Sentence examples for first nation communities from inspiring English sources
The Enhancing HPV Vaccination In First Nations Populations in Alberta (EHVINA) project focuses on First Nations, a diverse subset of recognized Indigenous people in Canada, and seeks to increase HPV vaccination among girls and boys living in First Nation communities.
All sites are in First Nation communities or 'reserves' as defined by the Indian Act.
Canada has the world's second-largest supply of fresh water, but 169 First Nation communities have limited or no access to it.
15 20 Our study population differs from that which might be expected in First Nation communities, which renders generalisation difficult.
Certain northern First Nation communities have TB incidence rates that are markedly elevated (up to 496.3 per 100 000 person-years).
A study of injury rates in Ontario First Nation Communities demonstrated an incidence of intentional injury 2.7× higher among the First Nations population than the general Ontario population.
Today, the Kaoham Shuttle – a partnership between Canadian National and the Seton Lake First Nation community – remains a vital service in an area where backcountry roads are sometimes impassable, while also luring travelling train spotters who can't quite believe their luck.
On a single day in April 2016, 11 young members of the Attawapiskat First Nation community in remote northern Ontario attempted suicide, dramatically embodying the dire hopelessness experienced by some of Canada's indigenous people, who faced limited opportunities for education and employment.
Bruce Shisheesh, the chief of the Attawapiskat First Nation community, said 11 people attempted to take their own lives on Saturday, prompting him to declare a state of emergency.
The nearby Sandy Bar Band first nation community at Riverton was reached by Lynch and Young, and had been abandoned.
"Goodnight Attawapiskat" is one of the band's catchier songs on 2012's Now For Plan A, but beneath the chugging chords is a call to examine a Northern Ontario First Nation community undergoing a severe infrastructure and water crisis.
