Aboriginal Health News

Truth commission seeks other side of the story

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:59:00 +0000

The commission tasked with exposing the truth and healing the wounds of the Indian residential school system is looking for the other side of the story.
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Latent TB needs monitoring in Inuit patients: ITK

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:58:00 +0000

Active tuberculosis, a huge problem in Canada's North, is being monitored by health officials[...]
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TB rate more than 30 times higher for aboriginal Canadians: Report

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:13:00 +0000

The rate of tuberculosis among aboriginals in Canada is more than 30 times that of the non-aboriginal population, according to a striking new Health Canada report.
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A community on drugs: life after the crisis

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:12:00 +0000

Cindy Sacobie has lost a lot of what has meant the most to her in life.
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Aboriginal Peoples, Muslims face discrimination most: poll

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:12:00 +0000

One in three Canadians believe that Aboriginal Peoples and Muslims are the frequent targets of discrimination, a CBC-commissioned poll suggests.
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Carrying on native traditions

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:18:00 +0000

Dancing and drumming are not sights you find every day in York�s Student Centre.
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Haida artist Robert Davidson wins Governor General's Award for visual arts

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:54:00 +0000

Haida artist and master carver Robert Davidson this week scooped a coveted Governor General�s award in visual and media arts.
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Niagara Catholic celebrates aboriginal partnership

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:50:00 +0000

The loud beating of a drum could be heard pounding from the board room at the Niagara Catholic Education Centre.
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[Ottawa] Citizen writer wins health research grant

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:31:00 +0000

Citizen editorial writer Elizabeth Payne has won a $20,000 research grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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Native Studies programs a community-driven effort

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:29:00 +0000

While the idea of native or aboriginal studies began with the birth of identity politics in the �60s, native studies programs didn�t hit Canada�s academic world until the early �80s[...]
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Inez nominated for Juno in Aboriginal Album of the Year category

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:25:00 +0000

Sto:lo singer-songwriter Inez picked up a Juno nomination this week for Aboriginal Album of the Year for her CD Singsoulgirl.
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First Nations' culture shared by Sask. author

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:19:00 +0000

There was berry picking, hunting, adventures on remote traplines and family stories around the campfire when she was a young girl living on the reserve.
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Flaherty confirms funding for Infoway

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:25:00 +0000

The Harper government�s healthcare priorities didn�t need much recalibrating, if the new federal budget is any indication.
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Emphasize people, not spice, culinary arts professor tells young chefs

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:57:00 +0000

David Wolfman had startling news for confident young chefs in Charlottetown this week.
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Author doing 'everything he can' to save native languages

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:18:00 +0000

Language allows cultures to flourish as speakers pass on stories and traditions.
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Northern Alberta midwife dies at 101

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:16:00 +0000

Northerners are mourning the death of longtime Fort Chipewyan, Alta., midwife Jenny Flett, who has passed away at the age of 101.
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Aboriginal youth recognized: Bjornson and English earn honours for accomplishments

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:15:00 +0000

Sydney "JR" Bjornson never tires of proving people wrong.
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A new sense of pride for aboriginal Canadians

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:14:00 +0000

Among the big winners in the 2010 Winter Olympics are the Four Host First Nations,[...]
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APTN Adds Online Episodes to Website

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:59:00 +0000

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) is pleased to announce that complete seasons and episodes of select programs are now available for online viewing at www.aptn.ca
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Speaking to the beat

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:55:00 +0000

This is where hip-hop came from: the streets of the Bronx, where a generation of black youth in the late 1970s found poetry fit for a vibrant but chaotic city.
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Professors begin project to address poverty, homelessness in North

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:26:00 +0000

Nipissing University professors Dr. Katrina Srigley and Dr. Dean Bavington, Canada Research Chair in Environmental History, will be working with Laurentian University professor, Dr. Carol Kauppi to address poverty, homelessness and migration issues in northern Ontario.
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Olympic success due in large part to one leader

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:22:00 +0000

As the 2010 Olympic Games draw to a close, history has been created.
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Young Artist Warriors collective aims to give First Nations art in Canada a boost

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:05:00 +0000

"For someone to come and just look at you, examine you, and portray you as a strong individual -- it makes you feel very proud,"
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'World's biggest potlatch' changing attitudes

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:49:00 +0000

If our nation's new-found patriotism is one of the legacies of the 2010 Winter Olympics -- and it's hard to argue with three million pairs of red mittens that it isn't -- then it's fair to say it's not the only one.
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2-1/2 day walk to MacGregor to start new life

noreply@blogger.com (Brett) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:37:00 +0000

Harriet (Roulette) Appleby's feistiness has kept her going all these years.
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