Per #VTDigger

Final Reading: #Bill in #VermontSenate proposes removing barriers to professional licensing for new #immigrants.
“As we are #diversifying our population in southern Vermont, we need to apply that same principle to our #serviceproviders as well,” said one advocate.

Ian Hefele wants the services people receive in his Brattleboro-area community to be #culturallyappropriate to the #backgrounds from which they come. Appropriate hairdressers for all cultures, for example.

#huzzah

More info:
Allina Health has teamed up w/a local organization to create an online guide for Indigenous & Native Youth struggling with mental health challenges.
#Native & #Indigenous communities use #smudging -the burning of one or more #SacredMedicines like tobacco, sage, cedar and sweetgrass – to cleanse their mind, body & soul.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/online-mental-health-guide-created-with-indigenous-youth-in-mind

#NativeHealing #NativeTherapy #decolonization #HelpingNativeYouths #CulturallyAppropriate #NativeReconnection

#SweatCeremonies are #returning to the #FirstNations Garden in Montreal's #BotanicalGarden this spring after being put on hold at the start of the pandemic.

The city of #Montreal announced Wednesday that it would make the space available to the #NativeFriendshipCentre for the next three years so it can organize #ceremonies

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6781189

#Indigenous #Quebec #Canada #SweatLodge #healing #TraumaRecovery #decolonization #CulturallyAppropriate #NativeHealth #NativeHealing #NativeCanada

Sweat ceremonies return to Montreal's First Nations Garden

The sweat lodge in Montreal's Botanical Garden will be rebuilt. The new lodge will make it easier for Indigenous people around Montreal to connect with their culture.

CBC
Work to begin on new B.C. health centre, owned and operated by Sts'ailes First Nation

Clinic director Angela George says the facility is an opportunity to restore Indigenous ways around health and wellness

Vancouver Sun

New funds in provincial budget for continuing #CareHomes could help more #elders live longer in their #HomeCommunities , says chief of #AlexanderFirstNation .
#Alberta #HealthMinister #JasonCopping & #IndigenousRelations #Minister #RickWilson were at #Kipohtakawkamik Elder’s Lodge on March 16 to announce second call for proposals for #CulturallyAppropriate #ContinuingCare facilities in #FirstNations & #Métis communities.
#ContinuingCare Capital Program.
https://www.stalbertgazette.com/local-news/province-fronts-cash-for-indigenous-seniors-homes-copping-wilson-arcand-6713693

#Indigenous

Province fronts cash for Indigenous seniors’ homes

Healthy elders are the future, says Chief Arcand

St. Albert Gazette