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Manitoba Government Working to Better Support Sexual Assault Survivors Across Manitoba
April 25, 2024 The Manitoba government is developing a provincial sexual assault response strategy led by local experts to provide compassionate and timely care to survivors of sexual assault and intimate partner violence no matter where they live, Health, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Uzoma Asagwara and Families Minister Nahanni Fontaine announced today. “Thanks to […]
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AMC Renews Call for Enhanced Cultural Sensitivity Training in Healthcare Following Tragic Death of Indigenous Woman
April 23, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) is renewing its call for the province to work with First Nations Leadership to administer enhanced cultural sensitivity training for healthcare professionals across the province. This call to action comes a day after the daughter of Jean Kemash filed a statement […]
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Race a factor in negligent care that led to Indigenous woman’s death at Winnipeg hospital, lawsuit alleges – CBC
Apr 19, 2024 Nurse put wrist restraints on 68-year-old hours before she died in April 2022, according to lawsuit The daughter of a 68-year-old Indigenous woman who died at Winnipeg’s Grace Hospital in 2022 alleges her mother’s race played a role in negligent medical care that caused her death. Kelly Medwick, the daughter of Jean […]
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AMC Expects Collaboration with the Province to Prioritize Bed Security for Medivac’d First Nations
April 9, 2024 Treaty One Territory, Manitoba – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) Grand Chief Cathy Merrick expects to work with the province to ensure that bed security is prioritized for First Nations individuals requiring medical evacuation to the Health Sciences Centre (HSC) in Winnipeg. This request follows yesterday’s announcement of plans to add […]
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SCO Partnership in Redevelopment of Portage Place a Positive Step for Economic Reconciliation
ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — The Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is pleased to share new details about our intent to partner in the redevelopment of Portage Place in downtown Winnipeg. Today, representatives from SCO joined the Province of Manitoba and True North Real Estate Development to share information about the redevelopment project, including the […]
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Portage Place to be Redeveloped to bring More Health Care, Housing Downtown
April 5, 2024 The Manitoba government is announcing its intention to move forward with True North Real Estate Development (TNRED) in the creation of the Health-Care Centre of Excellence as part of the redevelopment of Portage Place. The province and TNRED have signed a letter of intent regarding a 35-year lease agreement for the Health-Care […]
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Harm-reduction advocates welcome funding commitment for Winnipeg supervised consumption site – CBC
Apr 03, 2024 Advocates for people struggling with addictions and homelessness celebrated the Manitoba NDP government’s plan to open a supervised consumption site in Winnipeg by next year, saying it will save lives and help put people on the path to recovery. The 2024 budget includes $2.5 million toward a supervised consumption site, which will […]
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Manitoba Government Strengthens Animal Welfare, Expands Mobile Spay and Neuter Services
March 28, 2024 The Manitoba government is strengthening Manitoba Agriculture’s Animal Health and Welfare branch with the creation of a new provincial veterinarian position focused on animal welfare, launching the Northern and Remote Veterinary Care Initiative and contributing $200,000 to the Winnipeg Humane Society for the expansion of its One Health Program and support the […]
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Making better picks for the doctors we need – Winnipeg Free Press
Mar. 27, 2024 This year, the Canadian Institute for Health Care published the results of an international survey indicating that, in 2023, Canada was in last place of 10 high-income countries in access to a primary health care provider. Currently, only 86 per cent of Canadian adults have this access. Alarmingly, this is down from […]
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Mental health one affect of colonization says Mohawk psychologist – APTN News
Mar 21, 2024 Hundreds of delegates assembled at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg this week for the Southern Chiefs’ Organization’s First Nations Health Gathering. One of the issues discussed was Indigenous Peoples and mental health. Ed Connors, a psychologist from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory outside Montreal, highlighted the impacts of colonialism on the mental health […]
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