A northern Ontario health organization and a university say they are developing a culturally-informed program that will prepare Indigenous youth for careers in health-care.
The Queen’s Weeneebayko Health Education Program will have a campus in Moosonee, a town on the Moose River, and will teach a university curriculum that will train students for various medical careers, including nursing and midwifery.
The heath authority runs hospitals and nursing stations in remote communities along the James Bay and Hudson Bay coasts, including Moose Factory, Fort Albany, Attawapiskat, Peawanuck and Kashechewan. Murray Sinclair, who served as the chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and is Queen's Chancellor, said the new program will help transform Indigenous care in Canada.
"It offers hope for reconciliation through new approaches to educating and supporting Indigenous youth in pursuing careers in healthcare."
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