Indigenous Services Canada

And so thinking about the sort of from the top down, what is the actual nation you are engaging with, which might be different than the name of the band office, which is generally the government.

And so that's who engages with Indigenous Services Canada, often the most eligible for for grants and, you know, is managing water, housing, all of those things generally happens at the band level.

And then at the band level, they'll often be an economic development corporation as well that manages, you know, generally they're given a high degree of autonomy and their and their job is is generally to to provide economic opportunities for the band.

They're all structured in different ways.

So we deal with Manitoba for the Provalic region, we deal with Ontario for the Kikitaloq region, and we deal with Alberta and NWT for the Kitikmet region.

That funding that we get from Health Canada through Health Canada funding for Indigenous Services Canada, you know, we recently had money with a Working Together fund that they said, we're going to give you so much money, figure out a way you want to use it.

And so we can adapt the funding models for what we want to do in the territory.

So, for example, we funded a new psychiatry program out of the Working Together funding.

... from the Federal Non-Insured Health, uh, Benefits Program.

That's an agency of Indigenous Services Canada.

Do you know why her travel, her accommodation was denied?

Mm.

I, I believe her words were, "At the earliest convenience." Uh, but the meeting hasn't happened yet.

Um, I don't know where, uh, she is in terms of the, the timing for this meeting, but, uh, now we're over a week, uh, after, uh, Miraz- Miranda's tragic death and, uh, we haven't had, uh, any, any official contact with, uh, anyone from ISC.

You know, we did receive a statement from Indigenous Services Canada saying they hold meetings with First Nations organizations regularly to get feedback and that-

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In need of follow-up care, she ended up missing four appointments, something she blamed on staff at the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program.

Also known as NIHB, it is a branch of Indigenous Services Canada, or ISC.

And weeks before she died at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center, Mamaqua criticized NIHB, adding, quote, unquote.

And in a recent news release, both the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority and Anishinaabe Aski Nation stated that program staff failed to arrange the medical travel Mamaqua needed for follow-up care.

The aim is to foster respect for the land among youth who will learn from elders and knowledge keepers.

Funded by Indigenous Services Canada, construction is set to start in the next few weeks, with its opening expected by this time next year.

Broken Head Chief Gordon Blue Sky.

It's not an easy process, just like anything that we do in our community and especially when it comes to our administration of programs and so on.

That's exactly what you should be doing as a physician, as an advocate.

Similarly, I've run an education series for Indigenous Services Canada in Ontario communities.

I've done Uganda work.

I've done other works in other communities.