 27
August 18, 2024
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in medical student dreams of offering ‘culturally safe care’
Special internships at Whitehorse and Dawson hospitals gave Jamie Thomas a boost CBC Indigenous: The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation has had its own health-care practices since time immemorial, but soon, it will also have a citizen attending medical school. Jamie Thomas, 23, begins med school at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this fall. She said...
August 8, 2024
SCO Congratulates Lake Manitoba First Nation on Expansion of Health Care Services
NationTalk: ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — Today, the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) congratulates Lake Manitoba First Nation on the expansion of health care services available in their Nation. Newly trained staff who recently completed the in-community phlebotomy (blood-drawing) training program are now employed at the health centre lab which will be open permanently to...
February 21, 2024
SCO Supporting Lab Training to Bring Health Care Home to Lake Manitoba First Nation
NationTalk: ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Health Transformation Department at the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is working in collaboration with partners to bring more comprehensive health services closer to home for citizens of Lake Manitoba First Nation by providing access to lab services in the Nation for the first time. While Lake Manitoba...
May 11, 2023
Province Invests in Training More Nurses
NationTalk: Anyone interested in becoming a nurse in Nova Scotia will have more options as the Province is increasing the number of nursing seats across the province, with many opening this fall. Premier Tim Houston announced today, May 11, the government will support a new nursing program at Acadia University, in partnership with Cape Breton...
April 4, 2023
Cdn. Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) Releases Health Human Resources Assessment Report
NationTalk: Ottawa – Today, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) released its report on health human resources (HHR) in Canada. The report, titled “Canada’s Health Workforce: Pathways Forward”, provides key findings designed to inform stakeholders (including governments). The report provides evidence-informed approaches to addressing the current challenges facing the Canadian health workforce. The three...
March 14, 2023
Preclinical Internships in First Nations and Inuit Communities and Organizations
NationTalk: The Quebec First Nations and Inuit Faculties of Medicine Program (QFNIFMP) offers First Nations and Inuit students and non-Indigenous students the opportunity to benefit from internships in the communities. The objective of these internships is above all to introduce students to working in a First Nations or Inuit health centre, nursing station, hospital or...
March 1, 2023
New program to prepare Indigenous students for careers in health care
Toronto Star: A northern Ontario health organization and a university say they are developing a culturally-informed program that will prepare Indigenous youth for careers in health care. The Queen’s Weeneebayko Health Education Program will have a campus in Moosonee, a town on the Moose River, and will teach a university curriculum that will train students...
February 28, 2023
Queen’s Weeneebayko Health Education Program launched with support from the Mastercard Foundation to transform Indigenous healthcare in the region
NationTalk: MOOSE FACTORY, Ont. – The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA), Queen’s University, and the Mastercard Foundation are partnering to transform healthcare in Northeastern Ontario and to expand education and employment opportunities for Indigenous youth by creating the Queen’s Weeneebayko Health Education Program. WAHA and Queen’s Health Sciences will co-develop a university curriculum for health...
February 24, 2023
More Funding to Support Healthcare Recruitment in Mi’kmaw Communities
NationTalk: Health and wellness organization Tajikeimik will receive funding from the Province to help recruit Indigenous healthcare workers. In collaboration with the L’nu Nursing Initiative at Dalhousie University, Tajikeimik will create a magazine and website focusing on Mi’kmaw nurses and career opportunities. These resources will promote nursing programs, provide information to help navigate application processes...
October 26, 2022
New Practical Nursing Program Will Train 30 L’nu Students
Nova Scotia is training more healthcare workers to provide a diverse range of care in communities across the province. Starting in the 2023-24 academic year, aspiring practical nursing students can learn as part of a Mi’kmaw cohort at the Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) Pictou campus. “We’re so pleased to be working closely with Mi’kmaw...
October 24, 2022
Saskatchewan’s Health Human Resources Action Plan is Seeing Success
NationTalk: The Saskatchewan Health Human Resources (HHR) Action Plan is showing solid progress on important initiatives that are directly addressing challenges experienced in the health sector, such as staff recruitment. Recruitment and retention of health care staff is critical and directly connected to providing safe, reliable and accessible services to Saskatchewan people, including acute and...
June 6, 2022
ISC Emergency Medical Responder and Medical Transportation Initiative in Manitoba
Indigenous Services Canada: Through their Emergency Medical Responder and Medical Transportation Initiative, Keewatin Tribal Council and Four Arrows Regional Health Authority are doing important work to increase the number of Indigenous Emergency Medical Responders in Manitoba. Through this initiative, First Nations in the region will benefit from skills and knowledge training to deliver emergency response,...
