What has to happen?
As an Aboriginal woman proud of her heritage and mindful of the social ills affecting all aspects of indigenous life I ask a simple question, "What has to happen?" What has to happen so that true and lasting health and wellness return to Aboriginal communities across all of Canada? To ...
Will the Phoenix of healing rise from the ashes?
A contact sent me a rather interesting story which ran originally in the North Shore Outlook, a local north Vancouver newspaper. The headline read: Squamish elders torch drug den. When I was able to get past the fact that the writer hadn't capitalized Elders, I read the article and was ...
Did You Know Archives 2009
According to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) "fire death rate, fire incidence and fire-related damage and injury statistics are consistently higher throughout Canada in First Nations communities." And according to a 1998 U of A Safety Scribe newsletter "[d]uring this festive season statistics show there will be a 23% increase in residential fires, a 24% increase in the number of fire deaths, and a 43% increase in the number of fire related injuries" (thus these stats must be higher in First Nations communities). Click here to check out CMHC's pdf "Fire Prevention in Aboriginal Communities" and protect your family this holiday season; click here to access the French version.
▲TOP Added: 2009-12-09
December 1-7 is National Safe Driving Week. Visit the Canada Safety Council site for info on Defensive Driving Courses and other related topics. According to the Assembly of First Nations - Injury Prevention Fact Sheets (February 27, 2006) "Motor vehicle injury resulting in death is a leading cause of death among all groups of First Nations." Check out the Injury Prevention Fact Sheet by clicking here.
▲TOP Added: 2009-12-04
“The only Treaty which specifically mentions medical care is Treaty six, which contains two clauses: “That in the events hereafter of the Indians comprised within this treaty being overtaken by any pestilence or by a general famine, the Queen, on being satisfied and certified thereof, by her Indian Agent or Agents, will grant to the Indians , assistance of such character as to extent as here chief Superintendent of Indian affairs shall deem necessary and sufficient to relieve the Indians of the calamity that shall have befallen them. And, that a Medicine chest shall be kept at the house of the Indian agent for the use and benefit of the Indians at the discretion of the Agent”. (Aboriginal Health & Cultural Diversity Glossary)
Check out Treaty Six on the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada web site.
Check out the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations web site.
▲TOP Added: 2009-09-21
September is Arthritis Month and according to Statistics Canada 5% "of off-reserve Aboriginal people are affected by severe ... arthritis". Check out the following links for more info:
Arthritis hits First Nations hard
First Nations Arthritis Self-Management Program
▲TOP Added: 2009-08-31
April is National Oral Health Month. Dental decay rates for First Nations and Inuit people of all ages range from three to five times greater than the non-Aboriginal Canadian population. Check out "First Nations and Inuit Oral Health" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2009-04-27
Indigenous infant mortality rates in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States are 1.7 to 4 times higher than those of non-Indigenous children. Check out the "indigenous Children's Health Report: Health Assessment in Action" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2009-03-31
March is National Nutrition Month. Check out the "Nutrition Labeling Toolkit for Educators - First Nations and Inuit Focus" for more information about nutrition and Aboriginal people.
▲TOP Added: 2009-03-16
March 2-6, 2009 is Aboriginal Health Week at the University of Alberta. Check out the week long "A Gathering of Speakers" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2009-02-27
February is Heart Month; a public awareness campaign by the Heart and Stroke Foundation. First Nations, Inuit and Metis people are at a greater risk of heart disease and stroke than the general Canadian population. Check out the Heart & Stoke Foundation page "First Nations, Inuit & Metis Resources" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2009-02-17
The Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) has moved it's main office to 6520 Salish Drive, Vancouver, BC. Check out their web site (http://www.caan.ca) for more details.
