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...
The winter of 2018 saw the unveiling of a special work of art that acknowledges the traditional territory of Lheidli T’enneh and welcomes Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to the University Hospi...
Maybe you’ve seen their smiling faces on a TV screen at one of our hospitals or maybe you’ve heard the term “APL,” but you’re still not sure what exactly Aboriginal Patient Liaisons are, muc...
The Skidegate Haida Immersion Program (SHIP) visited staff at the Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre in Queen Charlotte on November 30 for a learning lunch and their first Haida language lesson. ...
As a member of the Aboriginal Health team at Northern Health, it's really important to me to support culturally safe health care environments. When health care settings are inclusive of Indigenous cul...
I was honoured to be invited to Kitsumkalum's Orange Shirt Day by Charlene Webb, the community health director. Although I got to wear a beautiful locally designed orange shirt, enjoy yummy orange foo...
"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...
