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Can we stop with the Indigenous identity fraud?

  • I urge all to raise their voices to decry identity fraud whose sole purpose is to dehumanize and brutalize the very essence and power
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | November 28, 2022
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, pictured Jan. 7, 2008, receiving an honorary doctorate of laws from Vancouver Island University. I, like many, was shocked and disappointed following the news that Turpel-Lafond, previously a well-regarded activist, was not who she purported to be, writes Independent Senator Mary Jane McCallum. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Can we stop with the Indigenous identity fraud?

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | November 28, 2022
  • I urge all to raise their voices to decry identity fraud whose sole purpose is to dehumanize and brutalize the very essence and power

Can we stop with the Indigenous identity fraud?

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | November 28, 2022
  • I urge all to raise their voices to decry identity fraud whose sole purpose is to dehumanize and brutalize the very essence and power
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, pictured Jan. 7, 2008, receiving an honorary doctorate of laws from Vancouver Island University. I, like many, was shocked and disappointed following the news that Turpel-Lafond, previously a well-regarded activist, was not who she purported to be, writes Independent Senator Mary Jane McCallum. Photograph courtesy of Flickr

How to achieve balance between environmental stewardship and the resource economy

  • Individuals, corporations, and governments all want an easy solution to finding a balance between responsible environmental stewardship and a prosperous resource economy. These are
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | June 16, 2021
Only after society, at its various levels, has had this uncomfortable conversation will it start to find its way back to ensuring that our future generations will inherit clean land, air, and water, writes Sen. Mary Jane McCallum. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

How to achieve balance between environmental stewardship and the resource economy

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | June 16, 2021
  • Individuals, corporations, and governments all want an easy solution to finding a balance between responsible environmental stewardship and a prosperous resource economy. These are

How to achieve balance between environmental stewardship and the resource economy

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | June 16, 2021
  • Individuals, corporations, and governments all want an easy solution to finding a balance between responsible environmental stewardship and a prosperous resource economy. These are
Only after society, at its various levels, has had this uncomfortable conversation will it start to find its way back to ensuring that our future generations will inherit clean land, air, and water, writes Sen. Mary Jane McCallum. Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

We need a holistic approach to health care

  • Looking back, I now realize that I learned many fundamental lessons of good health care at a very young age. The traditional life skills
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | November 14, 2018
The current system, by and large, dictates that the health-care professional should simply treat the individual illness, or body part in question, and move on to the next patient, writes Sen. Mary Jane McCallum. Photograph courtesy of Conor Lawless

We need a holistic approach to health care

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | November 14, 2018
  • Looking back, I now realize that I learned many fundamental lessons of good health care at a very young age. The traditional life skills

We need a holistic approach to health care

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | November 14, 2018
  • Looking back, I now realize that I learned many fundamental lessons of good health care at a very young age. The traditional life skills
The current system, by and large, dictates that the health-care professional should simply treat the individual illness, or body part in question, and move on to the next patient, writes Sen. Mary Jane McCallum. Photograph courtesy of Conor Lawless

Supreme Court ruling shouldn’t mean the death of Indigenous consultation

  • We live in an era where cultural accommodation is a cornerstone of our multicultural society. This is a necessary and natural result of multiculturalism
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | October 24, 2018
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Oct. 11 that no binding constitutional duty exists for Indigenous consultation to occur before a law is passed. The Hill Times file photograph

Supreme Court ruling shouldn’t mean the death of Indigenous consultation

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | October 24, 2018
  • We live in an era where cultural accommodation is a cornerstone of our multicultural society. This is a necessary and natural result of multiculturalism

Supreme Court ruling shouldn’t mean the death of Indigenous consultation

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | October 24, 2018
  • We live in an era where cultural accommodation is a cornerstone of our multicultural society. This is a necessary and natural result of multiculturalism
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Oct. 11 that no binding constitutional duty exists for Indigenous consultation to occur before a law is passed. The Hill Times file photograph

What’s needed to close the Indigenous health-care gap

  • My perspectives herein apply primarily to First Nations, where I have spent the majority of my years as a dental and health-care provider, before
Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | April 18, 2018
Delivery of care is structured for a health-care professional to see as many patients as possible, in which the 'symptom' becomes the priority, not the patient, writes Dr. Mary Jane McCallum. Photograph courtesy of Conor Lawless

What’s needed to close the Indigenous health-care gap

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | April 18, 2018
  • My perspectives herein apply primarily to First Nations, where I have spent the majority of my years as a dental and health-care provider, before

What’s needed to close the Indigenous health-care gap

Opinion | BY INDEPENDENT SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | April 18, 2018
  • My perspectives herein apply primarily to First Nations, where I have spent the majority of my years as a dental and health-care provider, before
Delivery of care is structured for a health-care professional to see as many patients as possible, in which the 'symptom' becomes the priority, not the patient, writes Dr. Mary Jane McCallum. Photograph courtesy of Conor Lawless
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