▲TOP Added: 2009-02-05
"First Nations children aged 6 to 14 who lived off reserve were as likely as all children in Canada to be doing well in school..." Check out Statistics Canada's "Aboriginal Peoples Survey: School experiences of First Nations children aged 6 to 14 living off reserve" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2009-01-19
2008
December 1-5 is Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Week. Check out the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-12-02
As November is Adoption Awareness month Alberta has launched an Aboriginal Caregiver Recruitment Campaign aimed at placing Aboriginal children in Aboriginal homes. Visit the Aboriginal Caregivers site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-11-03
Health Canada is warning consumers not to use two vitamin C supplements due to potential health risk. Check out the Health Canada Advisories, Warnings & Recalls for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-10-28
Native Counselling Services of Alberta is now the host of National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW). Their contact information is as follows:
NCSA
10975 124 Street
Edmonton, Alberta
T5M 0H9
Canada
Ph: (780) 451-4002
Fax: (780) 428-0187
▲TOP Added: 2008-10-21
September 28, 2008 is World Heart Day. "...[A] call to action to help people better understand their personal risk for cardiovascular disease, including hypertension (high blood pressure)." Visit the World Heart Federation for more info.
A 2005 study suggests "that widespread cigarette smoking among Aboriginal youths is associated with an enhanced cardiovascular risk ...at an early age and may ... [contribute] to the considerable burden of cardiovascular disease in Aboriginal populations." Read Cigarette smoking and cardiovascular risk factors among Aboriginal Canadian youths for more info.
According to the Mayo Clinic "[r]egularly participating in moderately vigorous physical activity can reduce your risk of fatal heart disease by nearly a quarter. ... Regular physical activity helps prevent heart disease by increasing blood flow to your heart and strengthening your heart's contractions so that your heart pumps more blood with less effort." Check out Heart disease prevention: 5 strategies keep your heart healthy for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-09-23
Arthritis is the most prevalent chronic condition amongst the Aboriginal population. Approximately 19% are thought to have it. Aboriginal women are affected the most with 70% aged 65 and older living with the disease. Visit the The Arthritis Society Facts & Figures page for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-09-10
September 8 is International Literacy Day. Visit Canada's Literacy and Essential Skills Network for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-09-03
Off-reserve Aboriginal people aged 19 to 50 living in Ontario and the Western provinces in 2004 were two and a half times more likely to be obese or overweight, compared with their non-Aboriginal contemporaries. Check out Statistics Canada 'The Daily', Wednesday, January 23, 2008, for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-07-21
May 26 is the National Day of Healing and Reconcilation (NDHR). Check out the NDHR website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-06-13
June is Stroke Awareness Month. Visit the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-06-13
May 29th is World No Tobacco Day. Visit the official AADAC page for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2008-05-15
May 4-10 is Drinking Water Week. Hosted by the Canadian Water and Wastewater Association, visit their website for more info.
For information regarding Drinking Water Quality and First Nations, visit Health Canada's First Nations & Inuit Health website.
▲TOP Added: 2008-05-14
Many appetizers (hors d'oeuvres) are high in calories. For example, 2 chicken wings, 2 sausage rolls and 1 mini quiche are equal to 1 full meal! Check out the Capital Health Nutrition in Community Health newsletter for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-04-26
"On tasks used for testing coordination, sleep-deprived people perform as poorly as or worse than people who are intoxicated." Check out "Sleep: Understanding the Basics" on eMedicineHealth.com for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-04-26
"... Aboriginal peoples have among the highest rates of abstinence from alcohol, and drink less often than the general population..." Check out "Harm reduction policies and programs for persons of Aboriginal descent" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-04-26
The week of January 20-26, 2008 is National Non Smoking Week. Also January 23 is Weedless Wednesday. Check out the National Non Smoking Week web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-04-26
The Canadian Dental Association recommends using "a soft brush with rounded bristles" to brush your teeth. Also, "gums that recede visibly are often a result of years of brushing too hard". Check out the "Your Oral Health" section of the Canadian Dental Association website for more info
▲TOP Added: 2008-04-26
1, 172, 790 people reported Aboriginal identity in the 2006 Canadian Census. Check out "Aboriginal Peoples in Canada in 2006: Inuit, Metis, and First Nations, 2006 Census" for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2008-04-26
According to a new study, published February by the Journal of Clinical Microbiology,residents of First Nations reserves are high-risk for carrying a "superbug" bacteria and "developing infections triggered by it". "Frequent hand-washing is the best ... protection against [the] bacteria and "public education programs ... would [also] help to control [the] spread." Check out "Superbug threat growing n Vancouver: study" on the CBCnews web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-04-26
