Nadine Caron wins the Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award
Watch “Dr. Nadine Caron: 2016 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award recipient” Video here: In recognition for her work in advocating for Indigenous rights and cultural safety, Dr. Nadine Caron has received the 2016 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. June 21, 2016 Nadine Caron, an […]
Nadine Caron on CBC News: “the First Canadian Indigenous Surgeon”
Watch Dr. Nadine Caron’s CBC Interview here: December 12, 2016 Nadine Caron is Canada’s first female Indigenous surgeon. But that achievement hasn’t shielded her from racism within Canada’s health-care system. Interested in staying up to to date to CEIH news? Sign up for our newsletter here < Go back to News
Two major gifts aim to grow ranks of aboriginal health providers
Two major gifts aim to grow ranks of aboriginal health providers June 30, 2015 The pair of gifts – one from Chancellor Lindsay Gordon and his wife Elizabeth, and the other from Rudy, Patricia, Caroline and Rory North – will support the university’s Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, created last year to train more […]
FNHA and UBC establish chair to prevent cancer and improve wellbeing
Preventing cancer and improve wellbeing for Indigenous Peoples Mar 17, 2017 Written by UBC PR The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and the University of British Columbia have created a faculty position dedicated to improving cancer outcomes and overall wellness among First Nations and Indigenous people, based in the School of Population and Public Health […]