Métis Health and Human Resources Initiative Overview
This is a four year, $10-Million health human resource development initiative (HHRI) aimed at laying the foundation for longer term systemic change in the supply and demand for Métis health human resources. Your Governing Members are offering scholarships and bursaries to students interested in pursuing a career in one of 26 health related fields. HHRI is based upon a Health Canada plan dealing with Aboriginal healthcare issues. Métis National Council took the lead roll on behalf of our Governing Members and the MNC is currently researching other opportunities for developing human resource components working with Health Canada and other Aboriginal groups. We hope this is the first of many projects aimed at improving Health Care Delivery across the Métis Nation Homeland.
Welcoming message from MNC Minister of Health David Chartrand
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As the Métis National Council’s Minister of Health, it is my pleasure to introduce to the Métis Nation, this exciting and rewarding Health Human Resources Initiative. The Métis National Council and our Governing Members (Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia) are proud to partner with Health Canada in offering for the first time, health education scholarships and bursaries geared specifically for Métis. This is a $10 Million dollar, four-year initiative, which we are happy to say will help to meet many health care needs within our communities across the Métis Nation Homeland. Based on our best knowledge and understanding of population size, it is clear that there are not enough Métis working in the health care system. Our goals include creating a representative workforce which includes appropriate numbers of Métis nurses, physicians, physiotherapists, pharmacists, dentists, and other health system providers. Plus, this is a vital opportunity to provide conditions for optimizing the current and future supply, mix and distribution of the Métis health workforce in ways that are responsive to the unique and diverse health needs of Métis people. And this initiative will help us to achieve and maintain an adequate supply of qualified Métis health care providers who are appropriately educated, distributed, deployed and supported to ensure culturally competent and safe health care for Métis people. We also want to create an environment where Métis health care providers feel supported, connected and committed to Metis health. If you are interested in accessing a health education, one of our Governing Members may have a bursary or scholarship that might suit your need to help cover costs. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity that begins by simply clicking on your Governing Member Organization logo below and filling in the necessary application forms. On behalf of myself, our Governing Members and the Métis National Council, good luck as you begin a new and healthy chapter in your life.
Welcoming message from Minister Tony Clement
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As Minister of Health, I am pleased to welcome you to the Métis Health Human Resources Initiative Web site. Canada’s New Government is working hard to improve the delivery of health services to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples through programs such as the Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative. This initiative works with various organizations, governments, and institutions, including the Métis National Council, to help First Nations, Inuit and Métis students succeed in educational programs leading to careers in the field of health. Through support from Health Canada, the Aboriginal Health Human Resources Initiative provides bursaries and scholarships to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students pursuing studies in the health care sector. Health Canada’s support also assists the Métis National Council to develop health human resource strategies that respond to the unique needs and diversity among Métis people. These strategies are designed to make the health care system more responsive to the needs of Métis people and increase the number of Métis working in health-related fields. There are great opportunities awaiting you in the health sector in a wide range of careers. I encourage you to explore this Web site to learn more about the health-related bursaries and scholarships being offered through the Métis Health Human Resources Initiative. On behalf of Canada’s New Government, I wish the Métis National Council success in implementing the Métis Health Human Resources Initiative - and promoting successful and rewarding careers in the health care sector.
À titre de ministre de la Santé, j'ai le plaisir de
vous accueillir dans le site Internet de l’Initiative
relative aux ressources humaines d'origine métisse
du domaine de la santé.
Le nouveau gouvernement du Canada ne ménage
aucun effort afin d’améliorer la prestation des
services de santé aux Premières nations, aux Inuits
et aux Métis grâce à des programmes comme
l’Initiative sur les ressources humaines d'origine
autochtone du domaine de la santé. Cette initiative
s’appuie sur la collaboration avec divers
organismes, gouvernements et établissements,
dont le Ralliement national des Métis, pour aider
les étudiants d’origine autochtone (Premières
nations, Inuits et Métis) à réussir des études
menant à une carrière dans le domaine de la santé.
Avec l’aide de Santé Canada, l’Initiative sur les
ressources humaines d'origine autochtone du
domaine de la santé offre des bourses d’études aux
étudiants inuits, métis et des Premières nations qui
poursuivent des études en santé. Le soutien de
Santé Canada aide également le Ralliement
national des Métis à se doter de stratégies des
ressources humaines de la santé adaptées aux
besoins particuliers des Métis et à leur diversité.
Ces stratégies visent à adapter le système de santé
aux besoins des Métis et à accroître le nombre de
travailleurs métis dans les secteurs de la santé.
La santé constitue un secteur des plus prometteurs.
Je vous encourage à consulter ce site pour vous
renseigner sur les bourses d’études offertes dans le
cadre de l’Initiative relative aux ressources
humaines d'origine métisse du domaine de la
santé.
Au nom du nouveau gouvernement du Canada, je
souhaite tout le succès possible au Ralliement
national des Métis pour la mise en oeuvre de cette
initiative et la promotion de carrières fructueuses
et enrichissantes dans le secteur des soins de santé.
© Métis National Council