Upwards of 11,132 status (who knows how many non-status & Metis) First Nations children were adopted between 1960 and 1990. Now referred to as the "60's Scoop" many of the children were "literally scooped from their homes and communities without the knowledge or consent of families and bands". Today many of these now adult adoptees and their families are searching for each other. Check out "The "60's Scoop" page on the Aboriginal & Indigenous Social Work website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2008-04-26
2007
January is Alzheimer Awareness month. Visit the Alzheimer Society of Canada web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
January 14-20 is National Non-smoking week in Canada. Unfortunately, Aboriginal people have some of the highest smoking rates in Canada and the current government has scrapped the First Nations and Inuit Tobacco Control Strategy. Health Canada estimates 60 per cent of people between 18 and 34 living on reserves are smokers. Visit the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control web site for more info. about National Non-smoking week.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
"Rates of Type 2 diabetes among Aboriginal people in Canada are three to five times higher than those of the general Canadian population." Check out First Nations and Inuit Health Branch's Diabetes page for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
"Year end 2003 data from DIAND indicated that 9,031 First Nations children on reserve were in child welfare, representing a 70% increase from 1995." Check out the AFN's "Royal Commission on Aboriginal People at 10 Years: A Report Card" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
February is Heart Month. Visit the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Youth have sometimes been known to inhale cans of compressed air. This is sometimes referred to as "dusting". Visit the Falcon Safety Products Inc. for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
The first project of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Section 95 program has seen seven new three-bedroom bungalows built on the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation in Ontario. For more information on CMHC's Section 95 program visit the CMHC's web site.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Although some First Nations adult age groups have a diabetes rate two to eight times greater than the average Canadian, the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project (KSDPP) has had some success with diabetes prevention on the Kahnawake reserve. Visit the KSDPP web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
March is Nutrition Month. Visit the Dietitians of Canada web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
April 7 is World Health Day: International Health Security. Visit the World Health Organization web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Among the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois), the wild strawberry is regarded as the "leader" of the berries. It is the first berry food to appear in the spring and ... is gathered at that time and eaten as a blood purifier. Visit Berry Plants for Women's Nutrition & Medicine for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
April is National Oral Health Month. Visit The Canadian Dental Association web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
April 28 is the National Day of Mourning. Visit Canada's National Occupational Health & Safety Resource for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
A recent study has linked throat cancer to oral sex. The presence of HPV (human papillomavirus) raises the risk of developing throat cancer with or without the established risk factors of tobacco and alcohol. Check out either of the following sources for more info:
CTV.ca - Oral sex linked to throat cancer: study
New England Journal of Medicine - Case–Control Study of Human Papillomavirus and Oropharyngeal Cancer
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
June 15, 2007 is the 2nd Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.
Visit the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
June 21 is National Aboriginal Day in Canada. Check out the official National Aboriginal Day web site for more info. and to find a great event near you!
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
In 2005 more people in Canada died from liver cirrhosis than alcohol related vehicle accidents. Canadians who drink consume "about 30 per cent more than the world average." Check out the Globe & Mail's "Alcoholics accelerated" article by Margaret Philp.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Northern Canadian babies are at greater risk of developing rickets according to the "Vitamin D-deficiency rickets among children in Canada" study. Rickets was most frequently observed among darker-skinned, breast-fed infants and children, with the highest incidence among children from the north (Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories and Nunavut). Check out the study online at the Canadian Medical Association Journal web site.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Officials are warning people not to eat ground beef products sold at Canada Safeway and independent grocery stores because they may contain a deadly strain of E. coli bacteria. Product sold between: May 24 - June 5, 2007. Click here for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified a new strain of
extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis that leaves patients "virtually
untreatable." Check out CBCnews Tuberculosis: Anatomy of a killer for more info.
