Life expectancy for First Nation people in B.C. drops 6 years according to report
3 years after Health and Wellness Agenda’s release, some areas worsen for First Nations in B.C.
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Feds fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands
More than three decades after Indigenous leaders in northern Alberta began asking for money to…
Chief of Vuntut Gwitchin hopes proposed law will improve health care delivery
Yukon government is proposing territory wide health authority to improve system.
Quebec following ‘colonial practices’ in writing new health law say advocates
Advocates are criticizing the Quebec government over its lack of consultation with First Nations people…
First Nations partnering with emergency departments in Alberta to improve triage, treatment
The University of Alberta is working with First Nations in that province to address a…
First Nations in B.C. get $8.2B from Canada to fix disparities in heath care
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia will receive…
Budget 2023: Feds announce $2B for housing, $125M on MMIWG, $811M on health
The Trudeau government is pledging to spend $811 million for medical travel, mental health, dental,…
Decade long nutritional study on First Nations youth wraps up
Final data collection plan was delayed by the pandemic
Quebec report say forced sterilization poorly reported or documented
A study out of the Universite du Quebec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue says the forced sterilization of…