Mobile clinic will bring care to rural Indigenous communities
“We always ask Indigenous patients to meet the physician in the big hospital. It’s about taking the patient out of their community, their culture, in order to receive care. What if we do the opposite?”
Remembering a tireless advocate for Indigenous health
Long-time Indigenous Health Committee co-chair Dr. Tom Dignan was a mentor to future leaders.
Partnership to address racism and support a culturally safe health care system
Ensuring Indigenous Peoples access to care is high quality, culturally safe and free of racism begins with Indigenous-led systemic change in how medical professionals are instructed and evaluated.
5 tips on how to provide culturally safe care
Dr. Sarah Funnell discusses tips on how to provide culturally safe care when treating or assessing Indigenous patients with COVID-19.
ER physician confronts medical colonialism in new book
Dr. Samir Shaheen-Hussain confronts medical colonialism in a new book following the success of his #aHand2Hold campaign.
“Doctor with the guitar” receives the Royal College’s Indigenous Health Award
Lynden Crowshoe, MD, FRCPC, is the 2020 recipient of the Royal College’s Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award.
