A Plan to Expand UBC's Pharmaceutical Services to Haida Gwaii

Haida Gwaii, an archipelago of more than 150 islands off B.C.’s northern coast, is home to 5,400 residents, but only one pharmacist. Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Judith Soon and fellow researchers in UBC’s Collaboration for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) group have a plan to change this by establishing a patient-centred pharmacy clinic.
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Actor sees a way to break out of his people's drama

June 10 - It would be easier to say he is just acting - but he isn't. He is Adam Beach of the Dog Creek Reserve in Manitoba and of Hollywood, Calif., and his acting credentials are impressive...But so, too, are his credentials for speaking out this week as the Canadian government finally issues its official apology for the abuses caused by residential schools through two centuries.
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Apology to spare no detail, Strahl says

June 10 - OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper will offer a lengthy and detailed apology tomorrow that will specifically acknowledge the mental, physical and sexual abuse suffered by aboriginal children at residential schools as a result of the decades-long federal policy.
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Cardiac autonomic activity and blood pressure among Nunavik Inuit adults exposed to environmental mercury: a cross-sectional study

Mercury is a contaminant that reaches high levels in Nunavik (North of Quebec). It is transformed into methylmercury (MeHg) and accumulated in marine mammals and predator fish, an important part of the traditional Inuit diet.
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The National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation Welcomes New Federal Funding For Aboriginal Addictions Services in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

June 9, 2008 - The National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation welcomes the government’s recent announcement of $2 million dedicated to helping First Nations and Inuit recover from addictions to alcohol and illicit drugs in Vancouver, in addition to the $10 million funding to be provided over five years to find treatment solutions for residents of Vancouver’s Downtown eastside.
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Final Report of the Wabauskang First Nations Indigenous Knowledge and Contaminants Program

It is now widely known that the mercury contamination of the English-Wabigoon River system in northwest Ontario is one of the largest and most severe examples of industrial contamination in North America.
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