COVID-19 Information
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Media Releases
Acting as an advocate for Indigenous community wellbeing through policy and social change, Dr. Janet Smylie has been featured in many media stories during the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/janet-smylie-data-analysis-covid19-1.5570170
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) reports daily COVID-19 numbers including hospitalizations and death on its website but the data doesn’t include First Nations who live off-reserve nor any data on the Métis Nation. ‘The best way to [collect this data] is by ourselves, for ourselves,’ says Dr. Janet Smylie
https://www.thestar.com/podcasts/thismatters/2020/04/16/indigenous-communities-systemic-racism-and-covid-19.html?fbclid=IwAR210g4NaO8gnlgJRPw011RIhHxcuPoLzHq1KoGVVDmXXx1vWl66fDeDt5Q
Dr. Janet Smylie is interviewed by the Toronto Star and talks about colonization, structural racism, and Indigenous resilience in the face of COVID-19.
“Health services really haven’t been set-up with Indigenous people in mind. At a time of pandemic, like COVID, unfortunately we see these inequities emerge in new ways.”