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Implementing the Vision- Reimagining First Nations Health in BC
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Regional Summary of Governance Discussions
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Aboriginal Suicide Prevention Information toolkit
Resource Description: This tool kit has been produced by the Lifeline Information Service as a publicservice for the Shoalhaven and Illawarra Aboriginal communities. You are welcome to reproduce it...
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Crisis Communications Training - First Nations Health Council
Resource Description: Training Objectives• To learn how to manage the media during a community health crisis• To understand the media, its challenges and opportunities • To learn new interview...
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Crisis Communications Training Exercises - First Nations Health Council
Resource Description: Scenario #1:A high school in a Vancouver Island First Nations community has closed its doors this week. Many students at the school were experiencing flu-like symptoms and parents...
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Crisis Communications Training Handbook - First Nations Health Council
Resource Description: The Role of the MediaThe media is responsible for gathering information and providing that information to the public. Each media source is unique, and although they may all be...
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BC First Nations Health Handbook - Ministry of Health Planning
Resource Description: Excerpt from guide: "Hello Readers: Thank you for your interest in this project, which will provide a resource to First Nations families and communities. More and more of us are...
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RURAL COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING: A GUIDE TO ACTION - CHAPTER 5: TOOLS...
Resource Description: This 248 page guidebook provides key tools for groups to identify the nature of the issues they face, gather appropriate information, transform it into knowledge, and moblize...
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Health Transportation Policy
Resource Description: This policy outlines: Health Transportation Assistance for On-Reserve Members, Health Transportation for Off-Reserve Members, Exceptions to Travel Assistance, Hotel Accommodation...
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Thursday, April 20, 2017Full Story: Understanding FASD as important as preventing it, says councillorAuthor: Shari NarineSource: Windspeaker NewsFirst Nations throughout Canada are working to bring...
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Sunday, April 9, 2017Full Story: Ottawa to pay for travel companion for Indigenous women giving birth away from reserveAuthor: The Canadian PressSource: CBC NewsThe Federal Government is changing its...
View ArticleFirst Nations Authorities to Gather Data on Fentanyl Overdoses
Monday, May 1, 2017Full Story: B.C. First Nations say fentanyl crisis disproportionately affecting their communitiesAuthor: Linda GivetashSource: CBC NewsThe First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) is...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017Full Story: More Indigenous nurses needed to change health-care system, practitioners sayAuthor: Angela SterrittSource: CBC NewsTania Dick, a nurse who will soon become the first...
View ArticleColonialism as a Broader Social Determinant of Health
Resource Description: A proposed broader or Indigenized social determinants of health framework includes "colonialism" along with other global processes. What does it mean to understand Canadian...
View ArticleManitoba Legislature Condemns Ottawa for Failure to Improve Services for...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016Full Story: Manitoba condemns Ottawa on discrimination against Indigenous peoplesAuthor: Aidan GearySource: CBC NewsManitoba's provincial legislature has passed a motion put...
View ArticleNorthern Health Making Cultural Safety in Healthcare a Priority
Wednesday, March 8, 2017Full Story: Taking action towards cultural safety in healthcare for Indigenous people in British ColumbiaAuthor: Margo Greenwood, Hilary McGregor, and Julia Petrasek...
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Thursday, April 20, 2017Full Story: Understanding FASD as important as preventing it, says councillorAuthor: Shari NarineSource: Windspeaker NewsFirst Nations throughout Canada are working to bring...
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