Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Most of the time if you speak to an epidemiologist and people who are looking from a research perspective, research dollars are usually very generalized in the number of years they can do it. The last time anything was done specifically on diabetes for first nations, I think it

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  One of the very fortunate things about our community is that of our five physicians, two are first nations and they understand the language. They do home visits as well, along with our home care nurses. We need to do this: if there is a problem and they're starting to burn out,

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  We believe in partnerships. If we have an issue, we are going to identify that issue. We're going to find out the trigger; why is this problem arising? Then we're going to look at the basis: what causes it? You gave a good example when you described that everybody in Saskatoon w

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'd like to also share too, Mr. Amos, that one of the things we look at is culture as the foundation of our health development. For long-term care, we believe in capacity building, having our own members to be able to carry on that activity. Normally one of the things that we fi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Traditional medicine and traditional healing approaches are more extensive, and you get more value out of those than you do if you were to look at simply a dollar sign. The reality is that we need to socialize and make sure there's stimulation of our elders to ensure that they ca

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  [Witness speaks in Mohawk] I'm very proud to be here, and I'd like to share with you our long-term care concerns. First of all, from Akwesasne's perspective, we understand fully well that the Canadian health care system is fragmented—some provincial stuff, some federal stuff.