Exploring Theme: "Medical Organization Commitment"

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...

Nicholas Brisebois and Nicole Cardinal NationTalk: May 6, 2024 CMAJ April 29, 2024 196 (16) E563-E565; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.231272  KEY POINTS It has become increasingly evident that First Nations people living on reserves and Indigenous people from rural and Northern communities have a substantially lower chance of getting into medical school in Canada than their urban counterparts. This often unappreciated disparity likely contributes...

‘We feel really empowered,’ says new mom Brittany Pennell after smudging at IKW Health Centre Nurse performs Halifax hospital’s 1st smudging ceremony — for her sister’s baby Click on the following link to listen to “As It Happens” https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/halifax-hospital-smudging-ceremony-1.6907186?cmp=newsletter_Evening%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1617_1187285 Nurse Courtney Pennell gets goosebumps whenever she thinks about performing her hospital’s first-ever smudging ceremony on...