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Ep. 4: The ongoing medical crisis on First Nations

MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs
MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs
Episode • Apr 1, 2016 • 17m

"An ongoing medical crisis." According to doctors serving First Nations west of James Bay, that is the current state of Aboriginal health for the northern Ontario region. Dr. James Makokis is a Cree family doctor based in Alberta who also teaches at Yellowhead Tribal College and the Universities of Alberta and Toronto. He shares his perspective on the health care challenges and barriers facing Indigenous communities right across Canada.

Our opening and closing theme is 'nesting' by Birocratic.

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