An Internet news site dedicated to Aboriginal sport and athletes.
From the website: Anishnawbe Health Toronto (AHT) is a vision of the late Elder, Joe Sylvester. Initial efforts began with a diabetes research project, which realised that a more comprehensive approach to health care was needed by the Aboriginal community. In response, Anishnawbe Health Resources was incorporated in 1984. One of its objectives stated, "To recover, record and promote Traditional Aboriginal practices where possible and apporporiate."
From the website: Our Voices is an Aboriginal-specific sex- and gender-based analysis (ASGBA) toolkit that is culturally appropriate and reflective of important women’s health issues specific to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit populations. The toolkit includes data sources, reports, project summaries, case study analyses, and other examples of ASGBA that have been applied to specific issues and populations of Aboriginal people. Building capacity and improving access to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit populations better informs Aboriginal women’s health policy development and improves the care provided to women across these diverse cultural groups.
From the website: The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) is a national Aboriginal organization established in 2005 by the Government of Canada and funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis public health renewal and health equity through knowledge translation and exchange. The NCCAH is hosted by the University of Northern BC (UNBC) in Prince George, BC.
From the website: The Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) is a provincial Aboriginal organization representing the collective interests of member Friendship Centres located in towns and cities across the province. Friendship Centres are not-for-profit corporations which are mandated to serve the needs of all Aboriginal people regardless of legal definition, and are the primary service delivery agents for Aboriginal people requiring culturally-sensitive and culturally-appropriate services in urban communities.
From the website: The ministry promotes healthy Aboriginal communities through the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy. The Strategy combines traditional and mainstream programs and services to help improve Aboriginal health and reduce family violence.
From the website: We strive to provide quality, wholistic health services by sharing and promoting traditional and western health practices to enable people to live in a more balanced state of well-being. The Centre services on and off reserve, status, non-status, and Metis Aboriginal populations of the Southwest Ontario region and associate First Nations with the mandate of ensuring that health services are accessible, of high quality and culturally appropriate.
From the website: The Association of Ontario’s Health Centres (AOHC) is Ontario’s voice for community-governed primary health care. We represent over 108 community-governed primary health care organizations. Our membership includes Ontario’s Community Health Centres, Aboriginal Health Access Centres, Community Family Health Teams and Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinics.
From the website: The Ontario Women's Health Network (OWHN) is a network of individuals and organizations that promotes women's health. OWHN works with women, health and social service providers, community organizations and others to support equitable, accessible and effective health services for all women in Ontario. Our mission is to link women to health information and resources; and to address the health and healthcare barriers faced by women in Ontario, particularly women who are marginalized, through our
research and advocacy work.
From the website: The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) works to advance the well-being of Aboriginal women and girls, as well as their families and communities through activism, policy analysis and advocacy. Aboriginal women continue to experience discrimination on multiple grounds and in various complex forms and from various sources, including from individuals, businesses, and governments. NWAC was incorporated in 1974 and is one of the five officially recognized National Aboriginal Organizations (NAOs) whose purpose is to represent and speak, at the national level, on behalf of Aboriginal women in Canada.
