Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 18

Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Nova Scotia"

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April 17, 2024


Eskasoni, Province Celebrate Opening of New Long-Term Care Home

NationTalk: Mi’kmaw elders and seniors across the province now have access to long-term care in a Mi’kmaw community. A new 48-room home named Kiknu, a Mi’kmaw word meaning “our home,” in Eskasoni is the first in the province to be built in a First Nation community. An event to mark the home’s opening was held...

January 10, 2024


Canada signs over $355 million bilateral agreement with Nova Scotia to improve health care over three years

This investment will increase access to a primary health provider, reduce backlogs and wait times, further support mental health services, and provide greater access to health data. NationTalk: Health Canada, Halifax, Canada – Canadians want and deserve a health care system that provides timely access to health services whenever and wherever they are needed. That...

April 21, 2023


Ottawa signs agreement with Nova Scotia First Nations chiefs on health services

Agreement another step to transform design and delivery of health services for Mi’kmaq in Nova Scotia CBC News: Canadian Press – The federal government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Nova Scotia’s Mi’kmaq chiefs on the transfer of federal health services.Friday’s agreement with the 13 chiefs continues a process that will ultimately transform the...

April 4, 2023


Pilot projects could pave way forward for Indigenous health care

Based on the principles of nationhood, individual Indigenous communities take the lead in determining how their communities will work with partners to address health care disparities. iPolitics: Four community-led pilot projects have seen significant improvements in health care for Indigenous communities across the country, supporters say, leading to a push for the government to address...

November 29, 2022


NS Government: Province Seeks Feedback on Racism, Discrimination in Healthcare

NationTalk: The Province is asking diverse groups to share their experiences in order to improve Nova Scotia’s healthcare system. The Department of Health and Wellness and health system partners have launched an online survey to collect feedback from communities that might have experienced systemic racism and discrimination in the healthcare system. This includes Indigenous people,...

October 12, 2018


New health facility for Eskasoni First Nation

No formal acknowledgement of the negative impacts of previous colonial government policies Eskasoni First Nation, District of Unama’ki in the traditional un-ceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people celebrated the grand opening of a new, state-of-the-art health centre more than twice the size of the former space that makes it the largest on-reserve health centre in...

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