ONE X ONE children's charity and Assembly of First Nations announces investment in National First Nations School Nutrition Program

Nov. 30, 2007 - ONE X ONE Foundation, a charitable organization committed to fighting poverty and preserving the lives of children in Canada and around the world, and the Assembly of First Nations, the national organization representing First Nations citizens in Canada, today announced the launch of "National First Nations School Nutrition Program", a national outreach initiative designed to provide First Nations children who live in poverty with a school nutrition program. Read More>>

Your Voice Has Power: Together, Our Voices will be Part of the Solution! Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Launches Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week (Dec

Nov. 30, 2007 - Kevin Barlow, Executive Director for the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), today announced the launch of the 2007 National Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week campaign. Read More>>

ITK President Reacts to Treatment of Nunatsiavut Inmate with Mental Illness

Nov. 27, 2007 - Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami President Mary Simon responded to an article in today's edition of the Ottawa Citizen with sadness and anger. Read More>>

Canada loses billions because almost half natives don't graduate high school

Nov. 27, 2007 - Canada stands to lose billions over the next decade in lost productivity and labour growth because almost one in two aboriginal youths don't graduate from high school, a study being released Monday suggests. Read More>>

Researcher examines First Nations diabetes

Nov. 27, 2007 - A geography professor, Paul Hackett, closely supported by the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit, has just launched a two-year examination of the history of diabetes in Manitoba and Saskatchewan First Nations. Read More>>

Crown to appeal Metis fishing rights ruling

Nov. 26, 2007 - The provincial Crown is appealing a recent court decision that found a Metis man had the right to fish without a licence because of his ancestry and heritage. Read More>>

Ontario invests in preventing violence against Aboriginal women

November 25, 2007 - To address violence against Aboriginal women, the McGuinty government is funding an Aboriginal adapted version of the successful Neighbours, Friends and Families campaign announced Minister Responsible for Women’s Issues, Deb Matthews. Read More>>

Aboriginal newcomers get needed helping hand

Nov. 25, 2007 - When First Nations people relocate to Winnipeg for medical treatment, they often face difficulties in addition to illness -- culture shock, loneliness and language barriers, to name a few. Read More>>

Dozens of reserves could contain abandoned military explosives

Nov. 25, 2007 - Abandoned explosives from bygone military training exercises could be scattered across more than two dozen native reserves in Canada, says a newly released document. Read More>>

Suicide rate crippling B.C. native communities, doctor warns

Nov. 23, 2007 - A suicide epidemic is sweeping through native communities in northwestern British Columbia, and few people have a closer view of it than George Deagle, a small-town physician who deals with at least one threat on each shift. Read More>>

Aboriginals feel pain of AIDS

Nov. 23, 2007 - Never before has AIDS Awareness Week carried greater meaning in northern B.C., where recent data indicates a disturbing trend in the aboriginal community. Read More>>

B.C. community pleads for help to halt suicide 'epidemic'

Nov. 22, 2007 - Community leaders in Hazelton, B.C., are calling for help after a recent rash of suicide attempts by aboriginal youths. Read More>>

Speakers aim to put a humanface on the oil sands debate

Nov. 22, 2007 - So much has been written, opined, investigated and studied about the oil sands that one could almost be forgiven for believing that the primary product being produced in northern Alberta is not bitumen, but statistics and reports. Read More>>

Action plan aims to cure aboriginals' health crisis

Nov. 22, 2007 - The statistics on the health of Quebec's aboriginals are shocking. But if a new action plan announced yesterday proves successful, First Nations leaders hope those numbers won't remain dire for long. Read More>>

Canada's housing shortage most prevalent in North: report

Nov. 21, 2007 - Canada's housing shortage is felt most by people in the northern territories, according to a report released in Ottawa Wednesday. Read More>>

Launching of a Blueprint to address the health and social services problems

MONTREAL, Nov. 21 - Faced with serious health problems as well as living conditions that are vastly inferior to that of the Quebec population in general, the Quebec First Nations decided to take the bull by the horns and to attack in unison the numerous challenges to be met in terms of health and social conditions in the communities. Read More>>

Helping her community, one member at a time

VANCOUVER, Nov. 21, 2007 - Grace Elliott-Nielsen pauses in the midst of a busy day to consider the famous people she has met over the years. Read More>>

Food 'addictions' not on the radar

YELLOWKNIFE, Nov. 19, 2007 - In the world of addiction, one substance that many people have problems controlling and managing their behaviour towards rarely comes up: food. Read More>>

