Health committee  It's a really important question and it also connects with an earlier question about research. I don't know how to answer your question. We've certainly heard stories anecdotally and from talking to service providers. I think, or I'd like to believe anyway, that many of these se

Status of Women committee  Concerning what you just said, I would point out that for indigenous people on reserve specifically, the federal government has responsibility to provide health care services—for all people on reserve, but for seniors as well. Making a sustained effort to invest in additional con

Status of Women committee  That's a really great question and I'm glad you asked it. I echo what the other witnesses have said, but it's also really important to make the distinction, at least within the indigenous context, between “elders” and “older adults”. Roseann could speak to this much better th

Status of Women committee  Perhaps I could quickly add to that, too. With 2019 being actually the year of indigenous languages and also in the era of truth and reconciliation, it's a really important question, because it's time to start letting indigenous people use language that they would like to use to

Status of Women committee  Definitely, yes. It's something we've actually been discussing as well.

Status of Women committee  With regard to seniors, we currently have no funding. We've applied to ESDC's new horizons program and have recently applied to the Public Health Agency's dementia community investment fund. However, I would really like to see an investment in the aging indigenous population, spe

Status of Women committee  Certainly there is. Before answering any other questions, I want to use this as an opportunity to point out something that I didn't get to in my speech. There is a complete lack of data on indigenous seniors and aging, and the data that does exist is often not disaggregated. Wh

Status of Women committee  Could you just ask the question again?

Status of Women committee  Yes. While there may be more access to home care supports or long-term care supports off reserve, there is still a lack of access to culturally safe supports. We had an engagement session recently with seniors living in Ottawa who pointed out their experiences of racism in the he

Status of Women committee  Ullaakkut. Good morning. Thank you for inviting us here today to speak about the challenges faced by older indigenous women in this country. Before I continue, I'd like to take a moment to recognize that we are on the unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin people. Sin