Labrador North Teachers & Students to Learn CPR
Press Release NAIN, NL AND NATUASHISH, NL–(November 01, 2016) – The ACT High School CPR and Defibrillator Training Program has come to Nain and Natuashish with teachers being trained as…
National Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week 2016
Press Release Aboriginal communities across Canada to assess funding cuts’ devastating consequences to Canada’s fight against HIV and AIDS OTTAWA, Nov. 2, 2016 – The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) announces…
APEC Digital Hub welcomes Fall Economic Update, support for global partnerships and improving health outcomes
Press Release OTTAWA, NOV. 1, 2016—The Mood Disorders Society of Canada (MDSC), on behalf of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Digital Hub for Best and Innovative Practices in Mental…
Act now to improve palliative care
Nov. 2 – The Canadian Society of Palliative Care Physicians (CSPCP) is calling on politicians at all levels of government to act immediately to improve access to palliative care in…
The Chief Public Health Officer’s Report on the State of Public Health in Canada 2016: A Focus on Family Violence in Canada
Press Release A message from Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Families are the building blocks of our society and a safe haven to nurture children and our intimate relationships. Yet,…
B.C. celebrates Aboriginal Disability Awareness Month
Press Release November 1, 2016 The Province has proclaimed November as the second annual Aboriginal Disability Awareness Month in British Columbia, recognizing the unique contributions Indigenous people living with disabilities…
Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs to Hold Public Hearing in Vancouver for its Study of Suicide Among Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Press Release Ottawa, October 31, 2016 – Members of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs (“the Committee”) will hold a public hearing November 2, 2016…
Cancer care survey for Indigenous people in Labrador
Press Release October 2016, 2:00 Do you identify as First Nations, Inuit or Métis? Have you, or someone you love, been diagnosed with cancer? If so, the Cancer Care program…
NWAC PEKE Advisory Committee Member Appointed to CIHR Institute Advisory Board
Press Release October 31, 2016 (Ottawa, ON) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) is pleased with the recent appointment of Erica Samms-Hurley, a Mi’kmaq woman from Newfoundland and…
Health Accord Update
Health Accord Update On October 19, 2016, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, responsible for AFN’s national health portfolio, participated in the Health Ministers’ meeting in…
