Making sure that the health care system is culturally safe for Indigenous Peoples is one of Northern Health’s (NH) top priorities. What is cultural safety? The goal of cultural safety is for a...
This Monday marked the seventh annual Orange Shirt Day. Orange Shirt Day is a day to remember, to witness, and to honour the healing journey of residential-school survivors and their families, and ...
You may notice more people than usual wearing orange shirts today! It’s Orange Shirt Day – a day to remember, to witness, and to honour the healing journey of residential-school survivors and t...
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...
In December 2018, we featured a story on Prince George resident and Northern Health staff member Jessie King presenting her Ph.D. thesis at an international conference in Ontario. Jessie has now succe...
This summer, 18 Indigenous students from urban and rural Northern BC communities traveled to the University of Northern BC (UNBC) to participate in the first ever Northern BC Indigenous Youth Summer S...
Language is a powerful thing. It connects to who we are and how we see ourselves. So, when someone takes the time to reach out in your own language, instead of expecting you to understand theirs, it m...
