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.
Continue reading COrtes Island: need for Indigenous-led emergency managementCampbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Reporter
Ehattesaht Chinehkint First Nation’s (ECFN) covid recovery period has been extended as members continue to test positive.
Continue reading Ehatis COVID outbreak: recovery period extendedPart one of a series of three articles: Michelle Crosby talks about administrative matters and how Island Health responds to a COVID situation.
Cortes Island responded to the first news of the pandemic with a series of ZOOM conferences, in which various sectors of the community reported on their preparations, status and plans. The last of these meetings was held on June 9th, a day when Island Health reported there were no COVID cases anywhere on Vancouver Island. That situation has changed. According to statistics released by the BC Centre for Disease Control, there were 16 new cases in the Greater Campbell River Health Area during November. Some of these were on Cortes Island, where there had not previously been a publicly acknowledged case. While there are currently no known active cases on Cortes, there were 31 throughout North Vancouver Island yesterday and Island Health does not identify specific communities, or islands, for individual cases. The virus is still spreading. On December 10th, Cortes Island’s Regional Director, Noba Anderson, convened a ZOOM conference of several key Cortes community and Island Health leaders.
Continue reading How Island Health Responds to a COVID situationNational 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.
Continue reading Update from the Klahoose Nation’s emergency checkpointthe Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Native Women’s Association of Canada’s educational toolkit, made by and for Indigenous, Métis and Inuit women and gender diverse people helps educate on informed consent in Canadian hospitals.
As more stories surface of Indigenous women who have experienced forced sterilization in public hospitals, the Native Women’s Association of Canada has created a toolkit to help educate on consent and rights in the healthcare system.
Continue reading Knowing your rights toolkit: to combat forced sterilization of Indigenous women
