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May 15th, 2013Today, Statistics Canada releases the first wave of data from the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). It focuses on Aboriginal peoples and Immigration and Eth...
May 15th, 2013Most Aboriginal women who endure a sexual assault believe they have nowhere to turn. That’s according to a new report that suggests a majority of victims say ...
May 15th, 2013The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health and Member of Parliament for Nunavut, announced funding for a project to provide capacity to expand the availa...
May 1st, 2013Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami wants to bridge the oral health disparity between Inuit and other Canadians with its new Inuit Oral Health Action Plan, released this we...
May 1st, 2013I am writing to advise you of Emergency Preparedness Week (EP Week) which is scheduled to take place May 5-11, 2013. EP Week is a national awareness initiative...
May 1st, 2013The federal auditor general says two of the government's key pillars meant to improve the lives of aboriginal peoples have gone awry because of infighting, poor...
May 1st, 2013Aboriginals who embrace their culture while living in cities are less likely to suffer from drug addiction, says a study conducted by a University of Lethbridge...
April 29th, 2013Several provinces are critical of the federal Conservative government’s decision to stop funding a panel created nine years ago to ensure common standards for...
April 29th, 2013The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today highlighted support from the Government of Canada in childhood injury prevention research. More than 40...
April 29th, 2013The Saint Elizabeth First Nations, Inuit and Métis Program is developing an interactive e-learning course to encourage the use of the Canadian Physical Activit...
April 29th, 2013UBC’s Okanagan campus held a public ceremony of gratitude and recognition April 18 in honour of the contributions made by local First Nations and Aboriginal c...
April 24th, 2013Two recent deaths among the members of the Neskantaga First Nation have prompted the remote northern Ontario community to declare a state of emergency in the ho...
April 11th, 2013Some nursing stations and hospitals on remote First Nations reserves could be closed temporarily if “urgently required” contract nurses aren’t hired, acco...
April 11th, 2013While the percentage of women breastfeeding their babies continues to increase across the country, a Lakehead University researcher says that's not the case wit...
April 11th, 2013Youth with mental health problems in British Columbia are not consistently receiving the treatment and support they desperately need, says a report released tod...
April 11th, 2013The Canadian government says it made "significant investments for health care" in the 2013 federal budget, but opposition health critics vehemently disagree, cr...
April 11th, 2013Aboriginal people facing homelessness will benefit from nutrition workshops, food hampers and improved facilities at the Friendship House Association of Prince ...
March 29th, 2013Nicola King, who is embarking on a career as a social worker, feels better prepared today to deal with a broad range of cultural and social issues than she migh...
March 29th, 2013About 25 kilometres southeast of Arctic Bay, on the northern shore of Adams Sound, there is a place called Qajuutinnguaq. It means “Hill shaped like a chisel....
March 29th, 2013The nine First Nations that make up the Matawa group in northern Ontario are moving ahead with their own environmental research about the impacts of mining.
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