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...

May 13th, 2024 NEWS  NationTalk: McGill University Health Centre – “More and more Indigenous patients are starting to hear about our program and the services that are there to support them.  It makes us happy to know they may be less anxious when seeking medical treatment at the MUHC.” Camille Panneton and Sidonie Laurier are Indigenous...

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...

NationTalk: City News – Mental health support for Indigenous paramedic service in Quebec “Those tough calls do come and it’s good to have the proper resources to deal with them,” says paramedic Emilie Darrigade, now that First Nations Paramedics is partnered with Wounded Warriors Canada – the first in Quebec. Alyssia Rubertucci reports. A national...

The Tukisiutik smartphone app provides medical terminology in Inuktitut, French and English  APTN News: A new smartphone app called Tukisiutik promises to help Inuit from Nunavik and medical practitioners understand each other better.  Healthcare workers and Inuktitut speakers from Nunavik, Inuit territory in northern Quebec, contributed to a digital glossary of medical terminology in Inutkitut, French and English....

A research group in Quebec has been working for several years to explore the therapeutic potential hidden in boreal forest plants. In this context, “the traditional medicine of the First Nations is a precious asset,” the researchers write. Black Press file photo NationTalk: NNSL Media – Natural health products and phytomedicines (plant-based medicines) are used...