By Jesse Johnson
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON — Leaders, health professionals, and community representatives gathered at the Quattro Hotel and Conference Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. for a two-day Health Transformation Working Group meeting on July 16 and 17.
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SAULT STE. MARIE – It was a day full of laughs, lessons, and sombre stories, but more importantly, there was a renewed commitment to an improved health system for the Anishinabek Nation.
(more…)The Anishinabek Nation Health Secretariat is moving forward with a Health Transformation Initiative as directed by the Anishinabek Nation Chiefs-in-Assembly.
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NORTH BAY – In late March, members of the Health Transformation Team visited the Southwest and Southeast regions to discuss Health Transformation and what that could mean for those communities.
(more…)The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team members were featured on the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation’s podcast Mino Bimaadiziwin.
“If we took control of our own health, and if we took control of our programs, our services, our funding and redistributed the way we see fit and works with our people, our health outcomes for our people would be much better.”
(more…)By Jesse Johnson
NORTH BAY – The Anishinabek Nation’s Health Transformation Team has been busy this fall. The Team has held multiple engagement sessions; organized a Working Group meeting in North Bay and a regional session in Thunder Bay for the Northern Superior First Nations; and, took its Business Case to Ottawa for further review by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC).
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