"The prevalence of tuberculosis infection is much higher in
[A]boriginal communities than among Canadian-born nonaboriginal people,
and it is therefore likely that TB will remain a major problem in these
communities for the foreseeable future." Check out Tuberculosis: 13. Control of the disease among aboriginal people in Canada for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Canada has created the first ever national Food Guide for First Nations, Inuit and Metis. Visit the Health Canada Food & Nutrition page for full details.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
The Thiazolinediones family of diabetes drugs, which includes Avandia and Actos, could DOUBLE the risk of heart failure. "...[H]eart failure can occur even if [users] don't have any heart problems." Read the CBC article Diabetes drugs could double risk of heart failure for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
"Rates of diabetes among Aboriginal people in Canada are three to five times higher than those of the general Canadian population. Aboriginal children are also now being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes ...." Check out Health Canada's First Nations & Inuit Health diabetes page for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Loblaws is recalling No Name French Style canned green beans for botulism danger. This product was also sold in Real Canadian Superstores in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and BC. Visit the Canadian Food Inspection Agency web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
August 9th is the International Day of the World's Indigenous People. Visit the official UN web page for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
65% of Aboriginal children report participating in sports outside of school hours. Check out "Aboriginal Children's Sport Participation in Canada" for more info. (
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
"The last federally run residential school in Canada closed in Saskatchewan in 1996." Check out Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Backgrounder The Residential School System page for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
HIV/AIDS infections continue to be a threat to the Canadian Aboriginal population. Aboriginal injection drug users (53%) and women (45%) have the highest rates of new HIV infections. Check out "Complex and unique HIV/AIDS epidemic among Aboriginal Canadians" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
September 9th is International FASD Awareness Day. Check out the FAS World web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
According to a 2005 study "Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women" they "found an extremely high prevalence of lifetime violence and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)." In fact seventy-two percent of the women they interviewed "met DSM-IV criteria for PTSD." Check out SAGE Journals Online for more info (pay article). You may also want to check out "Colonialism and the Sexual Exploitation of Canada's First Nations women," a 1998 paper by Jackie Lynne (co-author of the SAGE article cited above) presented at the American Psychological Association 106th Annual Convention, San Francisco, California, August 17, 1998 (free article).
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
September 20th is National Community Health Representative (CHR) Day, National CHR Day is celebrated every 3rd Thursday of September. Visit the NIICHRO website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
The main sources of income for people aged 65 and older are government pensions, particularly among First Nations and Inuit elders. The average income for Aboriginal ... [E]lders is between $5,000 and $14,999 with women having substantially lower personal income levels .... Check out "Our Nations Elders Speak" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
September 30 - October 6 is Mental Illness Awareness Week. Check out the Mental Illness Awareness Week website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
""First Nations girls between 15-17 years old have a smoking rate of 61% — 4 times the national smoking rate of girls in the same age range. First Nations boys between 15-17 years old have a smoking rate of 47%, compared with the national rate of 13% for boys in the same age range. Perhaps more disturbing, almost 60% of pregnant First Nations women smoke." Check out Contraband cigarettes becoming a national norm by Paul McLaughlin for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
The unemployment rate for Aboriginal people living off-reserve was 7.3% in September 2007, down by 1.1 percentage points from a month ago. Alberta's unemployment rate was 3.6%. Check out Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry Labour Force Statistics Aboriginal People (Off-Reserve) September 2007 for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Some office printers may emit hazardous particles. Read "Office printers emit hazardous particles: CBC special report" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
There is a link between alcohol consumption (all types of alcohol) and cancer developing in the body. Women who abstain from drinking lower breast cancer risk. Check out CBC news "Abstain from alcohol to lower breast cancer risk: study" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
New study indicates the amount of sleep a third grader gets impacts their chance of being obese by grade six. "The less sleep [they] got, the more likely [they] were to be ...[over weight] in sixth grade. Read "Kids who sleep more weigh less: study" on the CBCNews web site.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
November 18-24 is National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW). Click here for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
