By Dylan Cohen aboriginal, Canada, children's health, children's wellbeing, first nations, foster care, government care, indigenous, indigenous children, indigenous youth, kids in care, native, podcast
Dylan Cohen shares a personal story of life in and out of government care. He is an Indigenous former youth in care and campaigner for Fostering Change in British Columbia and a Contributor with EvidenceNetwork.ca. Dylan seeks to create opportunities for youth in/from care across the country through advocacy and public policy justice. Interview by […]
By Wilton Littlechild bill s-228, Child health, Healthy choices, indigenous, indigenous child health, indigenous children, junk food, poor nutrition, residential schools, type 2 diabetes
Indigenous peoples are “Inuwak,” Peoples of the Land. We have a spiritual relationship with our mother earth; our food is from the land and is intrinsically related to our cultural and spiritual way of life. Food not only nourishes us physically, it impacts our mental attitude and is an essential part of many of our […]
By David Pfrimmer affordable housing, charity, Child poverty, Citizens for Public Justice, donating food, food banks, health related issues, housing, indigenous, Living Wage Canada, poverty
Tis’ the food bank season ’Tis the season when everyone wants to help support their local food bank initiatives. But “sharing the season” always poses a tough question for me: How do we help our neighbours when, according to Canada Without Poverty, there are 4.9 million neighbours to help? The number of Canadians in need […]
By Rosana Salvaterra Canada, Canadian government, child and family services, child development, failures, family support, government care, government system, indigenous, public policies, social policies, vulnerable children
How a basic income guarantee could improve health A version of this commentary appeared in the Hill Times, Ottawa Life and Huffington Post Across Canada, and around the world, people from all sides of the political spectrum are starting to talk about the BIG idea of a basic income guarantee (BIG), also known as a […]
By Dylan Cohen Canada, Canadian government, child and family services, child development, failures, family support, government care, government system, indigenous, public policies, social policies, vulnerable children
Supporting youth to 25 years of age an essential first step A version of this commentary appeared in the Toronto Star, Ottawa Life and the Huffington Post Growing up in government care in Manitoba was difficult. The deep politicization of child welfare didn’t help matters. Polarized public opinion and a controversy-avoidant government shaped the legislation and policies that […]
By Daniel Niven Canada, culture, first nations, health, history, indigenous, Treaty
Canada has a mismatch between the world class quality of research we produce on health every year and how that research is implemented into our healthcare system.
By Leonard G. Flett and Nicole Letourneau Canada, culture, first nations, health, history, indigenous, Treaty
Canadian Indigenous people have been described as “ghosts of history,” spectres lingering in the background, haunting our legacy. This refers to the fact that Indigenous people have been ignored to a great extent in Canadian history
By Jon McGavock and Christopher Mushquash culture, first nations, health, indigenous, Manitoba, Podcasts
While indigenous populations in Canada have higher risks of health problems, our usual treatments often focus solely on western medical approaches.
By Jon McGavock culture, first nations, health, indigenous, Manitoba
Wab Kinew has been telling scientists and health care professionals for years that culture is medicine.