Program funds development of young Aboriginals across Atlantic Canada

When Health Canada first introduced a pilot project that would fund the early development of young aboriginals in Atlantic Canada it wasn't enough. Slated for just three sites in the region, a 1998 meeting of the First Nations Inuit Health Branch wanted to implement the program but not for a select few.
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Aboriginal baby boom well under way in Canada

The aboriginal "baby boom" is well underway, despite falling birth rates among other Canadians, according to Statistics Canada.
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National Inuit Leader Responds to the Aboriginal Children’s Survey

Statistics Canada released information today from the Aboriginal Children’s Survey, with a focus on the family, community, and childcare of Aboriginal children under six years of age.
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Inuit Herald Historic Appointment of First Inuk Cabinet Minister

Ottawa, Ontario - Mary Simon, President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami,and national leader for Inuit in Canada, underlined the historic appointment of Leona Aglukkaq as the new Minister of Health today, and congratulated all new members of the cabinet.
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Inuit fare yields to nutritionist's nightmare

On a Saturday afternoon in summer, the foothills that frame this Inuit village on Quebec's northernmost coast are dotted with white tufts of Arctic cotton, the purple-pink of dwarf fireweed, crowberries and liverwort and yellow oxytrope. With its beach glass and fossil-crusted stones, the shoreline would be picturesque, too, if it weren't littered with broken bicycles, Pepsi cans, Gobstopper wrappers and potato chip bags.
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Lifestyle Changes Lead to Dramatic Cancer Increase among Inuit People

Cancer rates have been skyrocketing among the Inuit people—a dramatic rise that researchers say can be traced to changes in smoking, diet, and other lifestyle factors, according to a review published in the September issue of The Lancet Oncology.
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