Indigenous Coronavirus

• $82.5M to go toward improving Indigenous mental health amid coronavirus

  Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says access to many mental health services for Indigenous communities have been disrupted due to the pandemic.

  World

  Aug 25, 2020
  
• Barkerville, B.C., apologizes for ad ‘making light’ of epidemic that devastated First Nations

  The advertisement for Barkerville Historic Town and Park reads: "Surviving pandemics since 1862."

  Politics

  Jul 5, 2020
  
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• Canada giving another $650M in COVID-19 aid to Indigenous communities

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says $285 million of this funding will support rapid public health responses in Indigenous communities during a COVID-19 outbreak.

  Health

  May 29, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Indigenous health authorities tell HoC committee more PPE needed

  Senior representatives from regional First Nations health authorities in Saskatchewan and British Columbia told a Commons committee Friday they need more personal protective equipment.

  Canada

  May 24, 2020
• Canada’s Indigenous leaders say more help is needed as COVID-19 outbreaks rise

  National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says provinces and jurisdictions should be cautious about lifting pandemic restrictions, given that the number of COVID-19 cases in First Nations has increased.

  Canada

  May 8, 2020
• Coronavirus: As provinces start to reopen, feds pressured to help Indigenous communities

  Even as the infection rate appears to be slowing down in most of the country, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam warned Thursday about the growing risk to Indigenous communities.

  Canada

  May 1, 2020
• COVID-19 case confirmed at Blueberry River First Nations in northeastern B.C.

  A First Nations community in northeastern B.C. has gone into lockdown, after one of its members contracted COVID-19.

  Apr 10, 2020
• Coronavirus: Indigenous minister says cases still low on reserves, but danger high

  Marc Miller said that borders and checkpoints are good for identifying people with COVID-19 entering a community, as well as making people aware of the disease, but they can't lead people to believe that they are safe.

  Canada

  Apr 10, 2020
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• 82 First Nations on lockdown as B.C. records first COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities

  B.C.'s 204 First Nations face diverse challenges amid a pandemic that disproportionately threatens their elders.

  Apr 8, 2020