Education

Northern nursing students check vital signs of health research

Fourth-year Aurora College nursing students show off the work they put into three-month projects


Holly Hodder recalls while growing up, hearing stories about the mistrust Elders had towards the European settler class’s health-care system. Stereotyping, indifference and systemic racism have for decades been reported by Indigenous people as they access publicly funded health-care across Canada and the NWT. This as Indigenous patients have described…

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‘Heartbreaking stories, memories and pain,’ the Red Dress Day march stirs up emotions

Hundreds march through Yellowknife to honour victims on what is also known as National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls


“We must remember and share the heartbreaking stories, memories and pain that was felt by survivors and family members are missing and murdered indigenous women and girls and to LGBTQ people. We must continue to tell the story of every missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.” – Elizabeth Biscaye,…