NDTR – Virtual and in-person grounding ceremony
On September 29, to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR), the Indigenous Health department, led by Nicole Cross | Noxs Ni’is Yuus, Vice President, Indigenous Health, hosted a gr...
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NDTR – A message from Nicole Cross, VP Indigenous Health
September 30 has been declared Orange Shirt Day, in recognition of the past harms and atrocities inflicted on Indigenous children in residential schools across the country. We must acknowledge these h...
Embedding Indigenous cultural elements into the new DCDH
In recognition of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, we acknowledge the history and legacy of the residential school system, honour the survivors, and remember the children who did not ret...
First ever Indigenous Advisory Working Group supports new Terrace hospital design
With a budget of more than $600 million, the Mills Memorial Hospital (MMH) Replacement project, which includes the building of a new hospital in Terrace, is the largest capital project Northern Health...
NDTR MS Teams background for staff
This year the Northern Health Indigenous Health Working group for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation/Orange Shirt Day (September 30) decided it was important to showcase and honour an Indigenou...
National Indigenous Peoples Day is June 21
June 21, 2022 is National Indigenous Peoples Day!* This is a time for everyone in Canada – Indigenous, non-Indigenous, and newcomers – to reflect on and celebrate the history, heritage, and d...
New video resource: Preparing for respectful conversations
Produced in collaboration by the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health and Northern Health’s Indigenous Health department, this video offers a simple set of strategies to help people p...