Exploring Theme: "Legislative and Institutional Issues"

Trigger warning: This press contains sensitive subject matter, including suicide and self-harm, that could be triggering for some readers. Resources are available below. NationTalk: Toronto, Ont. – The federal Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) mental health program is harming First Nations people, according to another damning media report published last week by the Toronto Star and...

The federal government says it is working to make care more accessible and aims to reimburse patients on time, while also offering a crisis helpline. By Wendy-Ann Clarke, Declan Keogh / Investigative Journalism Bureau and Robert CribbStaff Reporter Toronto Star, TVO, Investigative Journalism Bureau – Soon after psychologist Leigh Sheldon opened a mental health clinic in Edmonton...

A program meant to fund care for Indigenous patients is instead failing them by endorsing therapists with spotted histories, critics charge. By Wendy-Ann Clarke, Declan Keogh and Owen Thompson / Investigative Journalism Bureau and Robert Cribb, Staff Reporter Toronto Star: Dr. Oren Amitay has posted online an article defending Indian Residential Schools. The Toronto psychologist has publicly lauded...

Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam is among three Indigenous leaders calling out the government for not telling the community about contamination at the “Big Dock.” File photo by Natasha Bulowski/Canada’s National ObserverListen to article Canada’s National Observer: Indigenous leaders and experts are questioning Transport Canada’s claim that contamination at a dock in Fort...

Manto Sipi Cree Nation is more than 200 kilometres from the nearest hospital. Photo from Manto Sipi Cree Nation Facebook page Listen to article Canada’s National Observer: A chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation is condemning a decade-long nursing shortage in northern and remote communities as “systemic racism.” Michael Yellowback, Chief of Manto Sipi Cree...

APTN News: Sherri Caudron is planning to travel more than 6,000 km to South America from her home in Hay River, Northwest Territories to get the medical attention she needs. The Cree woman, who says she has lived with chronic pain and mobility issues for three years, expects to meet with a specialist in Nicaragua...