BRANDON, MB – Four Brandon University educators are nominated for this year’s 28th Annual YWCA Women of Distinction Awards to be announced at the gala ceremony occurring this evening in Brandon. Dr. Kathryn Hyndman, Dr. Lorraine Mayer, Kathleen Nichol and Julia Senchuk have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to post-secondary education under the “Excellence in Education” category.
Month: March 2015
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He hadn’t planned on attending Brandon University. He didn’t even plan on working in Brandon.
BRANDON, MB – With respect to current discussions around racism experienced by Indigenous peoples accessing health care in Canada, Dr. Yvonne Boyer, who is Brandon University’s Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Health and Wellness, offers the following commentary:
The recent report authored by Dr. Janet Smylie and Dr. Billie Allen, “First Peoples, Second Class Treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada” is an important reminder of the problems that many Indigenous people face when accessing health care in Canada. Ironically, not only do Aboriginal people hold equality and the right to life rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but they also hold constitutionally protected rights to Aboriginal and treaty rights through Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.