SPHERU programs will benefit Prince Albert

PRINCE ALBERT, SK, Nov. 20, 2007 - An interdisciplinary team of researchers is assisting the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region (PAPHR) with the hope of making a difference for people in the province’s north. Read More>>

Canada failing to protect its children, UN report says

Nov. 20, 2007 - Canada is failing to protect the rights of its children in several key areas, according to a new report that marks the 18th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Read More>>

Too Many Children Still Left Out Eighteen Years After Children's Rights Convention Adopted: UNICEF Canada

TORONTO, ON, Nov. 20, 2007 - A new study that examines the state of children's rights in Canada, 18 years after the adoption of the UN Convention of the Rights of a Child, points to the urgent need for stronger legislation, a targeted national children's plan, and a national Children's Commissioner to ensure the rights and well-being of Canadian children are protected. Read More>>

Launching of the First Nations Of Quebec Health And Social Services Blueprint 2007-2017

WENDAKE (VILLAGE-DES-HURONS), QC, Nov. 19, 2007 - The Chief of the Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL), Mr. Ghislain Picard, Ms. Guylaine Gill, Executive Director of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC) and Dr. Stanley Vollant are hereby convening media representatives to a press conference, during which they will unveil the First Nations Of Quebec Health And Social Services Blueprint 2007-2017. Read More>>

Traditional food study underway in Chip

Nov. 19, 2007 - The day after a study was released identifying high levels of carcinogens, arsenic, and mercury in waters near Fort Chipewyan, the Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) announced a traditional food consumption study in the area -- planned for over a year. Read More>>

Yukon doctors call for homeless youth shelter

Nov. 19, 2007 - A new homeless shelter for youth topped a list of priorities Yukon doctors are sending to the territorial government following the Yukon Medical Association's annual meeting on Friday. Read More>>

Government to shut down popular, independent health advice website

OTTAWA, Nov. 18, 2007 - The federal Conservative government is axing a popular, bilingual and user-friendly website that provides citizens and medical professionals with reliable, non-commercial information on how to stay healthy and prevent injury and disease. Read More>>

N.W.T. shelter braces for problems from residential schools cheques

Nov. 16, 2007 - As former students of residential schools begin receiving compensation cheques from the federal government, front-line workers at a Yellowknife women's shelter are getting ready for what they say could be busy and tough times ahead. Read More>>

New disorder has old roots

Nov. 16, 2007 - The term "concurrent disorders" might be new to some people but it has been in existence for a long time. Read More>>

'It was controlling my life,' former alcoholic says; Students hear key message as part of Drug Awareness Week

Nov. 16, 2007 - At first, Vince Pawis didn't see himself as an alcoholic. A police officer in a First Nation community, his image of an alcoholic included a liquor bottle wrapped in a paper bag. Read More>>

Nunavut to recruit, train 42 more nurses

Nov. 16, 2007 - Over the next five years, Nunavut plans to increase the number of nurses in the territory by hiring 12 additional nurses and training 30 more Inuit nurses in the Kivalliq and Kitikmeot regions, the health department's new nursing recruitment and retention strategy says. Read More>>

Living conditions on some Ont. reserves 'offensive,' 'unacceptable': Bryant

TORONTO, Nov. 15, 2007 - The living conditions on some Ontario First Nation reserves, where contaminated land has forced several communities to close their local schools, are "offensive" and "unacceptable," Ontario Aboriginal Affairs Minister Michael Bryant said Thursday. Read More>>

Lack of Arctic housing hits women, children hardest

Nov. 15, 2007 - Lyda Fuller heard many sad stories as she interviewed northern women about how hard it is to find a home for themselves and their children, but one comment was particularly chilling. Read More>>

Grim stats for our health region

JASPER, AB, Nov. 14, 2007 - According to the Health Status Report released Oct. 25 by the Aspen Health Region (AHR), this health region has the second-worst in life expectancy in Alberta behind the Northern Lights Health Authority – which includes Fort McMurray. Read More>>

On November 14th, World Diabetes Day, AFN Regional Chief Katherine Whitecloud says Health Canada has taken a step in the right direction

Nov. 14, 2007 - Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Katherine Whitecloud is wearing a pedometer today, in recognition of World Diabetes Day as a gesture to promote exercise as a way of controlling diabetes. She says she’s pleased to see Health Canada is also taking positive steps to better serve First Nations people with diabetes. Read More>>

