Plan to Tackle Healthcare Disparities in Northern Quebec 28 March miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Some Indigenous communities in northern Quebec are too short-staffed to perform lifesaving procedures, study finds medicalxpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medicalxpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
For decades, Inuit women in northern Quebec had to travel south, far from family and support, to give birth. That changed in 1986 when the North’s first midwifery clinic opened in Puvirnituq.
Among her recommendations, Coroner Pascale Boulay calls on the province's order of social workers to develop more culturally appropriate practices in working with Inuit youth and ensuring there are Inuit social workers on the front lines.