UManitoba, First Nations communities launch rehabilitation health care initiative

The University of Manitoba and nine First Nations communities in Manitoba have officially launched the Grow Our Own Specialists through Education (GOOSE) initiative. The initiative aims to address the shortage of rehabilitation health care professionals in northern MB and improve the representation of Indigenous people in the profession. “We experience a lot of racism in these systems, so we need to start educating our youth to help our communities,” said UManitoba Indigenous Scholar (Ininiw) Margaret Hart. “Part of this very important initiative is to not forget the Indigenous knowledge systems that we bring forth as part of this work.” The initiative is supported by $1.5M from UManitoba’s partnership with the Mastercard Foundation.

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