Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. I think an area that has been really overlooked within NIHB is the utilization of pharmacists. Obviously they're dispensing medications, but they can treat minor ailments. Minor ailments can often lead to larger ailments, if you don't get them treated quickly. Pharma

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I don't think I can fruitfully answer that question in a minute.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. I will.

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. I think one of the easiest ways we could cut red tape and reduce the time that goes into medical transportation would be flexibility in arrangements and having fewer levels of bureaucracy involved, as Grand Chief Daniels was saying, devolving it from what it is right

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Echoing what Grand Chief said, starting in a good way is the best way, but if you cannot start in a good way.... I don't believe the health of first nations has been started in a good way at the hands of the government. If we can make these small steps, they will lead to improv

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Is this on the NIHB?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Do you mean specifically related to MMIWG?

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Absolutely. I think it's impossible to speak about health without recognizing everything that goes into health. Health isn't just being healthy. It's having access to safe housing. It's having access to a safe environment. It's access to water. It's so many different things. In

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  I'm really glad you've seen “heal the healers”. That's something I'm quite proud of, to be honest. My team is incredible. We engaged with our elders, knowledge-keepers and traditional healers around the country and were able to develop a program that we delivered through our resi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Not on NIHB specifically, although I feel like we definitely have the capacity to be doing that. As you were saying, we have really great knowledge embedded within the association. We have really great leaders, and we're always grounded in culturally relevant gender-based analysi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Unfortunately, it is rife with layers of issues. Being someone who would be two-spirit, transgender, gender-diverse, or part of the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community is already difficult. If you then layer on being indigenous, that's only going to become more difficult. The indigenous experi

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Obviously, I'm really glad you've seen that. We have several websites that tell you what your rights are and what you're entitled to. Often, when folks go looking for services specifically related to NIHB, it's completely overwhelming. Typically, they'll tell you to reach out to

Indigenous and Northern Affairs committee  Good afternoon, honourable members. Thank you for the invitation to come here today on behalf of the Native Women's Association of Canada, to speak about the administration of and accessibility by indigenous peoples to the non-insured health benefits program. I want to acknowl