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Exploring Theme: "Investments in Indigenous Healing Centres"
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(Filtered by Indigenous Group "First Nations")
October 15, 2024
Federal government invests $13M for Driftpile Cree Nation health and wellness facility
NationTalk: DCN-JOC News Services – DRIFTPILE CREE NATION, ALTA. – The Government of Canada is investing $13 million via Indigenous Services Canada toward construction of the Mihtatikaw Sipiy Health and Wellness Facility in Driftpile Cree Nation in Treaty 8 Territory, Alta. The health centre will blend modern architecture, Indigenous cultural values and Cree symbolism, reflecting...
August 21, 2024
Addiction treatment centre with focus on cultural healing opens in North Battleford, Sask.
Battlefords Treatment Centre to be run by Alberta-based Poundmaker’s Lodge CBC Indigenous: A treatment centre that helps Indigenous people combat addiction in Alberta is now accepting patients in a new Saskatchewan location. The Battlefords Treatment Centre, which officially opens Sept. 3 in North Battleford, Sask., will provide 14 withdrawal management and inpatient addictions treatment spaces to Saskatchewan residents. “We’ve always...
July 10, 2024
Montreal Lake Cree Nation Celebrates Health Facility Opening
NationTalk: Indigenous Services Canada – Today, Chief Joyce Naytowhow McLeod of the Montreal Lake Cree Nation, along with Council, Elders, community members, and representatives from Indigenous Services Canada, celebrated the grand opening of the community’s new healthcare facility in northern Saskatchewan. The new facility includes 1,339m2 of space for primary care (nursing), communicable disease control, homecare,...
June 10, 2024
The place where they heal us
How this Kanien’kehá:ka community asserted its sovereignty over health care The Kateri Memorial Hospital Centre completed a $28 million expansion and renovation in 2019.Steve Rompré/Radio-Canada June is National Indigenous History Month. To celebrate our accomplishments, CBC Indigenous is highlighting First Nations, Inuit and Métis trailblazers in law, medicine, science, sports — and beyond. CBC Indigenous: Retired...
May 23, 2024
Young people in East Kootenays benefit from more mental-health, addiction care
NationTalk: CRANBROOK – More young people struggling with mental-health and addictions challenges will benefit from a first-of-its-kind Foundry centre in Cranbrook. “Children and youth are facing a lot of challenges, and we are ensuring that supports are available for them to be healthy, both physically and mentally,” said Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Mental Health and...
May 7, 2024
New community building for Edmonton with federal investment of $21M
NationTalk: ReNew Canada – The downtown core in Edmonton will have an improved facility for an essential range of programs and services after a combined investment of more than $45 million from the federal government and the Boyle Street Community Services. Announced by Minister Randy Boissonnault and Jordan Reiniger, executive director, Boyle Street Community Services, this new building space will...
April 1, 2024
Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation celebrating seven years
APTN News: Healing can happen in the bush. So says the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation of Yellowknife, which is celebrating seven years of operation. Its land-based camp has been helping Métis, Inuit and Dene clients from remote communities in three territories who are struggling with addiction. “Four hours sometimes I spend with one person,” says Dene-Métis...
March 12, 2024
Ottawa invests $13M in Indigenous health centre set for east Hamilton
Health services within the new Biindigen Well-Being Centre will have ‘profound impact,’ says DAHC board chair CBC Indigenous: Federal funding announcements aren’t always as emotional as the one Monday morning in Hamilton’s east end. People teared up, hugged and expressed their appreciation for one another’s work on a long-term Indigenous health and housing project. “To see a...
December 6, 2023
Indigenous-led detox and healing centre planned for Whitehorse
Letter of intent signed this week in Ottawa ‘an important first step,’ says Council of Yukon First Nations CBC Indigenous: A new Indigenous-led detox and healing centre is being planned for the Whitehorse area, and the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) hopes to see it built within a few years. This week in Ottawa, CYFN,...
November 16, 2023
Canada and Sc’ianew First Nation to launch the construction of a Community Cultural Centre at Spirit Bay
November 16, 2023 – Spirit Bay, British Columbia NationTalk: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada – Spirit Bay, British Columbia – Today, Chief Russ Chipps, council members Sheeba Sawyer and Traci-Lynn Pateman of the Sc’ianew First Nation, and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced $5,439,245 in funding provided through the Cultural Spaces...
August 7, 2023
Montreal opening first-of-its-kind Indigenous emergency care clinic
Centre will offer traditional Indigenous and Western approaches to medicine CBC News: An emergency care clinic catering exclusively to Indigenous people and their needs is opening in Montreal this week — the first of its kind in the city. Anyone who identifies as Indigenous will be able to walk into the clinic — initiated by the Indigenous Health...
