Medical Services

Project findings reveal barriers related to travel for services and lack of specialized services.

Reports that Federal-Provincial agreements to solve health care funding disputes is far from satisfactory.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

Links to a short video which provides information on a legal rule (named for Jordan River Anderson) which attempts to ensure that services are available to First Nations children when they are needed. Duration: 1:57 ASL Video

Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Thesis (Ph.D)--University of Victoria, 2008.

Explores proposals for health centres by Muskeg Lake and Kawacatoose First Nations, both the reasons why and the misconceptions about.

Explores proposals for health centres by Muskeg Lake and Kawacatoose First Nations, both the reasons why, and the misconceptions surrounding them.

Examined information systems in three countries in order to evaluate their effectiveness with respect to Aboriginal peoples.

Argues that neither provincial or federal governments have lived up to their obligations with respect to social, education and medical services to First Nations children and are still engaged in jurisdictional disputes with respect to these responsibilities.

Supports the Cree Nation's proposal of a wellness centre, which will include a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) clinic, on the urban reserve land in Saskatoon.

Investigation of physicians in the Northwest Territories performing abortions on women without using anaesthesia.

Discusses birthing procedures introduced to the Northwest Territories in 1982 and how the government is now incorporating traditional Aboriginal knowledge into its mandate.

Looks at the problems with the health care benefits of First Nations people. Article located by scrolling to page 10.

Contends that to improve overall health an integration of knowledge about environmental and lifestyle issues into the health care field's scarce resources is necessary.