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16 Resources to Help Settlers Understand and Advance Indigenous Reconciliation
Lindsay Purchase, Charity Village
This article was originally published on CareerWise â âYour source for career development news and views.â
It is the responsibility of every Canadian and every organization to work toward reconciliation. To move toward a better, more equitable future, it is imperative for Canadians to underst
Vaccine incentives
Government of Alberta
Get vaccinated to get a $100 debit card
Who's eligible:Â Albertans 18 or older who got their first or second dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine between September 3 and October 14, 2021.
How to register: After vaccination, register online at alberta.ca/VaccineDebitCard by October 14 at 11:59
New: Community Nonprofit Analysis, Second Quarter 2021!
PolicyWise for Children & Families
The Alberta Nonprofit Data Strategy: Canadian Survey on Business Conditions, Second Quarter 2021 analysis is based on responses by community nonprofits surveyed by Statistics Canada across Canada in April to May of 2021. It introduces community nonprofitsâ organization outlook, employee outlook, a
Data Reveal Stark Divergences in COVID-19âs Impact among Nonprofits
Danielle Holly, Nonprofit Quarterly
In writing about COVID-19âs impact on the US economy, journalists, economists, and researchers alike have sliced up the for-profit sector by location, size, industry, and myriad other dimensions when searching for and positing answers. Conversely, the nonprofit sector is often treated as a monolit
Heading home from the hospital? Caregivers can play an important role in the discharge process
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
In Canada, millions of people are hospitalized each year. Between 2019 and 2020, over three million individuals were admitted to hospitals with an acute disease, illness, or medical conditionâsuch as heart attack, heart failure, bronchitis, or pneumonia. During the admittance process, key informat
Blood pressure as we age: What is a healthy target?
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
In this video, Drs. Anthony Levinson and Richard Sztramko will discuss high blood pressure and what healthy blood pressure targets are for older adults. You will meet Russel who has taken their blood pressure at a local pharmacy and gotten a result of 140/95. Find out what their best next steps woul
How to repair long-term care in Canada
Ann Silversides, The Philanthropist
In the early months of the pandemic, Canadians were shocked by a cascade of deaths in long-term care homes. By mid-2020, 80% of COVID-19 deaths in Canada were in these facilities. That our vulnerable elderly died this way will remain our lasting shame and disgrace.
A year later, Canada still had, a
Social isolation: Are you at risk?
McMaster Optimal Aging Portal
Human beings are social animals. We live with others, we communicate with each other, and we support and cooperate with each other, which may have given us an evolutionary advantage. When a person doesnât have others to be with, they become socially isolated, which is something older adults are at
Creating Reconciliation for You, Others, and Life
Returning to Spirit, Imagine Canada
The word âreconciliationâ appears with increasing urgency as we approach our first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
With it comes a heaviness that occupies spaces of dissatisfaction, cynicism, or outright anger that equates to âfailure,â especially regarding Indian Residential Scho
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