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May 17th, 2012Indigenous people in Canada don’t face food security issues because “they hunt every day,” said Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq in the House of Commons Wed...
May 16th, 2012The Vancouver Island Regional Health Caucus of the First Nations Health Council and Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) have announced signing of the Vanco...
May 16th, 2012Suicide is tearing apart one of the largest aboriginal nations in British Columbia, causing the chief and council to reach out for government help and issue a g...
May 16th, 2012Your editorial left out some key information about the Harper government's commitment to aboriginal health and, specifically, health research.
May 16th, 2012New research is finding out more about the higher rates of gestational diabetes among women with a South Asian heritage, but a far greater concern is the alread...
May 16th, 2012The Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) urges the Federal government to reconsider the cuts being made to the Indigenous Peoples in the areas of h...
May 16th, 2012Advocates of midwifery were prudent to stage a rally recently calling on the province to proceed with legislation that would allow for the integration of midwif...
May 10th, 2012Aboriginals who are gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered face homophobia and rejection that may increase their risk of suicide, a national health group says...
May 10th, 2012The National Aboriginal Health Organization is about to be dissolved. It was blown up in last month's federal budget.
May 10th, 2012In recent years, few areas of health care have received as much attention as mental health. Yet despite the attention, Canada's mental health care system remain...
May 10th, 2012Aboriginal Health Day was a fun way to foster an awareness of the need for regular health checks. A barbecue lunch was provided and health information available...
May 10th, 2012The National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) invites First Nations communities to tune in to better health with Radio NAHO. Radio NAHO is a series of insp...
May 3rd, 2012Pauktuutit President Elisapee Sheutiapik expressed extreme concern and dismay over the recent decision by the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) of H...
May 3rd, 2012Concern is being raised about federal cuts to First Nation programs and what it will mean for life in the North. In its March 29 budget, the Conservative govern...
May 3rd, 2012As a disc jockey from the 1960s would put it, the hits just keep on coming. For the past several weeks we have witnessed a succession of announcements that cut ...
May 3rd, 2012When I heard your words in the House of Commons that were deemed an apology for the debacle of Canada's residential school system, I was heartened. At that time...
May 3rd, 2012A First Nations-run high school in Thunder Bay is now accepting students who don't live on reserve and educating them for free — but it would like to have the...
April 26th, 2012The Assembly of First Nations released the below statement today regarding reductions to its health capacity at the national level.
April 26th, 2012BC Aboriginal Diabetes Conference organizer and Splatsin Nation member Donna Felix addresses the crowd.
April 26th, 2012An innovative UBC Graduate School of Journalism project provides a hard-hitting look into efforts by Aboriginal communities to address such major health and soc...
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