Each week, we bring together various news related to the field of health and social services, as well as to First Nations. You will find some information and publications that may be of interest to you.

Info Bulletin – Indigenous Services Canada

Here’s the latest info bulletin from Indigenous Services Canada. Among other things, you will find information regarding the spread of respiratory viruses, Community Services Recovery Fund and 2023 National First Nations Water Leadership Award.

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate

On November 16, 2021, the Superior Court of Quebec authorized a class action against The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and you could be a member. This class action aims to obtain compensation for anyone who has been sexually abused by a religious member, a lay employee or a volunteer. Click here for more info.

Call for the Comité consultatif en itinerance

The Table interministérielle en santé mentale et en itinerance (interdepartmental table on mental health and homelessness) has reserved two positions on the Comité consultatif en itinérance (advisory committee on homelessness) for people who have developed experiential, organizational, clinical and/or scientific knowledge on the issue of homelessness among Indigenous people. The Table is looking for candidates to sit on this committee. For more information: jocelyn.gadbois@msss.gouv.qc.ca

Second edition of the Gagne ton activité éducative! contest

From January 31 to February 19, 2023, take part in the second edition of the Gagne ton activité éducative (win your educational activity) contest! Institutions (childcare centres, daycares, elementary and high schools, youth centres, summer camps, etc.) have a chance to win $500, which must be used to carry out an educational activity with children aged 0 to 17 years focused on healthy eating. Click here for more information (in French only).

Mr.FunWater and Tchin-tchin Challenges

From March 20 to 24th 2023, let’s raise our glasses and water bottles for the Tchin-tchin Challenge and the Funwater Challenge. Join this festive wave of water promotion. Are you ready? The countdown has started! Click here for more info.

Call for proposals: For Quebec foods in our schools

This call for proposals is aimed at public elementary and high schools in Quebec as well as public vocational training centres that serve young people aged 17 and under, among other things. Financial support of up to $15,000 per project is available. Click here for more information (in French only).

NCCHPP Bulletin

To get the latest news and events from the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP), click here. Save the date! February 21: Webinar on Implementing Health in All Policies Approaches in Canada.

Participants wanted for a focus group

Université Laval, in collaboration with the Centre d’amitié autochtone de Québec, is looking to meet with people who work, on a paid or voluntary basis, in organizations that work with First Nations and Inuit on the territory of the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (Quebec metropolitan community) for research that explores the diversity of aging and social participation trajectories. For more information: melanie.synnott.1@ulaval.ca.

The Ecopatrol program is being recycled and becomes EcoNation!

The Ecopatrol program becomes EcoNation and returns in force in 2023. Will you be participating in the 2023 summer edition?  Two different options are available to you. Express your interest by clicking here before February 17, 2023.

The NCCIH announces new Academic Co-Leads

After 20 years, Dr. Margo Greenwood, a scholar of Cree ancestry, is moving on from the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health to her new appointment as a Senator. Dr. Sheila Blackstock and Dr. Daniel Sims, both Indigenous scholars and Associate Professors at the University of Northern British Columbia, will begin their new roles as Academic Co-Leads of NCCIH on February 1, 2023. Read the press release by clicking here.

Being a parent is not a competition

Since the pressure associated with the parental role is increasingly present, Naître et grandir decided to launch a new advertising campaign. It aims to take a little pressure off for parents. See the ad by clicking here (in French only).