Indigenous

A call to action: An approach to patient transfers for rural and remote communities in Canada

‘We reach them where they are:’ Mobile healing team delivers culturally based care

Jane Harrison is one of the unsung heroes of the pandemic who, along with her team at Anishnawbe Health Toronto, is caring for vulnerable communities in the Greater Toronto Area.

COVID-19 death highlights dangers of birth evacuation policy in Indigenous communities

The death of Silatik Qavvik is the result of Health Canada’s birth evacuation policy and an appalling lack of government-funded maternity care in rural and remote Indigenous communities.  

Addressing racism in Indigenous health – Moving beyond systemic reassurance

Reassurances from different levels of governments create the illusion that systemic racism is being addressed despite the lack of tangible results.

Culture and COVID-19 reponses

‘Defund the police, resource our communites:’ A call for structural change

‘We do not want you anymore’: Sixties Scoop survivor still searching for home

I am a Sixties Scoop survivor, a Bill C-31 status Anishnaabe woman and a daughter of a Saulteaux mother and a Cree father.

Yes, this is the right time to “call out” elected officials and demand progressive policy

Canada’s plan to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities: Will it be enough?

How I use the teachings of the Medicine Wheel in my healing journey

Health care must acknowledge Indigenous lands—but that alone is not enough

There’s nothing funny about leaving Indigenous voices out of the pharmacare discussion

Indigenous health services often hampered by legislative confusion

Prescription delays for indigenous patients amount to triage by race

The new era of First Nations health research

8 steps toward addressing Indigenous health inequities

Remote First Nations communities without a safety net during emergencies

A new era of First Nations health in British Columbia

Canadian medical schools struggle to recruit Aboriginal students