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Supporting Métis families where they live – MNO expanding Community Wellness and Healthy Babies Healthy Children programs
April 22, 2025 More Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) citizens across Ontario will gain access to vital health and wellness services—ranging from one-on-one support to community workshops and culturally grounded programs—thanks to expanded funding support. The Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO) is expanding its Community Wellness and Healthy Babies Healthy Children (HBHC) programs to reach […]
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10 organizations join RNAO’s world-renowned Best Practice Spotlight Organization program
April 22, 2025 To improve health outcomes for residents and Indigenous communities, nine long-term care (LTC) homes and an Indigenous health authority in Ontario are joining the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) world-renowned Best Practice Spotlight Organization® (BPSO®) program. These organizations will implement multiple RNAO clinical best practice guidelines (BPG) over a three-year period […]
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Neskantaga First Nation Demands Immediate Emergency Response and Politics Accountability amid Health Crisis
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION, ON — Chief Gary Quisess of Neskantaga First Nation is issuing an urgent call to all levels of government: the time for talk is over. The community, currently under a declared State of Emergency, continues to face an escalating crisis with limited health care access, a closed nursing station, and vulnerable children […]
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Editorial: Neskantaga Deserves More Than Emergency Responses – NetNewsLedger
April 22, 2025 THUNDER BAY – EDITORIAL – When the images of families evacuated from Neskantaga First Nation arrived in Thunder Bay again this past week, it was not just a wake-up call—it was a damning indictment of decades of federal and provincial inaction. The April 13 declaration of emergency—prompted by flooding that shut down […]
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Repairs to Neskantaga First Nation nursing station expected to start Tuesday – CBC
Apr 22, 2025 Community has been in a state of emergency since nursing station flooded earlier this month Repairs to the nursing station in Neskantaga First Nation are expected to get underway Tuesday, after it flooded just over a week ago prompting the community to declare a state of emergency on April 13. In a […]
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NAN Stands with Neskantaga First Nation Amid Ongoing Health Crisis – NetNewsLedger
April 22, 2025 THUNDER BAY – INDIGENOUS NEWS: The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Executive Council is voicing strong support for Neskantaga First Nation’s leadership as the remote community grapples with a declared State of Emergency. NAN is urging swift and decisive action from all levels of government to address what it calls an “alarming” health […]
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NAN Supports Neskantaga First Nation, calls for Coordinated Response to On-going Health Crisis
April 21, 2025 THUNDER BAY, ON: The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Executive Council has issued the following statement of support for the leadership of Neskantaga First Nationfollowing their call for an immediate emergency response to the community’s ongoing health crisis: “The situation in Neskantaga is very alarming and requires an urgent, coordinated response from all levels of government. We are very concerned for the wellbeing of not only the members who remain in […]
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Ontario Investing in More Accessible and Inclusive Communities
Province funding 37 innovative projects to make communities accessible to people of all ages and abilities TORONTO – The Ontario government is investing in 37 projects through the EnAbling Change Program and Inclusive Community Grants Program that will help make communities across the province accessible to people of all ages and abilities. “Funding community initiatives […]
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A new Indigenous Patient Navigator at WMRH – BayFM
April 21, 2025 Scott Janes says awareness is important as many Indigenous members may not know that this service exists. NL Health Services for the Western Zone has a new Indigenous Patient Navigator. On Bayfm’s Qalipu today last week, Scott Janes says this is a new position catered to meeting some health care needs of […]
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Noojimo Health brings culturally specific mental-health care to Indigenous patients – The Globe and Mail
When social worker, nurse and educator Bill Hill received long-awaited funding to establish a sacred Indigenous healing centre at a Catholic psychiatric hospital in Ontario – just 40 days before his retirement after a 42-year career – it marked not only a work milestone, but the beginning of something much bigger. That pilot program, known […]
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