"Aboriginal people are being infected with HIV at a younger age compared to non-Aboriginal persons." Check out the First Nations and Inuit Health page on HIV and AIDS for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
Most Aboriginal people are lactose intolerant? Which means because their bodies cannot easily digest milk products that they should seek out alternate sources of calcium such as: different types of beans, fortified cereal, spinach, bok coy, kale, oranges, sardines & other fish (also high in Vitamin D), soy milk, tofu, almonds, oysters. Check out "Lactose free foods high in calcium and vitamin D" and "Bone Builders" for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2007-04-26
2006
Study suggests small daily dose of dark chocolate improves blood flow. Visit the University of California website for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
"In the case of violence...Aboriginal women in Canada are more severely affected...[t]he mortality rate...is three times that [of] non-Aboriginal women...." Check out CCSA's "Girls Women and Substance Use" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
The 2006 North American Indigenous Games will be held July 2-9 in Denver Colorado. Visit the official NAIG website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
White Cane Week starts the first Sunday in February. This year it is from the 5th to the 11th and aims to increase public awareness of people with visual challenges. Visit the Canadian Council of the Blind for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
"Heavy smoking can reduce a mother's milk supply and... [can cause infant]...nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and diarrhea." Visit the La Leche League International website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
March 8th, 2006 is International Women's Day. Visit the International Women's Day web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day. Visit the Tuberculosis page of Health Canada's First Nations & Inuit Health Branch for more information on this disease.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
March is Help Fight Liver Disease Month. Visit the Canadian Liver Foundation for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
April 7 is World Health Day. Visit the Canadian Society for International Health for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
April 22 is Earth Day (part of Earth Month). Visit the Earth Day Canada website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
April is Daffodil month, a fundraising campaign for cancer research. Visit the Canadian Cancer Society for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
June 3-10 is National Water Safety Week. Visit the Canadian Red Cross web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
Today, June 21, is National Aboriginal Day! Visit the National Aboriginal Day pages on the Indian and Northern Affairs Canada site for more info
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
For the first time, FAS markers may be detected in newborns stool in their first two days after birth. Read "Meconium: Baby's first stool may provide clues to fetal alcohol exposure" for more info. The researchers actual results are published in the July 2006 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
Amongst Aboriginal people, who continue to be over-represented in the HIV epidemic in Canada overall, injection drug users account for a majority of new infections at 53%, the heterosexual exposure category accounted for 33% and men who have sex with men category for 10% in 2005. Check out the Public Health Agency of Canada's "Estimates of the number of people living with HIV in Canada, 2005" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
[For First Nations in Canada] [t]]he notification rate of genital chlamydia was almost seven times higher than the national rate, while the reported hepatitis C rate was one-third lower than the national rate. Check out A Statistical Profile on The Health of First Nations in Canada for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
Mother Earth Tobacco offers 100% organically grown tobacco sold specifically for ceremonial purposes. Visit the offficial Mother Earth Tobacco website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Visit The International Association for Suicide Prevention for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
Motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of death over all First Nations age groups. Check out "A Statistical Profile on The Health of First Nations in Canada For the Year 2000" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
October is Women's History Month in Canada. The 2006 Theme is "Aboriginal Women: The Journey Forward". Visit the Status of Women Canada website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
September 17-23 is Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Visit the Prostate Cancer Research Foundation of Canada for more info.(
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
October 1-7, 2006 is Mental Illness Awareness Week. Click here to check out the official site.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
October is Women's History Month. This year's theme is "Aboriginal Women: The Journey Forward". Visit the Status of Women Canada web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
November 1-7 is Down Syndrome Awareness Week in Canada. Visit the Canadian Down Syndrome Society for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
Every third week of November is National Addictions Awareness Week. NAAW 2006 is from November 19-25. Click here to visit the official NAAW web site.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
December 6 is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. Visit the Status of Women Canada site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
Antibiotics aren't always necessary for ear infections. Check out the latest story in CNN's health section: "More parents waiting, not giving antibiotics right away, for ear aches."
