Health committee  There's nothing in place to be able to capture that data. Anecdotally, some are returning. We were talking about the experience of one of my students in the nursing program. She's from Onion Lake on the Alberta-Saskatchewan border, and I asked her if she was going back when she'd

Health committee  It is very important that indigenous knowledge be incorporated in all health disciplines. We have been working with the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada. We have a cultural competency framework that is discussed in the briefing note that was circulated and is also on o

Health committee  Thank you very much. Currently we have students enrolled in the nursing program at First Nations University. As I said, it's a partnership between Saskatoon, Regina, and Prince Albert, and they have students in all sites. All the students who are currently enrolled will be able

Health committee  Thank you very much. On the transitional programs, we have a program called the aboriginal first year experience program as well as the math and science enrichment program at the University of Saskatchewan. Both programs are meant to give students the basic arts and science clas

Health committee  There is also a program called the Pre-Health Professions Club. It links up high school students who have identified that they are curious about a health career with a mentor in either medicine, nursing, or pharmacy at this point, and there are other health groups that we'll be e

Health committee  On Monday, when I was at a summit on post-secondary education for aboriginal people in Saskatchewan that was held by the Public Policy Forum, there was a presentation on best practices from Manitoba and Alberta. Manitoba has great success in recruiting aboriginal people into thei

Health committee  Sorry; I apologize for that.

Health committee  Thank you very much. The two-year programs are for diploma nurses, you could say, and the four-year programs are degree preparations. When we do health careers in the schools and talk about how many years it takes to be an RN or a physician or whatever, they are just astounded

Health committee  Probably you did. I figured...

Health committee  Thank you so much. I appreciate that.

Health committee  Good morning, and thank you very much for this opportunity. I'll speak to the briefing note circulated last week. I'll talk to the first three points of our issues on page two. The first point is improving the science, math, and language skills. Many times the students come to