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Exploring Theme: "Bringing Reconciliation to Health Care"
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February 26, 2024
Trail equity at heart of new Brandon-based research project
Riverbank Discovery Centre wants to find out how people use green space to make it more welcoming CBC Indigenous: A group of students huddle in a circle listening to the Akitcha Cante Waste Indigenous men’s drum group. The drum beats aim to inspire the young people to learn more about Indigenous culture, the land and how...
January 23, 2024
Student mental health programs receive another $1M in Bell Let’s Talk funding
NationTalk: MONTRÉAL, – Bell today announced that $1 million in grants from the Bell Let’s Talk Post-Secondary Fund have been awarded to 11 Canadian colleges, universities and CEGEPs to support initiatives that align with the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students (the Standard) or the Québec Action Plan on Student Mental Health for...
October 22, 2023
Indigenous students lead the way in new McGill course on Indigenous health care
‘I’m never going to have all the right answers,’ says student CBC Indigenous: A new course at McGill University is putting a spotlight on Indigenous health care, and Indigenous students are the driving forces behind it. The course, called “Indigenous Worldviews in Health Delivery and Research,” debuted this fall. It’s available to graduate students at the...
October 3, 2023
Kids Help Phone continues its commitment to support First Nations, Inuit and Métis young people from coast to coast to coast with renewed action plan
The 2023-2026 action plan builds on Kids Help Phone’s progress to enhance e-mental health services for young First Nations, Inuit and Métis people that are equitable, accessible and culturally attuned. Since the first version of Finding Hope launched in 2019, KHP has made tremendous progress. But, as always, we still have a long way to...
February 18, 2023
Reclaiming body sovereignty: A Haíɫzaqv woman is planning the 1st birth in her home territory in 21 years
CBC News: Before her baby was even conceived, ‘Qátuw̓as knew she wanted to give birth in her Haíɫzaqv community of Waglisla (Bella Bella), on the east coast of Campbell Island in B.C.’s Central Coast region. “I was always taught that birth and death are inevitable, and part of sacred cycles of life — two of...
April, 2018
Bringing Reconciliation to Health Care – Wise Practice Objectives
For the purposes of this brief, three inter-related potential areas of action for Canadian health leaders have been identified: Re-align authorities, accountabilities and resources; Eliminate racism and increase cultural safety; Ensure equitable access to health care. Health leaders in Canada can work within their organizations to implement wise practices that address the TRC’s recommendations. The...