▲TOP Added: 2006-04-26
2005
According to the Preliminary Findings of the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey 2002-03 compared with Canadians in general, First Nations adults over 20 were twice as likely to have NOT completed high school (51.2% vs. 27.9%). Click here for more info...
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
January is Alzheimer Awareness Month. Check out the Alzheimer Society of Canada for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
A new study suggests there is an ... association between [secondhand smoke] exposure and cognitive deficits [reduced reading, poor math skills, and learning deficits] among children even at extremely low levels of exposure. Click here to access "Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Cognitive Abilities among U.S. Children and Adolescents" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
January 16-22 is National Non-Smoking Week. Click here for more info.
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January 16-22 is National Non-Smoking Week. Click here for more info. (
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
February is Heart Month. Check out the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for more info.
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Among Inuit children aged 14 and younger ... (excluding those too young to speak) 76% could speak or understand an Aboriginal language. However, among North American Indian and Métis children in non-reserve areas, the percentages dropped to 25% and 12%, respectively. Click here for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
"In provincial jails in Alberta, a ban on smoking tobacco products has been extended to include the burning of Sweetgrass..." Visit Windspeaker online to learn more...
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
March is National Nutrition month. Visit the Dietitians of Canada website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
March 6-12 is International Women's Week & March 8 is International Women's Day. Visit the Status of Women website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Visit the Canadian Heritage Multiculturalism site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
Grant MacEwan College Dreamcatcher Youth conference is now accepting applicants for the October 14-16, 2005 event. Click here for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
World Health Day is April 7. Visit the World Health Organization (WHO) for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
April is National Oral Health Month. Visit the Canadian Dental Association for more info.
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April is Earth Month? Visit Earth Day Canada for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
April is Parkinson Awareness month. Visit the Parkinson Society of Canada for more info.
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May is Hearing Awareness Month. Visit the Canadian Hearing Society for more info
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May 9-15 is National Nursing Week. Check out the Canadian Nurses Association for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
May 20-26 is National Road Safety Week. Visit the Canada Safety Council website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
Aboriginal Awareness Week (May 24-27, 2005) was designed to increase awareness of Aboriginal peoples among federal public service employees. It is held on the four days that follow the Victoria Day long weekend. Visit the Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of Canada website for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
June is Stroke Awareness Month. Visit the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada for more info.
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According to AADAC's Developments (May 2005) "Alberta has the largest Metis population in Canada" (almost 23% of Canada's total Metis population) "and ..there is a need for addiction-related resources...specific to...Metis." Visit AADAC online for more addictions information or access Stats Canada's Aboriginal peoples of Canada: A demographic profile for statistical information.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Visit the National HIV Testing Day web site for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
The highest rates of smoking in Canada are reported by Aboriginal peoples. See the New Directions for Tobacco Control in Canada - A National Strategy report for more info.
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"Tweaking" is a dangerous stage of meth abuse during which the "tweaker" has not slept in many days and is irritable and paranoid. Tweaking can also refer to a common side effect of meth use where the user picks their skin in a reaction to the delusion that bugs are crawling under it. Visit the fifth estate's page Facts on Crystal Meth or stopdrugs.org for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
Genetic markers are not a valid test of Native identity, in other words, DNA testing is not a reliable way to determine Aboriginal ancestry. Go to the Council for Responsible Genetics page "Genetic Markers Not a Valid Test of Native Identity" for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a health warning on some canned meats in British Columbia sold by the German Meat and Sausage Deli of Tatla Lake. Click here for more info.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
Mirapex, a drug used to treat Parkinson's disease, may be linked to problem gambling. Visit the Responsible Gambling Council web site for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
September 10, 2005 is world suicide prevention day. Visit Canadian Association For Suicide Prevention for more info.
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"The overall proportion of First Nations considered overweight or obese (combined) is more than 20% higher than for Canadians overall..." Check out the Preliminary Findings of the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) 2002-03 for more information.
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Aboriginal people are less likely have a university degree and more likely to have a trade certificate or college diploma than non-Aboriginal people. Check out the Statistics Canada Aboriginal Network Newsletter for more information.
