New program helps First Nations fight dementia

The London and Middlesex Alzheimer Society and the Oneida Nation of the Thames are launching a collaborative program called First Link, which will let all First Nations in London and Middlesex County easily access information and support for dementia.
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B.C. First Nations communities turned out in droves for H1N1 vaccine: Kendall

Not everyone in Canada wanted an H1N1 shot, but B.C.'s chief medical officer of health says the vaccine was popular among First Nations people in that province.
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Community forums aim to benefit health care

A series of community forums in local First Nation and Métis communities are aimed at helping to improving health-care services for aboriginal people.
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Inspiring video with Olympic ties breaks stereotypes of Canada's indigenous people

Inspiring images of aboriginal Canadians makes up a video recently posted on You Tube, by The Four Host First Nations, which will also be shown at the Aboriginal Pavilion during the 2010 Olympic winter games in Vancouver.
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First Nations women prone to diabetes

Nearly half of all First Nations women will develop diabetes over their lifetime, likely during their reproductive years, a new study has found.
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Heart disease a threat to young adults

The face of heart disease has changed and is hitting every demographic in Canada, the Heart and Stroke Foundation warns.
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First Nations represented bulk of Manitoba's severe H1N1 infection: study

Manitoba First Nations residents were disproportionately hit with severe H1N1 infection during the first wave of the virus last spring, a team of researchers has found.
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Tache on boil water advisory

Residents of the Tache reserve near Fort St. James are being advised to boil their water due to the presence of e-coli bacteria in the community's drinking water supply, Health Canada officials have confirmed.
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Putting a new face on native culture

The images that flood the mass media typically depict Canada's native population as being the victims of housing or health-care crises and show them struggling with poverty or hidden behind masks in confrontation with authorities.
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Study says genetics unlikely to be behind increased rates of H1N1 in aboriginals

A new study says genetic susceptibility is unlikely to be responsible for increased rates of severe H1N1 cases in aboriginal people.
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Day 81 a unique setting for torch relay

The arrival of the Olympic torch at Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Monday burned away the centuries between the ancient athletes of southern Alberta--the Buffalo Runners-- and today's Olympians.
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Cancer-causing virus studied in Labrador

Health officials in Labrador are researching how prevalent human papillomavirus (HPV) is among aboriginal women there.
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Diabetes on rise in young aboriginal women

First Nations women in their prime reproductive years are hit disproportionately by diabetes, a new study finds.
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Inuit chip in on Haitian relief

Many of Canada’s Inuit live in run-down, overcrowded homes across Canada’s Far North, but that isn’t stopping them from helping the thousands of Haitian earthquake victims who’ve been left with no home at all.
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Forums Help Identify Health Care Accessibility Issues For Local Aboriginal People

The Central RHA is conducting a second round of community health forums with aboriginal people in the northern sector of the region.
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Locals come together to solve issues around accessing healthy foods on remote reservations

First Nations from Ahousaht and Tla-o-qui-aht along with the Ucluelet and Tofino Food Initiative groups put their heads together Tuesday to brainstorm ideas on creating a healthier food environment.
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Truth & Reconciliation Committee In Tofino

The federally-appointed Indian Residential School Truth and Reconciliation Committee is huddled in Tofino for three days, strategizing their upcoming cross-Canada tour.
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Research centre combines Western, Inuit knowledge

A new Ottawa-based research centre will help bridge the divide between Western science and Inuit knowledge about Canada's Arctic, national Inuit leader Mary Simon announced Tuesday.
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Group helps aboriginal women overcome domestic violence

As a way to help women recognize and deal with various forms of domestic violence, the Newfoundland Aboriginal Network is hosting a culturally based workshop and information session this Sunday.
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Ontario's aboriginal youth need to know own history: Chief

It is important that aboriginal students learn their true history, insists Ontario Regional Chief Angus Toulouse.
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Giving new life to her native language, Ojibwe

When Dorene Wiese was a young girl she would listen to the stories her family members told as they gathered around her kitchen table.
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Exploring Canada's North-South divide

A year ago, Abbie Ootova was in a bad way, her outlook on life as gloomy as the perpetually dark winter Nunavut sky above her.
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2010's people to watch in the GTA: Jessica Yee, activist

Jessica Yee is a young woman on a mission. And at 23, she is wowing social justice activists twice her age with her passion and persistence.
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Study examines food security in off-reserve Aboriginal households

A University of Alberta nutrition researcher is hoping that, through the findings of a study she and her colleagues published this year, help can be found for off-reserve Aboriginal families who are coping with hunger.
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First Nations health advocate needed: FSIN

Saskatchewan's health-care system provides adequate service for the most part, but First Nations people sometimes fall between the cracks and are denied the care they need.
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