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Health & Wellness
Submitter Name:
Ontario Hospital Association
Submitters Email:
kperera@oha.com
Aboriginal Health Care:Creating a Healing Infrastructure
Submitter Name:
Kumarie Perera
Submitters Email:
kperera@oha.com
Aboriginal Health Care Conference:
Challenges, Issues and Advances in Cross-Cultural Care
Submitter Name:
Loretta Sheshequin
Submitters Email:
lsheshequin@nan.on.ca
Do you know someone who has made a difference in the well-being of their community? Someone who has provided excellent health care to the people of NAN? Someone who is on their way to a career in health? We want to know who they are!
Submitter Name:
Jonathon Solomon, Kashechewan First Nation
Submitters Email:
chiefjsolomon@knet.ca
Canada Goose Fly's Over!
Spring is truly here. This weather is for real.
Tonight at approximately 7:45 pm a Canada Goose flew over our community.
So stop planning or talking about when would be a good time to get out on the land.
Just grap what you can and head out to our spring hunting camp ground.
Submitter Name:
Louise Chisel
Submitters Email:
firstnationstc@yahoo.ca
This Saturday . . .March 15, 2008
Come and Eat All Day!!!!!!
(Fundraiser for First Nations Teen )
8:30 -11:00 Rancake Breaksfst/Brunch $7.00
ALL DAY - Bakery /Coffee Shop
4:00 -6:30 - Spaghetti Supper $10.00
Where: United Church Building (across from Johnny's) -SIOUX LOOKOUT
Enter To Win Free Draw All Day
Submitter Name:
Michelle Richmond-Saravia, Peace Coordinator, Awo Taan Family Wellness Centre, Parent Link, Calgary Alberta
Submitters Email:
micheller@awotaan.org
Hello Nishnawbe Aski Nation, I wanted to pass this info. onto your communities. I had worked at NAN as the Education Coordinator in 2005 and with Education Jurisdiction before. My email is micheller@awotaan.org.
Submitter Name:
Kenneth Strang
Submitters Email:
kstrang776@yahoo.ca
On January 15, 2008 Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Mr. Chuck Strahl visited the community of Pikangikum First Nation.
He was accompanied by the Grand Chief Stan Beardy and his associates.
He was greeted by the Chief, Elders and members of the community and followed by luncheon at the local restaurant.
Submitter Name:
Susan Lappage
Submitters Email:
slappage@knet.ca
Water is a human right. Take action now!
Today is International Human Rights Day.
The Council of Canadians is launching an online campaign to pressure Prime Minister Stephen Harper to stand up for the right to water at the United Nations.
There is no denying that a global water crisis is underway.
Health Canada Press Release ...
Federal Government Announces Historic Health Care Agreement with Northern Ontario First Nations
August 30, 2007
MOOSONEE - The Honourable Tony Clement, Federal Minister of Health, announced today a new plan to resolve the duplication of health care services and health care gaps for First Nations in the Northern Ontario Weeneebayko region.
Traditionally, federal and provincial governments have both offered health care services to First Nations communities in this James Bay region, resulting in a duplication of health care delivery, health services gaps, and not providing all communities with the quality, timely health care they need and deserve.
The new agreement, which the Federal Government will be signing with the Province of Ontario and communities in the Weeneebayko area, is called the Weeneebayko Area Health Integration Framework Agreement.
"This agreement demonstrates once again our government's commitment to improving health care services for First Nations people,” said Minister Clement. "First Nations in the region will be able to take a greater role in managing health care services in their communities."
Once the agreement is underway, the Federal Government will be investing $12 million per year towards ensuring the new focused and collaborative objectives are achieved. By integrating federal and provincial health services under a community-controlled organization, local residents will see real and positive change in health care delivery focused on community needs.
The new agreement will allow parties to collaborate on a more effective way to deliver health care services, including:
- Agreeing to cost-share certain health care services to create greater economies of scale;
- Amalgamating the federal Weeneebayko General Hospital with the provincial James Bay General Hospital;
- Providing capital funding for new projects;
- Improving primary health services through effective integration with hospital services under the direction of a single provider.
As this agreement evolves over time it will address patient needs, demographics, performance standards and other factors concerning health care in order to provide residents in the Weeneebayko area with an efficient and effective health care system.
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Office of the Honourable Tony Clement
Federal Minister of Health
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AHF press release ...
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation’s Latest Study Looks at the Potential Health and Social Impacts of Indian Residential School Lump Sum Payments
August 20, 2007
OTTAWA – The Aboriginal Healing Foundation’s latest research study, released today, has been prepared in anticipation of the imminent arrival of the $1.9 billion Common Experience Payments, a central component of Canada’s Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.
Lump Sum Compensation Payments Research Project: The Circle Rechecks Itself assesses the impact of past compensation payments to Aboriginal people. The research consisted of two phases, a first-phase literature review and a second-phase key informant survey. The second phase involved 117 field interviews conducted across western and northwestern Canada.
Between 1892 and 1969, the Indian Residential School System operated across Canada through a partnership of the Federal Government and various church entities. Under federal law, “Indian,” Métis, and Inuit children were institutionalized in hostels, industrial schools, and residential schools for the purposes of Christianization and assimilation.
According to Aboriginal Healing Foundation Executive Director, Mike DeGagné, “this document presents the experiences and concerns of Indian residential school survivors, families, and community members in their own words. The goals and recommendations are grounded in community efforts to support healing, health, safety, and security.”
Today, Aboriginal communities are beginning to heal themselves from the historical legacy of physical and sexual abuse in residential school institutions, as well as the broader policies of removal of children, cultural engineering, and forcible assimilation.
“It’s not our business to tell people how to spend their compensation payments,” Mr. DeGagné added. “We have published this research because responses to crises, challenges, and opportunities developed by and for Aboriginal people are desperately needed. This study supports those recipients who will seek out practical and emotional support, whether it is trauma counseling, crisis management, investment advice, or entrepreneurship.”
The Aboriginal Healing Foundation is a not-for-profit, Aboriginal managed national funding agency which encourages and supports community-based healing efforts addressing the intergenerational legacy of physical and sexual abuse in Canada’s Indian Residential School System.
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