▲TOP Added: 2005-04-26
A southern California study seems to indicate that popular students are more likely to become smokers than their less popular peers. Check out the Journal of Adolescent Health's "Do popular students smoke?..." for more info.
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October 3-9 is National Family Week. Visit the Family Service Canada website for more info.
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October 9-15 is Fire Prevention Week in Canada. Visit the Fire Prevention Canada website for more info.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Visit the Canadian Cancer Society for more info.
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October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness month. Visit the Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths for more info.
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According to a University of Toronto researcher, "[a] disproportionate number of First Nations grandparents are raising their grandchildren...". Read "When Grandma becomes Mama: Resilient First Nations elders rear grandchildren" for more info.
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November 5-11 is Veterans' Week. Visit the Veterans Affairs Canada website for more info
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November 13-19 is Metis week. Visit the Metis Nation of Alberta website for more info.
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Inuit people had the lowest life expectancy rate of all three Aboriginal groups in 2001. Check out Statistics Canada's "Projections of the Aboriginal populations, Canada, provinces and territories 2001 to 2017" for more info.
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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) occurs during the winter months primarily in the northern hemisphere. Some common symptoms of SAD include: depression, low energy, sleep and appetite problems, feeling down, extreme fatigue, etc. SAD symptoms can be partially alleviated by walking outside for 1 hour in sunlight or "bright light therapy". Click here for more info.
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2004
January 18-24, 2004 is National Non-Smoking Week (third week of January annually). Visit the Canadian Council for Tobacco Control for more info.
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First Nations members will NO LONGER be required to sign a consent form by MARCH 1,2004. Read more here...
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The deadline for the Belcourt Brosseau Metis Awards is May 15, 2004. Click here for more info.
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March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Click here for more info.
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March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day. TB is much higher among First Nations people than among non-First Nations people in Canada. Check out "TB in First Nations communities" for more info
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April is Earth Month. Earth Day is April 22nd. Visit the Earth Day Canada site for more info.
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Binge cocaine users are the most likely to contract HIV. Click here for more info.
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Blue Quills First Nations College's 2004 Cultural Camp runs from May 24 - 28, 2004. Click here for more info.
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May 28 is World No Tobacco Day. Click here for more info.
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June is Stoke Awareness Month. Visit the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada for more info.
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Today is National Aboriginal Day. Click here for more info.
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Meth use is most prevalent among those 15 to 25 years of age and cuts across socioeconomic and geographic lines. Read "A Community Stakeholder View of Crystal Meth in Edmonton" for more info.
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Younger women, pregnant women, Aboriginal women, and women in common law relationships are at greatest risk of family violence and domestic homicide. Read the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence's "Health Effects of Family Violence" for more info.
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Kids are more likely to get hurt during the summer than at any other time of the year. Check out Parents.com's Top Summer Health Hazards for more info
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September 12 is National Grandparents Day. Visit the Legacy Project web site for more information: http://www.legacyproject.org
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Thursday, September 9 is International FAS Awareness Day. Click here for more info
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September 20-26 is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Week. Visit the Canadian Cancer Society for more info.
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October 1st is International Day of Older Persons. Visit Health Canada's Division of Aging and Seniors for more info
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Obesity rates in First Nations are twice as high as for Canadians. Read the Preliminary Findings of the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS) 2002-03 for more info.
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October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Awareness Month. Visit the Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths for more info.
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October 18-24 is the YWCA Week Without Violence; to develop and implement practical solutions to violence in our communities. Visit the official site for more info.
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October is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Click here for more info.
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November is Diabetes Awareness month. Visit The Healing Trail for more information on diabetes.
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November is Osteoporosis month. Visit the Osteoporosis Society of Canada's web site for more info.
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November 14 - 20th is National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW). Visit www.naaw.net for more info
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"Domestic Violence is associated with ...irritable bowel syndrome". November is also Family Violence Prevention Month. Click here to read "The Relationship between Domestic Violence and Irritable Bowel Syndrome"
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December 1 is World AIDS Day. The theme this year is "Women, Girls, HIV and AIDS". Click here to visit the official website.
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