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Health/Housing: Mishkeegogamang Faces Bed Bug Infestation

Mishkeegogamang’s overcrowded housing conditions have a new wrinkle: bed bugs. Bed bugs have been found in six homes since the insects were first discovered in the community last summer. Now overcrowded houses and a lack of homes for affected families … Continue reading →

Housing: Modular homes arrive in Attawapiskat, but remain empty due to delays

By Natalie Stechyson Three new, modern family-sized homes have arrived in Attawapiskat but no one in the northern Ontario First Nation facing a severe housing crisis can move into them yet. The modular homes are being kept in a holding … Continue reading →

Careers in Health: Winning Health Region Careers

Welcome to the NEW Winnipeg Health Region Careers website! Whether you’re starting out, or you’re a seasoned professional, the Winnipeg Health Region has a variety of career opportunities to suit your unique goals and needs. Learn, grow and succeed with … Continue reading →

6th Annual Rally & March for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women

Title: 6th Annual Rally & March for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women Location: Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver Description: Families for Sisters in Spirit, have organized marches and rallies in major Canadian cities on Valentine’s Day, to recognize missing and murdered Aboriginal … Continue reading →

NAHO Speaker Series: Housing, Homelessness and Health

Three presentations will be given in person and as a live streaming Webinar. Thursday March 1 >>

CyberWolves is Making Tracks!

Grade 7 students at Jaanimmarik School in Kuujjuaq, Nunavik have recently begun their weekly sessions with a team of outstanding mentors connecting from coast, to coast, to coast. Four mentors from the National Aboriginal Role Model Program are using Skype … Continue reading →

Mining and Aboriginal Community Health

Inuit Tuttarvingat of NAHO has been working on several projects with a focus on resource extraction and is currently a partner in Mining and Aboriginal Community Health, a multi-disciplinary project synthesizing existing knowledge on the effects of mining on Aboriginal … Continue reading →

Health Research Non-Profit, the Canadian Cochrane Centre, and NAHO Sign Agreement to Improve Aboriginal Peoples’ Health

Ottawa, Canada (Jan. 31, 2012) — The Canadian Cochrane Centre (CCC) and the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) have signed a collaborative agreement to work together to positively impact the health and well-being of Aboriginal Peoples. The CCC will work … Continue reading →

Inuit Child Welfare and Family Support

Inuit Tuttarvingat of the National Aboriginal Health Organization is concerned about the health and wellness of Inuit across Canada, and has identified children’s health as an important research priority. Too many Inuit children are involved in Canada’s child welfare system, … Continue reading →

Health : Understanding causes of obesity in Aboriginal children

Applied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism 24 January 2012 Ottawa, Ontario –To fully understand the causes of the obesity epidemic in Aboriginal children requires an understanding of the unique social and historical factors that shape the Aboriginal community. A review article … Continue reading →

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