Canada's largest diabetes centre opens in Edmonton

Nov. 14, 2007 - Seven years after the idea was first conceived by a group of medical scientists, Canada's largest diabetes institute opened in Edmonton today. Read More>>

On November 14th, World Diabetes Day, AFN Regional Chief Katherine Whitecloud says Health Canada has taken a step in the right direction

OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 14, 2007 - Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief Katherine Whitecloud is wearing a pedometer today, in recognition of World Diabetes Day as a gesture to promote exercise as a way of controlling diabetes. She says she's pleased to see Health Canada is also taking positive steps to better serve First Nations people with diabetes. Read More>>

Province supports prevention and management of diabetes through 10-year strategy

EDMONTON, AB, Nov. 14, 2007 - Alberta leads a 10-year strategy to raise awareness of diabetes and help those living with diabetes to manage their health. Read More>>

Tobique First Nation chosen for pilot project

FREDERICTON, NB, Nov. 14, 2007 - Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Ed Doherty, who is also Minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs, today congratulated Tobique First Nation on being chosen by Health Canada to participate in a two-year diabetes pilot project. Read More>>

New Study Finds an Alarming Number of Women in Canada's North Face Homelessness

OTTAWA, Nov. 14, 2007 - A pan-territorial study on homelessness paints a disturbing picture of the despair many women in the North are facing on a daily basis. Read More>>

U of T prof takes up natives' challenge

Nov. 14, 2007 - Broken Promises in Promised Land: This was the title of a major pubic forum organized recently by Dr. Chandrakant P. Shah, one of Canada's foremost experts on the health issues of aboriginal peoples, at the University of Toronto. Read More>>

Diabetes fundraiser targets riders

REGINA, SK, Nov. 13, 2007 - City slickers with a little horse sense will be able to take part in a wild horse round-up next fall. Read More>>

Scientist calls for more study of Athabasca

Nov. 13, 2007 - Regardless of whether high trace metal levels found in water south of Fort Chipewyan are caused by the oilsands, they pose a health risk and deserve further probing, says an independent Alberta water scientist. Read More>>

Feds are targeting me for reporting cancer-pollution link: whistle-blower

Nov. 12, 2007 - John O'Connor first suspected something was wrong a few years ago, after the family physician discovered a rare form of cancer in a small northern Alberta community of 1,200 people. Read More>>

Pilot project could help establish dialysis unit: official

Nov. 10, 2007 - The Ochapowace First Nation will be participating in a Health Canada diabetes wait-time guarantee pilot project tracking patients to ensure they have timely access to assessment and education services. Read More>>

Diabetes: A silent killer

Nov. 10, 2007 - We, in North America, are the fattest people who ever walked the face of the earth. Read More>>

Smoking warning for First Nations

Nov. 10, 2007 - First Nations communities in Ontario are seeing a big jump in the number of people developing lung cancer and cheap illegal cigarettes are to blame. Read More>>

High levels of poisons found in water downsteam of oilsand

Nov. 9, 2007 - High levels of cancer-causing toxins are being found in areas downstream of Fort McMurray's oilsands, says a study commissioned by residents of Alberta's oldest community. Read More>>

IHS, Canada renew collaborative effort

WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 09, 2007 - The Department of Health and Human Services celebrated Native American Heritage Month in the United States Nov. 1 with Canada. Read More>>

Nursing strategy offers more cash, other incentives

Nov. 9, 2007 - Community health nurses in Nunavut know what they need to stay on the job. Read More>>

Okalik mum on ­suicide plan details

Nov. 9, 2007 - Keith Peterson, MLA for Cambridge Bay, asked Premier Paul Okalik four simple questions about Nunavut's much-vaunted suicide prevention plan, released by the government in June, during question period Oct. 31. He did not receive one coherent answer. Read More>>

Manitoba reserve fires child-welfare workers

Nov. 9, 2007 - A Manitoba First Nation has kicked child-welfare workers off the reserve, saying its members are tired of their heavy-handed efforts. Read More>>

Traditional Food Consumption Study Initiated in Municipality of Wood Buffalo

Fort McMurray, AB, Nov. 8, 2007 - The Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) is pleased to announce that research will begin next week on a Traditional Food Consumption Study, involving Aboriginal Peoples in the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.Read More >>

Native Women's Association of Canada : Sisters in Spirit to visit Yukon

Ottawa, ON, Nov. 8, 2007 – Following the success of the historic National Aboriginal Women’s Summit this past summer in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador, Native Women’s Association of Canada President Beverley Jacobs will be in Yukon next week to present at the very first Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Summit (YAWS). Read More>>

