News around the A.N.A.C.
The Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada are looking for a Senior Research Evaluator to join us on an ongoing part-time basis (August 2010- March 31, 2012) to assist us in the evaluation of the implementation of the “Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety in Nursing Education: A Framework for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nursing” and the development of related indicators as used in selected Schools of Nursing in Canada.
Deadline: August 13, 2010
For posting information, visit our JOBS SECTION
CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health
Travel Awards Opportunity
Travel Awards in First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health: Conference Presenters for the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (ANAC) National Conference:
The CIHR - Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health (IAPH) is accepting applications from presenters at the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (ANAC) National Conference entitled "Linking our Knowledge through Diverse Interests" to take place in Toronto October 25 - 27, 2010.
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2010 National Conference: October 25-27, 2010
Keynote Speakers and Presenters
MADELEINE DION STOUT - President of Dion Stout Reflections, Inc
Regional Chief Angus Toulouse - Assembly of First Nations-(Ontario)
Mary Simon - President, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Rosella M. Kinoshameg - President, Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
Shelley Esposto - Diabetes Interest Group (RNAO)
Dr. Dennis Raphael, pHD - Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University
Dr. Ofer Agid, MD - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto
Dr. Margo Greenwood - Associate Professor,
University of Northern British Columbia
Gideon Forman, MA - Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE)
Dr. Marc Di Buono, PhD - Director of Research at the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
Jessica Yee - 2009 Role Model, National Aboriginal Health Organization
Kent Waddington - Communications Director, Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care
Lori Nichols Davies - Holistc, Organic Cook
Dr. Dorothy Goldin-Rosenberg - Environmental Panelist
Watch National Conference webpage at, anac.on.ca/conferences.php for for further information on Keynote Speakers and Presenters.
Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Healthcare System
Written by Marina Freire-Gormaly
“I got my degree in physiology, but I didn’t want to do research for the rest of my life, so I went into nursing, because I thought nurses are the point of entry into the healthcare system,” says Rhonda Goodtrack, an advisor to Aboriginal students at the Native Access Program to Nursing and Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. “So I applied, got in, went through the four years, got my degree and went to work in public health right out of nursing school.” .../read more (.pdf)
PRESS RELEASE: 2010 National Conference Celebrating 35th Anniversary
The Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.), together with its collaborative partners, the Canadian Men in Nursing Group (CMNG), Canadian Nurses for Health and the Environment (CNHE) and Diabetes Nursing Interest Group of the RNAO (DNIG) is proud to announce its 2010 National Conference “Linking our Knowledge through Diverse Interests” will be hosted at Hilton Toronto Airport, Toronto, ON, October 25 – 27, 2010.... /read more (.pdf)
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