If respiratory syncytial virus, better known as RSV, contributed to recent infant deaths in Nunavut, then those deaths and other severe illnesses were likely preventable, a children’s lung expert told Nunatsiaq News.
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Mar 7, 2011
Mar 2, 2011
Living conditions in Nunavik 'unacceptable'
Decrying poverty and social problems in Nunavik, the sparsely-populated northern third of the province where 11,000 Inuit live, Parti Québécois aboriginal affairs critic Alexandre Cloutier said yesterday living conditions in Quebec's north are "unacceptable."
And he quoted Pita Atami, president of Makivik Corp., the Inuit economic development agency, saying Premier Jean Charest's Plan Nord, to develop the north, cannot go ahead without first dealing with the social problems and the housing crisis.
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And he quoted Pita Atami, president of Makivik Corp., the Inuit economic development agency, saying Premier Jean Charest's Plan Nord, to develop the north, cannot go ahead without first dealing with the social problems and the housing crisis.
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Mar 1, 2011
Aboriginal patient navigators bridge divide between Western and traditional care
VICTORIA — Heather Olsen always knew she wanted to work with her “own people” so she could make a difference in their health.
Not long after graduating from the University of Victoria nursing program, Olsen, a member of the Tsartlip First Nation, was hired as an aboriginal nurse liaison, a position that involves navigating aboriginals through the health care system.
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Not long after graduating from the University of Victoria nursing program, Olsen, a member of the Tsartlip First Nation, was hired as an aboriginal nurse liaison, a position that involves navigating aboriginals through the health care system.
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