Exploring Theme: "Commitment to Health Care Workers"

NationTalk: Ottawa – Today, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) released its report on health human resources (HHR) in Canada.  The report, titled “Canada’s Health Workforce: Pathways Forward”, provides key findings designed to inform stakeholders (including governments). The report provides evidence-informed approaches to addressing the current challenges facing the Canadian health workforce. The three...

Toronto Star: A northern Ontario health organization and a university say they are developing a culturally-informed program that will prepare Indigenous youth for careers in health care. The Queen’s Weeneebayko Health Education Program will have a campus in Moosonee, a town on the Moose River, and will teach a university curriculum that will train students...

Over the last two years, the NE LHIN has provided Indigenous Cultural Safety on-line training to more than 400 people working in health care across Northeastern Ontario. These efforts are in keeping with the NE LHIN’s Aboriginal Health Care Reconciliation Action Plan, published in 2016, which identifies cultural competency as a core value. The Action...

One of the four focus areas is “Primary Care” that includes delivery of Indigenous cultural competency training to front-line health care workers who work with First Nation communities....

The Province of Ontario made San’yas training mandatory for every employee in the Ontario Public Service...