Media Today
ED6255
This website is a place to collect, organize and explore the information for a course at the University of New Brunswick.
Professor: Evie Plaice
Professor: Evie Plaice
Kashechewan Skin OutbreakThis is a story that helps us understand how access to health care is affecting First Nations children around the country. This situation is especially acute up in northern communities.
This story is found at: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-march-25-2016-1.3507260/kashechewan-rash-outbreak-highlights-woeful-first-nations-health-care-say-critics-1.3507262 |
Buffalo River Dene Nation, protests oil drilling programThe fight for recognition and for treaty rights and other promises to be kept continues to be an issue. Thomas King in his book "The Inconvenient Indian" says that the racism and colonist practices continue to this day. This is an example of that. Promises are still being broken and that is unacceptable.
This story is found at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/buffalo-river-angry-drilling-1.3505981?cmp=abfb |
Alberta Mother shines the light on lack of medical care for FN ChildrenThe fight for the right and access to medical care is constantly being fought, despite promises long given by the Canadian and British governments to the FN people that in exchange for land, they would have health care and education for their children. This woman's daughter is First Nations and her braces are not being covered, even though medically necessary. This shines a light on the continuing need to fight for access where access was promised.
This story is found at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/aboriginal/alberta-mother-files-application-review-first-nation-dental-1.3505828?cmp=abfb |
Sapotaweyak Cree Nation Chief Nelson Genaille in the photograph outlines how much money is missing from his budget. It is impossible for their school to afford teachers (they can only pay them 26,000 right now) and clean water. He is talking about the continuing budgeting shortfall that plagues First Nations communities across Canada.
This story can be found at: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/sapotaweyak-requires-29m-immediate-housing-1.3505047?cmp=abfb |
Nunavut's hunger problem is an ongoing issue. It is extremely difficult to afford food in the north. A page is set up here to keep track of the ridiculous prices in the north.
This story strikes me more than any others because I lived in the Arctic and I know how hard it was for families making $20,000/year to afford anything. Often when visiting a family in mid month, you would find only a bottle of ketchup in the fridge and their kids would all be down on the dock fishing, hoping for ANYTHING that they could eat. The story Im referring to is found here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-s-hunger-problem-we-can-t-pretend-it-doesn-t-exist-anymore-1.2929573 |