Each week, we gather various news related to health and social services, as well as to First Nations.
Scholarships, awards and grants
New funding opportunities from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
New funding opportunities are available for the following programs:
- Enabling Accessibility Fund – Small Projects Component
- Accessible Canada – National Accessibility Week Funding 2025 and 2026
- Enabling Accessibility Fund – Youth Innovation Component – Funding program
Access to services
New microprogram at the University of Ottawa
The members of the Kinistòtàdimin Circle at the University of Ottawa’s School of Social Work would like to inform you of the launch of the first cohort of a brand-new microprogram starting in September 2024: Microprogram in Family Service Development – Indigenous Childhood – Foundations for Practice.
Find out more here and watch Professor Cyndy Wylde’s interview with APTN.
If you would like to find out more, or if you have any questions about the courses you are interested in enrolling in, please contact: servsoc@uottawa.ca or Cyndy Wylde, the microprogram manager, at cwylde@uottawa.ca .
INFOCOM
INFOCOM shares relevant, up-to-date information on the department’s programs, services and funding opportunities available to First Nations and Inuit communities and organizations in Quebec. Consult the new INFOCOM publication and view the document entitled Information Feux de forêt – Wildfires.
Health and Wellness
Institut national de santé publique du Québec Newsletter
Consult the newsletter here. (French only)
NIHB Program – Removal of single prescriber restrictions
The Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program will soon be removing the single-prescriber restrictions associated with the Client Safety Program (CSP). In 2007, the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Program introduced single-prescriber restrictions for certain drugs to combat the problematic use of prescription medications (e.g. opioids, benzodiazepines, etc.). Specifically, for certain patients, the identified drug categories had to be prescribed by a single physician. These restrictions were intended to reduce the risks associated with obtaining prescriptions from multiple prescribers or pharmacies.
The continuing shortage of physicians and the implementation of enhanced prescription monitoring programs by the provinces are two important factors in justifying the removal of these restrictions.
The NIHB program will inform pharmacists and customers of this new measure via regular newsletters and updates. The NIHB restrictive measures will expire in July 2024.
To find out more about NIHB, click here.
Regulatory consultation on proposed streamlining of requirements for cannabis
Health Canada is pleased to announce the publication of the proposed Regulations Amending Certain Regulations Concerning Cannabis (Streamlining of Requirements), Order Amending the Cannabis Tracking System Order (Cultivation Waste) and Order Amending Schedule 2 to the Cannabis Act in the Canada Gazette, Part I.
Health Canada is seeking further feedback on these proposed amendments and invites stakeholders and partners to participate in a 30-day public comment period from June 8, 2024 until 11:59 pm EDT on July 8, 2024. Feedback is requested via the online commenting feature. For guidance and instructions on submitting your comments, please refer to the Canada Gazette website.
Income security and social inclusion
Webinar: Elder Abuse in Caregiving: Who Abuses?
In this week of abuse awareness, the Research Chair on Elder Abuse would like to shed some light on this issue in the context of informal caregiving. Abusers are not always the people we think they are, which is why it’s so important to understand this type of situation.
Date: June 14, 2024, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Register now.
Governance and community mobilization
Progress Report on the Implementation of the National Inquiry’s Calls for Justice
The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has released a new report titled “Progress on Breathing Life into the Calls for Justice – A CFJ Progress Report.” This report assesses the implementation of the National Inquiry’s 231 Calls for Justice.
Applauding Report on Call for Justice 1.7
The Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes the Final Report on Call for Justice 1.7 by the Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministerial Special Representative, Jennifer Moore Rattray, which was released last week.
The Canadian Human Rights Commission welcomes the Final Report on Call for Justice 1.7 by the Crown-Indigenous Relations Ministerial Special Representative, Jennifer Moore Rattray, which was released last week.
Read the declaration here.
Newsletter of the First Nations and Inuit Relations Secretariat
Consult the newsletter here.
Rights Commission Newsletter
Read the newsletter here.