Diversity & Inclusion

‘Deplorable’: Canadians believe the federal government should end routine birth evacuations
More than half of respondents in a recent survey said they weren't aware the federal government sent low-risk Indigenous people away from their communities to give birth. Once they learned about it, 95% said routine birth evacuations should be ended.
Siksika man files human rights complaint against Alberta Health Services, hospital
The complaint filed by Benedict Crow Chief of Siksika Nation says his wife, Myra Crow Chief, died in April 2022, because staff and doctors at the Strathmore District Health Services hospital failed to disclose to them that she had active abdominal bleeding.

Joyce Echaquan’s community fights for change to health system three years after death

It has been three years since Joyce Echaquan died in hospital after filming staff insulting her.
Point of view: Indigenous reconciliation, from the lens of a doctor with settler ancestors

Calgary obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Charlene Lyndon is a descendant of settlers who arrived in Treaty 7 Territory in 1881.
Guidelines for including Indigenous people in clinical trials underway: report

Indigenous researchers from the University of Alberta are leading the process to create the new guidelines.
Let’s not get complacent about reconciliation

As I prepared my children’s orange shirts earlier this week, I couldn’t help but reflect on what a different world this conversation now lives in.
Time to GLOW: New grant program for Indigenous-led projects focused on HIV and viral hepatitis

Backed by about $4 million in funding over four years, the GLOW Indigenous Grant is a partnership between pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences Canada and CAAN Communities, Alliances and Networks.
Educational resources for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Often still known colloquially as Orange Shirt Day, Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation has become more broadly recognized throughout the country each year on Sept. 30.
Mutual respect: CPSA and Siksika Nation sign 'historic' agreement

The memorandum of agreement certifies that the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta recognizes the autonomy of Siksika, and that in turn Siksika recognizes CPSA's regulatory authority over doctors working in their community.
Quebec nurses union says job postings requiring bilingualism are discriminatory

Union president Pier-Luc Bujold says the postings are disconnected from reality and amount to a kind of discrimination that belongs in a previous century.

‘Deplorable’: Canadians believe the federal government should end routine birth evacuations

Siksika man files human rights complaint against Alberta Health Services, hospital

Joyce Echaquan’s community fights for change to health system three years after death

Point of view: Indigenous reconciliation, from the lens of a doctor with settler ancestors

Guidelines for including Indigenous people in clinical trials underway: report

Let’s not get complacent about reconciliation

Time to GLOW: New grant program for Indigenous-led projects focused on HIV and viral hepatitis

Educational resources for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Mutual respect: CPSA and Siksika Nation sign 'historic' agreement

Quebec nurses union says job postings requiring bilingualism are discriminatory