Exploring Theme: "Commitment to Indig. Health"

The university’s new medical school in Brampton, the GTA’s first in more than a century, will open next September with a focus on ”equity deserving” students after the school received preliminary accreditation on Friday. Toronto Star: Toronto Metropolitan University has announced it will throw open the doors to its new medical school in Brampton next September and...

NationTalk: Lheidli T’enneh Territory, Prince George, BC – The Hearts-based Education and Anti-colonial Learning in Healthcare (H.E.A.L. Healthcare) Project unlocks the potential of arts and humanities to disrupt longstanding and well-established health disparities. Starting from the premise that healthcare is both an art and a science, H.E.A.L. Healthcare uses poetry, storytelling, visual arts, and other...

NationTalk: They say home is where the heart is, but a unique partnership between the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) and Queen’s University hopes to also make home a place of education for Indigenous students pursuing careers in the health sciences.  For many people, the first move away from home is in young adulthood. For Jewel Chum,...

     NationTalk: Queen’s Gazette – Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS) is adapting its MD Program admissions process to create a more inclusive entry point for all applicants, minimize systemic barriers to becoming a doctor, and increase student diversity. Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS) is adapting its MD Program admissions process to create a more inclusive entry point...

Health minister calls first round of training delivered in February ‘a success’ Health Minister John Main says doctors planning to practice in Nunavut are receiving cultural competency training. (File photo) NationTalk: Nunatsiaq News – Doctors who come to work in Nunavut are now required to receive cultural competency training, according to Health Minister John Main....

Learning about community life, Indigenous culture at core of Northern Ontario School of Medicine program Click on the following link to view the video: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/northern-ontario-medical-school-doctor-training-shortage-1.6766805?cmp=newsletter_Morning%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1613_1134454 CBC News: Canada is often lauded for its universal health care system, but universal doesn’t mean equal access. The reality is that seven million Canadians, particularly those in smaller communities,...

It’s important for Indigenous learners to ‘see themselves represented in leadership,’ says Dr. Jamaica Cass CBC News: Toronto Metropolitan University’s first cohort of medical students will have an Indigenous Health Lead when its School of Medicine opens in September 2025 in Brampton, Ont. Dr. Jamaica Cass, a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of...

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS OF NOVA SCOTIA A new online course called To Know Better is to Do Better: Translating Indigenous Knowledge to Health Practice for Health-Care Providers in Nova Scotia is now available. The six-module online course will teach health-care providers how to create culturally safe environments for Indigenous patients in their clinics and offices....