Health care text-messaging system wins award

Third-year health sciences student, Michael Mak, is working with a First Nations telecommunications provider in communities like Fort Severn to equip diabetes workers with cell phones and a computer software program so they can create text messages and send them to multiple patients. The system could allow patients to do such things as book appointments while receiving educational information and daily reminders from health care workers.
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Health Minister announces five-year funding to renew health programs aimed at supporting the well-being of Aboriginal children and youth.

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced five-year funding to renew important health programs aimed at supporting the well-being of Aboriginal children and youth in Canada.

The investment in Aboriginal Head Start programs supports First Nations, Inuit and Métis families with infants and young children to help ensure they grow up healthy and reach their full potential. These programs help to meet the cultural, physical, nutritional, social and psychological needs of Aboriginal children.
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Métis disabilities forum praised

Twenty-one years ago, Gary Tinker walked 650 km on crutches to bring attention to the lack of services for Métis people living with disabilities.

Born with cerebral palsy, Tinker has dealt with a disability his entire life. He established the Gary Tinker Foundation in Saskatchewan, which has since been devoted to making improvements in the lives of disabled people.

Attending the first-ever national Métis Nation Forum on Disabilities in Winnipeg Thursday was a special moment for Tinker.
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The Métis Nation draws child wellness and disabilities to the forefront

The Métis National Council (MNC) will host four days of discussions in Winnipeg beginning November 2nd focused on finding ways of improving employment opportunities for Métis persons living with disabilities and child wellness. The Métis Child and Wellness Conference will address issues including child and family services, residential schools, early childhood development and will examine the Manitoba model of child and family services and the health research for Métis children. The goal is to develop a ten year strategy, a BluePrint, aimed at ensuring our kids live healthy, happy lives by providing them the tools to live to their full potential as members of their communities, families, the Métis Nation and as Canadians.
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