Against the Odds: An Update on Aboriginal Nursing in Canada

• Main Author: Gregory, David M.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: School of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge 2007
• Subjects: Nursing > Study and teaching > Canada; Indigenous peoples > Health and hygiene > Canada; Minorities in nursing > Canada; Canada; First Nations; inuit
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10133/522

In 2002, Health Canada (First Nations and Inuit Health Branch) funded the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) to facilitate a national task force on Aboriginal nursing. The task force was co-chaired by Dr. David Gregory and Professor Fjola Hart Wasekeesikaw. Recommendations from this task force centered on five thematic areas: preparation; recruitment; admission, nursing access and bridging programs; student progression; and, post-graduation recruitment and retention. Against the Odds: An Update on Aboriginal Nursing in Canada provides a “snapshot” picture of progress made during the past five years. Funding for Against the Odds: An Update on Aboriginal Nursing in Canada was provided by the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) under the auspices of Health Canada (First Nations and Inuit Health Branch).