Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada and Canadian Blood Services - OneMatch Collaboration

A Journey to Inspire: The story of Gabe Callicum and a Call to Action from Chief Patrick James

Find out more! View video

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A.N.A.C. Resources

The Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.), has two new resources: The Spirit of Courageous Leaders: Profiles of Aboriginal Nurses and Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety: Curriculum for Aboriginal Peoples.

The Spirit of Courageous Leaders: Profiles of Aboriginal Nurses is a collection of biographies of Aboriginal nurses, whose stories span almost a century. The First Nation, Métis and Inuit women represented throughout this anthology embody a wide array of experiences, challenges and successes in nursing. /read the Press Release (.pdf)

** NOTE: These publications are available for purchase at http://www.anac.on.ca/publications.phphttp://www.anac.on.ca/
publications.php

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Student Webinar Series

A series of Student webinars have been developed to assist A.N.A.C. Student member.

You must be a Student member of A.N.A.C. to login through the Members' Only portal and access the Student Portal.

If you have suggestions for optimal times or subject matter, please contact Connie Toulouse, ctoulouse@anac.on.ca or call toll free 1-800-724-3049 ext. 26.
To view the poster for the webinar series

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Announcing Student Portal

Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.) is proud to announce the official launch of its Student Portal.

Being a nursing student can be quite tough at times and research has shown it is even harder for Aboriginal nursing students, due to the additional strains of financial pressures, needing to be away from one’s home community, adjusting to a new culture and place while often times trying to deal with housing and/or childcare issues.

To support our student nurses, A.N.A.C. has developed a student portal, among other avenues. The goal of A.N.A.C.’s support mechanisms is to increase the overall numbers of Aboriginal nurses by supporting Aboriginal nursing students during their studies to complete their programs, graduate and become successful nurses. This student portal is also open to all student nurses interested in health issues in First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Our goal in the website enhancement is to give nursing students a space where they can work together to support each other as cyber-buddies. The student portal will be accessible and only visible to student members of A.N.A.C. The new portal will provide an opportunity for A.N.A.C. student members to share documents, resources, participate one on one chats, forums and webinars.

As it is a secure site, nursing students will need A.N.A.C. memberships to access it.

to view poster.

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Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)

Very interesting article in the CMAJ, May 24, 2011, Aboriginal Children Less Likely To Receive Kidney Transplants. . . . Read more

The study, by researchers from the University of Calgary, the Alberta Children's Hospital, McGill University, the Montréal Children's Hospital, University of Alberta and the Stollery Children's Hospital, consisted of 843 children who began treatment for kidney failure between 1992 and 2007. It included children in 9 of 10 Canadian provinces and all three territories.Link to study http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/abstract/cmaj.101840v1

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FUNDING OPPORTUNITY IN ONTARIO - INFRASTRUCTURE ONTARIO

Expanded Infrastructure Ontario Loans Program for NFPs

July 12, 2011 - Ontario is expanding eligibility for the Infrastructure Ontario Loan
Program to additional segments of the not-for-profit sector. Eligibility is
expanded to not-for-profit organizations that own or operate community hubs where both
community health and social services are located together are now eligible for
the loan program. . . Read more, http://ontariononprofitnetwork.onefireplace.org/Resources/
Documents/Expanded%20Infrastructure%20 Ontario%20Loans%20Program%20for%20NFPs.pdf

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Canadian Nurses Association Canada (CNA)
Position Statement on Cultural Competence. . . . . Read more

Cervical Cancer in First Nations Women. Information for Health Care Providers - National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) . . . . . Read more

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)