Cancer fears spark call to halt oilsands growth

CALGARY, Nov. 8, 2007 - Aboriginal leaders living downstream of oilsands developments in Alberta's northeast Athabasca region are renewing calls for a moratorium on new oilsands projects due to high levels of carcinogens found in water, sediment and wildlife. Read More>>

Drug prevention program encourages smart decision-making

Nov. 6, 2007 - Hundreds of elementary school students were pitted in a race Tuesday against drugs as part of a themed approach being used to steer youngsters away from destructive recreational use of alcohol and drugs. Read More>>

Health Canada: First Nations Communities Selected to Host Patient Wait Time Guarantees Pilot Projects

OTTAWA, ON, Nov. 6, 2007 - The Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Health, today announced the selection of First Nations communities that will undertake pilot projects designed to test Patient Wait Time Guarantees for prenatal care and diabetes. Read More>>

Mental health grads go to work

NUNAVUT, Nov. 5, 2007 - Recent graduates of the territory's first Mental Health Diploma Program are already doing their work placements, providing much-needed services to Nunavummiut. Read More>>

Disappearance of indigenous baby boys tied to industrial pollution

Nov. 5, 2007 - Research released this month of only girls being born in the villages of northern Greenland has brought to light earlier studies that found indigenous mothers living in the northern most reaches of the Arctic Circle are having girls – but not boys. Read More>>

Are Boys An Endangered Species?

Nov. 5, 2007 - Half as many boys as girls are being born in some places around the world—and pollution is the prime suspect. Read More>>

The Government of Canada Supports Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women

EDMONTON, AB, Nov. 5, 2007 - On behalf of the Honourable Josée Verner, Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, Laurie Hawn, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament (Edmonton Centre), today announced funding for the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women. Read More>>

Canada, U.S. to continue mutual efforts to improve Natives' health

WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 5, 2007 - U.S. and Canadian health officials signed a memorandum Thursday agreeing to continue working together to improve the health of indigenous peoples in the two countries. Read More>>

Sewage problems assessed in spring by Health Canada

Nov. 05, 2007 - The Northwestern Health Unit survey released last week showing devastating septic conditions on the Mishkeegogamang First Nation was not the first of its kind. Read More>>

Nunavut foster family association in the works

Nov. 05, 2007 - Nunavut's health minister says she hopes setting up a territorial foster parents' group will encourage more people to take in foster children. Read More>>

Prime Minister Harper outlines the government's achievements for Aboriginal Canadians

Nov. 2, 2007 - In an address to the annual general assembly of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) today, Prime Minister Stephen Harper outlined the Government's actions for Canadians of native ancestry. Read More>>

Kids push for more help, programs from KIA

KUGLUKTUK, Nov. 2, 2007 - Young people in Kugluktuk need a shelter to go to when "houses are not safe due to alcohol and drug consumption and card games," Chad Keadjuk told the recent Kitikmeot Inuit Association annual general meeting in Cambridge Bay. Read More>>

Aboriginal youth speak out at conference

Nov. 1, 2007 - First Nations youth are speaking up. Roughly 500 native young people voiced their desire for a stronger partnership and presence among community leaders at the third National Assembly of First Nation Youth Summit in Winnipeg yesterday. Read More>>

Government of Canada Renews Memorandum of Understanding on Indigenous Health with the United States of America

WASHINGTON, DC, Nov. 1, 2007 - The Honourable Tony Clement, Federal Minister of Health and Secretary of Health, Mike Leavitt, of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, today renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Indigenous Health at a signing ceremony in Washington, DC. Read More>>

AFN National Chief accepts historic 'rebuilding our nations Youth Accord'

OTTAWA, Nov. 1, 2007 - Today, hundreds of First Nations youth from across Canada gathered in Winnipeg to complete a draft five-year action plan called: The Rebuilding Our Nations Youth Accord. Read More>>

Septic systems ‘bad news’ story for northern First Nation

Nov. 01, 2007 - The same team that discovered gross inadequacies in the Pikangikum water supply has released a health report showing pandemic conditions of sewage systems on the First Nation of Mishkeegogamang. Read More>>

Annual flu campaign ready to take off in Kivalliq

RANKIN INLET, Oct. 31, 2007 - Kivalliq residents are being asked to roll up their sleeves in the fight against influenza this winter. Read More>>