May 12, 2022
Cape Breton University and Dalhousie University Pilot Undergraduate Medical Education Partnership
NationTalk: Today, Cape Breton University (CBU) and Dalhousie University (DAL) have announced they will partner on a Medical Education Pilot Initiative aimed at innovative and creative solutions to alleviate family physician shortages in rural Nova Scotia, including Cape Breton, Mi’kmaq and African Nova Scotian communities. In a bold and innovative strategy to address healthcare needs...
May 4, 2022
Partnership with University of Ottawa Medical School to train Inuit doctors
NationTalk: With the goal of increasing the number of Inuit physicians, the Government of Nunavut and Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) have partnered with the University of Ottawa Medical School to secure seats and provide targeted supports to students. The Government of Nunavut, Department of Health, has secured up to two seats beginning in September 2023....
June 30, 2021
2021 Action Plan for Critical Incident Investigation Report Recommendations
That the Government of Northwest Territories implements a process to respond to patient and family concerns related to the care that they receive within the health care system. in partnership with communities, recruit and train Indigenous first responders, nurses, and physicians from within the communities and surrounding areas to decrease turnover and transiency, ensuring continuity...
January 28, 2021
Cultural safety training for doctors
Health Minister Patty Hajdu announced $4 million in support for a national consortium, led by Indigenous physicians, to implement projects to educate doctors on the provision of “culturally safe” health care that is “free from discrimination.”...
November 6, 2020
Cultural Safety training for management and workers in health and social services
Training will be provided to management and workers in the health and social services network to familiarize them with the concept of cultural safety. Liaison officers will be added within institutions to provide relations with Indigenous communities and organizations, as one of the first steps in the process. Service navigators, preferably Indigenous people, will also...
February 26, 2019
Signing of Declaration of Commitment
As part of the Department of Health and Social Services’ official release of the “Caring for Our People: Cultural Safety Action Plan 2018-2020” today, a Declaration of Commitment was signed to embed cultural safety within the Northwest Territories’ health and social services system. Through the implementation of the Cultural Safety Action Plan, the Government of the...
February 26, 2019
Territorial Health Investment Fund
Territorial Health Investment Fund provides $1 million annually for 4 years (2017-18 to 2020-21) for the development of cultural competency training....
June 1, 2018
NE LHIN has provided Indigenous Cultural Safety on-line training to 400 workers
Over the last two years, the NE LHIN has provided Indigenous Cultural Safety on-line training to more than 400 people working in health care across Northeastern Ontario. These efforts are in keeping with the NE LHIN’s Aboriginal Health Care Reconciliation Action Plan, published in 2016, which identifies cultural competency as a core value. The Action...
October 18, 2017
Indigenous Cultural Safety interdisciplinary learning experience
Training offered by the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) – The UBC 23-24 Indigenous Cultural Safety interdisciplinary learning experience was launched this month as a required component for students in dental hygiene, dentistry, dietetics, genetic counselling, medicine, nursing, midwifery, occupational therapy, pharmacy, physical therapy, and social work. Next year, students in audiology and speech language pathology...
June 28, 2017
Indigenous Mentorship Network Program
$8M to Canadian Health Research Network for an Indigenous Mentorship Network Program whose aim is to support the next generation of Indigenous health researchers by providing distinctive learning opportunities and specially tailored mentoring activities to Indigenous students at the undergraduate, master’s, doctoral and post-doctoral levels, as well as Indigenous researchers in the beginning phase of...
March 17, 2017
Certification of Indigenous Cultural Competence trainers
Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement and the Government of Nunavut (Depts. of Health, Education, and Culture and Heritage) announced that the territory’s first cohort of trainers in Indigenous Cultural Competence has now been certified, paving the way for more culturally safe health and social services....
March 1, 2017
Declaration of Commitment to Cultural Safety and Humility
Declaration of Commitment to Cultural Safety and Humility signed by BC Health Regulators opens the door to formally encouraging all health professionals to complete cultural safety training, such as the San’yas Indigenous Cultural Safety...
May 15, 2016
Focus on Primary Care
One of the four focus areas is “Primary Care” that includes delivery of Indigenous cultural competency training to front-line health care workers who work with First Nation communities....
January 1, 2016
Mandatory San’yas training
The Province of Ontario made San’yas training mandatory for every employee in the Ontario Public Service...
June 3, 2015
Aboriginal Recruitment and Retention initiative
Aboriginal Recruitment and Retention initiative, new Northern/Remote Family Doctor Residency Program and a cost-covering tuition program for nurse practitioner students who agree to work in northern communities are already in place (CBC)...
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