Indigenous Health
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Eco-grief: How the climate crisis is impacting our mental healthIf you didn’t already feel consumed with dread over climate change, this summer certainly felt like a tipping point.EnvironmentOct 7, 2023
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Inside the push to end ‘birth evacuations’ in Indigenous communitiesThe practice of "birth evacuation," was put in place by the federal government decades ago, with the intention of reducing infant mortality rates, according to a 2021 study.HealthSep 29, 2023
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Joyce Echaquan’s community fights for change to health system 3 years after deathThe executive director of Joyce's Principle office, says Joyce Echaquan's death exposed the reality that many Indigenous people face when they seek help from the health system.CanadaSep 28, 2023
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Atikamekw group calls for Quebec cultural safety bill to be rewrittenThe Joyce's Principle Office says the cultural safety bill doesn't go far enough, because of the government's continued refusal to acknowledge the existence of systemic racism.PoliticsSep 13, 2023
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Multi-purpose health care centre on Keeseekoose First Nation announcedA new multi-use health care facility was announced during a ground-breaking ceremony that will serve three communities and will act as a hospital.CanadaSep 11, 2023
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Racism partly to blame for worse health outcomes of Indigenous women: study'Indigenous females waited longer for primary care, more used hospital services for non-urgent care and fewer had consultations with dental professionals,' a PHAC study says.CanadaAug 28, 2023
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Quebec orderly fired after Indigenous woman’s death should be reinstated: arbitratorJoyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw mother of seven, filmed herself on Facebook Live as a nurse and an orderly were heard making derogatory comments toward her before she died.HealthAug 23, 2023
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Students work to improve access to sexual health care for Indigenous womenTwo Indigenous students are working to provide low-barrier, culturally inclusive access to sexual health care for Indigenous women.HealthJul 31, 2023
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Higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer in Indigenous men, study showsThe study, published Monday in the journal Cancer, looked at prostate cancer screening data among almost 1.5 million men in Alberta between 2014 and 2022.HealthJul 10, 2023
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Premier Danielle Smith denies interference in Hinshaw’s hiring at Alberta Health ServicesAlberta Premier Danielle Smith is denying any interference in the reversal of Dr. Deena Hinshaw's hiring earlier this month.PoliticsJun 24, 2023
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