Inuvik to host truth commission event

Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission will hold a national event for former residential school students in Inuvik, N.W.T.
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P.E.I. aboriginal healing group back in operation

The Charlottetown-based group Aboriginal Survivors for Healing will resume its work this week after a one-month hiatus that it was forced to take when its government funding was cut.

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Nunavut to launch anti-suicide campaign http://bit.ly/cbopJS

Plagued with a suicide epidemic, Nunavut is embarking on an “ambitious” plan to bring its suicide rate in line with – or lower than – the national average through a prevention strategy that is expected to be rolled out in June.
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The Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study from the Environics Institute

A funny thing happened when interviewers set out across Canadian cities to talk to Metis, Inuit and First Nations residents about their lives: they discovered a sense of optimism.
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Urban aboriginals strive to make significant difference in their communities, report says

Dr. Evan Adams, businessman Ian Campbell and lawyer and registered forester Angeline Nyce are helping to break the stereotype of urban aboriginals.
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Inuit preschoolers gaining size: study

Inuit preschoolers in Nunavut are as tall as their counterparts in the general U.S. population but they are also heavier, a new study finds.
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Request for Submissions: Design of Symbol for Mental Wellness & Healing

Nunatsiavut Government's Department of Health & Social Development is seeking design submissions for a symbol & logo.
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First Nations benefit from remote eye screening

New retinal scanners will mean faster diagnosis and treatment to prevent vision problems, including blindness, for First Nations people in outlying areas.
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Government of Canada and Nova Scotia Sign Agreement for Emergency Services to First Nation Communities

The Government of Canada and the Province of Nova Scotia today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that marks another step forward in providing emergency response and recovery services in First Nation communities in Nova Scotia.
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Aboriginal Healing Foundation Research Series Response, Responsibility, and Renewal Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Journey

This is the second installment in a two-volume set produced by the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. This volume contains personal reflections on the opportunities and challenges posed by the truth and reconciliation process, which was constituted in the 2006 Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, to aid in the deliberation of work facing Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada : 2010 National Conference Celebrating 35th Anniversary

The Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.), together with its collaborative partners, the Canadian Men in Nursing Group (CMNG), Canadian Nurses for Health and the Environment (CNHE) and Diabetes Nursing Interest Group of the RNAO (DNIG) is proud to announce its 2010 National Conference “Linking our Knowledge through Diverse Interests” will be hosted at Hilton Toronto Airport, Toronto, ON, October 25 – 27, 2010.
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Anti-suicide program to target northern Sask. youth

A suicide-prevention program is being developed to try to reduce the number of young native people who are killing themselves in northern Saskatchewan.
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CAAN Releases A Qualitative Study of The Role Of Sexual Violence In The Lives Of Aboriginal Women Living With HIV/AIDS

CAAN members called on the organization to turn its research attention to the issue of sexual violence against Aboriginal women living with HIV/AIDS (AWHAs).

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Cameras roll in Clyde River

KANGIQTUGAAPIK/CLYDE RIVER - Aspiring filmmakers have been busy making public service announcements designed to educate Nunavummiut on health and wellness at workshops in Clyde River during the last two weeks.

The workshops were organized by the community's Ilisaqsivik Society. Seventeen youth from Pond Inlet, Iqaluit, Clyde River and Pangnirtung participated in the hands-on workshop.

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Northern youth suicide prevention project receives funds

Saskatchewan plans to hire health promotion co-ordinators with funding from the federal government.

This comes after $300,000 was given from Health Canada’s Aboriginal Health Transition Fund to a joint youth suicide prevention project between the Ministry of Health and the Métis Nation was announced Wednesday.

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Latent TB needs monitoring in Inuit patients: ITK

Active tuberculosis, a huge problem in Canada's North, is being monitored by health officials, however, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami's National Inuit Committee on Health is calling for more attention to be paid to latent tuberculosis infections.
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Traditional Inuit Knowledge Combines With Science to Shape Arctic Weather Insights

Using skills passed down through generations, Inuit forecasters living in the Canadian Arctic look to the sky to tell by the way the wind scatters a cloud whether a storm is on the horizon or if it's safe to go on a hunt.
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Mercury poisoning lingers decades after Ontario river deemed safe

The mercury poisoning dates back to 1970, when excessive levels of the toxin — as well as such symptoms as vision loss, chronic pain and tremors — were recorded in many residents of Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong, about 90 kilometres northeast of Kenora, Ont.
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Assembly of First Nations Welcomes Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study: "Survey Reinforces First Nations Priorities"

The report, prepared by the Environics Institute, focuses on the identities, experiences, values and aspiration of Aboriginal peoples - First Nations, Métis and Inuit - residing in cities.
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Public Health Agency of Canada Updates: Information on Children Less Than Five Years of Age and the H1N1 Flu Virus

Children older than six months and under the age of three years and children between the ages of three and nine years with chronic health conditions who have already received a single half-dose of H1N1 flu vaccine do not require a second dose at this time as the H1N1 flu virus is not presently circulating.
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