Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Health Organizations"

IPHCC health care model honours Indigenous knowledge systems and puts Indigenous health in Indigenous hands NationTalk: (Tkaronto (Toronto) |Kanadario (Ontario)) – The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) celebrates 25 years of delivering Indigenous-led, community-centered healthcare through its Aboriginal Health Access Centres (AHAC) across Kanadario (Ontario). “Indigenous People and communities face unique health inequalities,” says Chief...

Efforts are underway to build communities, resources for pharmacists and patients Good medicine from two top Indigenous medical professionals Click on the following link to listen to the above audio: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/indigenous-pharmacy-health-care-1.6862474?cmp=newsletter_Evening%20Headlines%20from%20CBC%20News_1617_1108691 CBC News: When Jaris Swidrovich entered pharmacy school in 2006, he couldn’t find another Indigenous person in the program — even the entire field....

ICBOC is a national Indigenous professional certification body that ensures the recognition and maintenance of indigenous workers occupations related to addictions and mental wellness as well as in other unregulated fields. The cornerstones of the ICBoC certification process were laid by the Association of BC First Nations Treatment Programs over twenty years ago. This process...

IPAC derives its authority from the teachings of our ancestors, from the legitimacy of the history of our experiences, and from our communities and peoples. As an organization of contemporary medicine people, IPAC recognizes the health inequities of Indigenous people and communities who look to us for leadership and knowledge. We believe it is our...

The mission of the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association is to improve the health of Aboriginal people, by supporting Aboriginal Nurses and by promoting the development and practice of Aboriginal Health Nursing. In advancing this mission, the Association will engage in activities related to recruitment and retention, member support, consultation, research. https://indigenousnurses.ca...

Canadian Institutes of Health Research: The Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (IAPH) The Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (IAPH) fosters the advancement of a national health research agenda to improve and promote the health of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada, through research, knowledge translation and capacity building. The Institute’s pursuit of research...