From February 25 to 27, representatives from Northern Health (NH) and the University of Northern BC (UNBC) will present their quality improvement research at the ninth annual BC Patient Safety and Qua...
This article first appeared in Northern Health - Health and Wellness in the North, Summer 2019. Think back to your last visit to your family doctor – did someone greet you in your own language? I...
What are A/IHICs and how do they impact health care in the North? Aboriginal/Indigenous Health Improvement Committees (A/IHICs) are action oriented groups of people who work together to support hea...
When I heard the Terrace, Kitimat and Area Indigenous Health Improvement Committee (IHIC) - previously known as the Aboriginal Health Improvement Committee (AHIC) - members were coming together t...
Indigenous peoples valued oolichan as a food source Every spring, the oolichan (or Eulachon) return to the Nass and Skeena rivers in Northern BC. Oolichan are a small ocean fish that migrate long d...
This past fall, Mary Vanstone, local administrator for Wrinch Memorial Hospital in Hazelton, hosted an event celebrating the unveiling of Gitxsan art. Local Indigenous artwork in health care settings ...
"I can't emphasize how important it is for health care professionals to take the lead in asking these questions (about cultural practices), in peeling back the layers of assumptions, and finding out s...