July 14, 2023
Dene Wellness Warriors seek to build NWT trauma healing lodge
A group that provides therapy and trains Indigenous counsellors hopes to establish a new trauma healing lodge in the Northwest Territories. Ollie Williams· Roy Erasmus at a Northern Indigenous Counselling Program graduation ceremony in 2022. Emily Blake/Cabin Radio Dene Wellness Warriors, founded by Roy and Jean Erasmus, introduced an Indigenous counselling diploma program to the North three...
June 19, 2023
New lodge in Gagetown to offer land-based healing for Indigenous women
Wabanaki Resilency Lodge expected to open by August, will have 10 beds CBC News: A new lodge “for Indigenous women, by Indigenous women,” plans to offer traditional, land-based healing in Gagetown, around 60 kilometres southeast of Fredericton. Lynne Groulx, executive director of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, the group behind the lodge, said the concept was developed...
March 23, 2023
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc to receive $12.5M in funding for new healing centre
Architect already chosen to consult with community and lead design, nation says WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation will receive $12.5 million in federal funding toward the construction of a new healing centre for the community, nearly two years after suspected grave sites were discovered at a former residential...
February 15, 2023
Canada invests in a new men’s shelter and wellness centre in Pond Inlet
NationTalk: Hamlet of Pond Inlet, Nunavut — Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and David Stockley, Chief Administrative Officer, Hamlet of Pond Inlet, announced more than $2 million in federal funding towards a new men’s shelter and a wellness centre for the community. These facilities will be housed in two existing...
January 24, 2023
Manitoba Government Invests $893,000 for new Indigenous-Led Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine Clinic
NationTalk: Evidence-based Treatment Services will be Provided Through Culturally Relevant Programs: Guillemard The Manitoba government is investing $893,000 to implement a new Indigenous-led Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinic at the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre (AHWC) in Winnipeg, Mental Health and Community Wellness Minister Sarah Guillemard announced today. “Manitobans are experiencing harms related...
December 13, 2022
Canada and the Witset First Nation partner to launch the Witset Youth Healing Lodge Project
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada: Today, Chief Barry Nikal from the Witset First Nation and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown−Indigenous Relations, announced the launch of the Witset Youth Healing Lodge Project. The Government of Canada will provide $3,826,659 through the Cultural Spaces in Indigenous Communities Program (CSICP) towards this project. The Witset...
November 28, 2022
Trudeau commits $62.5M to Indigenous safety, healing projects in James Smith Cree Nation
Global News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will invest over $20 million toward Indigenous-led community safety projects in First Nations across the country, while promising continued work toward making Indigenous policing an essential service in Canada. The money is part of $62.5 million in federal funding Trudeau announced Monday while visiting James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan,...
November 4, 2022
People in Williams Lake receive improved access to First-Nations-led primary care
NationTalk: WILLIAMS LAKE – First Nations people living in Williams Lake and the surrounding communities of the Dakelh Dene, Tŝilhqot’in and Secwepemc Nations have access to culturally safe primary care with the opening of a new First Nations Wellness Centre (FNWC) on Oct. 11, 2022, at 281 1st Ave. North. “The First Nations Wellness Centre in...
October 4, 2022
Indigenous organization celebrates grand opening of multiple services and Health Centre
WawatayNews: Health leaders and advocates gathered at the Keepers Of The Circle Office in Kirkland Lake on September 29 for an open house event. This two part event was meant to showcase the newly renovated and completed Keepers Of The Circle office building and to host the official opening of the Mino M’Shki-ki Indigenous Health...
July 7, 2022
The Wije’winen Health Centre opens in Halifax
CTV News – Atlantic: A new health care centre is opening in Halifax on Friday to help promote urban Indigenous wellness. The innovative approach to health care delivery aims to help bridge gaps in health care for Indigenous people in the region, while specializing in the complex health needs of the urban Indigenous population. Known...
July 5, 2022
Biindigen Well-Being Centre launched in Hamilton
It is with great excitement we announce the launch of the Biindigen Well-Being Centre, which will be home to De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre, Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg and Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services. In addition, McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine will be partnering with De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre...
June 15, 2022
Wauzhushk Onigum Nation celebrates grand opening of new Migisi treatment facility
Indigenous Services Canada: Today, the Migisi Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centre (Migisi) is celebrating the grand opening of a newly renovated and expanded treatment facility. At today’s grand opening, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation Chief Chris Skead, past clients, and guests joined Migisi staff and the Board of Directors for a barbecue luncheon, ribbon-cutting ceremony and drum...
May 16, 2022
White Buffalo Treatment Centre Celebrates Grand Opening of Permanent Facility
NationTalk: Indigenous Services Canada – The White Buffalo Treatment Centre Board of Directors and staff, in partnership with Indigenous Services Canada, is pleased to announce the grand opening of their permanent facility located on Muskoday First Nation, Saskatchewan. The treatment centre is designed to meet the needs of Indigenous female youth, between the ages of...