First Nations Health Managers Association offers weekly COVID-19 virtual town halls
By Rick Garrick OTTAWA — The First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) is excited about the rollout of its weekly virtual town halls featuring information...
Tungasuvvingat Inuit holds COVID-19 pop-up vaccination clinic for urban Indigenous
OTTAWA— A successful two-day “pop-up” vaccination clinic to protect urban Indigenous against the COVID-19 infection was held on April 15 and 17. The clinic was...
Atikameksheng Anishinawbek, Wahnapitae and Mattagami First Nations and Canada highlight successful community-led solutions supported through the Indigenous Community Support Fund
OTTAWA, TRADITIONAL UNCEDED ALGONQUIN TERRITORY (April 16, 2021) – The Government of Canada continues to make investments so that First Nations, Inuit and Métis have...
Innovative app created by NOSM medical students aims to reduce opioid-related deaths
THUNDER BAY–As the opioid death rate continues to rise in Northern Ontario, medical students at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) have created an...
‘They’re critical and they’re important to everyone,’ says Fort William Chief on COVID-19 vaccines
By Rick Garrick FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — About 150 Fort William citizens 55 years and older and with disabilities received COVID-19 vaccinations on Feb....
Cultural Appreciation Webinar Series back by popular demand
By Rick Garrick NEEBING— Blue Sky Community Healing Centre’s Cindy Crowe and Melissa Roberts plan to hold repeat sessions of two of their most popular...
Ontario Regional Chief says Indigenous Vaccine Distribution is a priority for Task Force
TAYKWA TAGAMOU NATION TERRITORY (January 25, 2021)— Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald says both on-reserve First Nations and urban Indigenous populations are priorities for the...