Category Archives: Indigenous Nations

Health, Indigenous Nations

Klahoose actions halt COVID outbreak

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National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Quick action by a small, remote First Nation on the West Coast appears to have smothered the spread of COVID-19 in the tiny island community.

But the next big step for the Klahoose First Nation will be to maintain the gains it’s made and continue with household bubbles over the holidays, Chief Kevin Peacey said.

The Klahoose community on Cortes Island, B.C., emerged from lockdown last Tuesday after quarantine ended for all four individuals affected by the virus and no new cases were identified, Peacey said.

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Health, Indigenous Nations

COrtes Island: need for Indigenous-led emergency management

the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

As Klahoose First Nation comes out of lockdown after a quickly-contained COVID-19 scare, community members echo the need for Indigenous-led emergency management.

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Health, Indigenous Nations

Update from the Klahoose Nation’s emergency checkpoint

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National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The last thing Byron Harry imagined having to stickhandle during a COVID-19 community lockdown was a cougar leaping onto his truck.

Harry was pulling a graveyard shift at the Klahoose Nation’s emergency checkpoint, which was set up to contain a cluster of cases that had broken out in the remote community on B.C.’s Cortes Island just days before.

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Education, Indigenous Nations

UBC’s Indigenous Public Health Certificate program

the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Like many academic programs, due to COVID-19 regulations, the University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Indigenous Public Health certificate program, which works to include Indigenous perspectives into the healthcare system, has shifted online this year.

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