Please click on the below link to see the final report on the Indigenous Western and Traditional Doctors Forum that was held at Blue Quills First Nation College.

Indigenous Western and Traditional Doctors Forum Final Report

Environics Institute releases the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study (UAPS)

The Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study is an extensive new research study that has gone beyond the numbers to capture the values, experiences and aspirations of Aboriginal peoples living in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Ottawa.

Speaking directly with a representative group of 2,614 First Nations peoples, Métis and Inuit living in these major Canadian cities, as well as 2,501 non-Aboriginal Canadians, the Environics Institute, led by Michael Adams, has released the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study, which offers Canadians a new perspective of their Aboriginal neighbours. Guided by an Advisory Circle, Aboriginal people designed the research themes, methodology, and executed the main survey.

http://www.uaps.ca/

CBC News reports: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2010/03/31/urban-aboriginal-peoples-hope-city.html

Cree physician Darlene Kitty practises in her home community of Chisasibi. She had worked as a nurse for 12 years.
Kitty always knew she wanted to be a doctor, and to practise in her northern Cree community of Chisasibi.
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October 28th 2009
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Health invited Dr.Marcia Anderson, President of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada to appear before the Committee on October 28, 2009 to speak on the First Nations H1N1 preparedness.

March 25th 2010
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Health invited Dr. Marcia Anderson, Past President of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada to appear before the Committee on March 25th to discuss:

• the challenges associated with the retention of health care professionals in First Nations and Inuit communities;
• the need for cultural competency among health care professionals; and
• efforts and best practices in increasing the number of Aboriginal health care professionals.

Royal College; New associate director
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H1N1 Bingo Game: Looking for a fun way to
get the message out about H1N1?
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On behalf of the Public Health Agency of Canada, I am  pleased to introduce
"Pandemic H1N1: Fast Facts for Frontline Clinicians", an H1N1 pandemic preparedness and response tool.

This has been developed by the Canadian Medical Association, the Canadian Public Health Association, the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the
National Specialty Society for Community Medicine in collaboration with the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Fast Facts is a concise, plain-language, screen- and print-friendly electronic resource designed to aid pandemic H1N1 preparedness, response and infection prevention in the clinical setting.

It was developed to meet the needs of Canada's frontline clinicians as expressed through Canada's national health professional associations.
H1N1 Fast Facts
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