> As part of the Spring 2000 Speaker Series, the BC Centre of Excellence for
> Women's Health presents:
>
> First Nations Women's Encounters with Mainstream Health Care Services and
> Systems:
> Findings From A Community Case Study
>
> Date
> Thursday, March 16, 2000
> 2:00 - 4:00 pm (Free Admission)
>
> Audience
> Everyone welcome!
>
> Please reserve a seat by calling 875.2484
>
> Guest Speakers
> Annette Browne, RN, MSN
> Doctoral Student
> Assistant Professor,
> Nursing Program,
> University of Northern British Columbia
>
> Jo-Anne Fiske, PhD
> Associate Professor,
> Anthropology & Women's Studies Programs,
> University of Northern British Columbia
>
> Geraldine Thomas
> Band Councillor and Treaty Manager
>
> How First Nations women perceive and respond to health services today
> reflects the consequences of a century of power politics in which decision
> making, policy development and service delivery have remained in the hands
> of dominant society.
>
> Join us to hear Annette Browne, Jo-Anne Fiske and Geraldine Thomas present
> findings from a soon-to-be published report on First Nations women's
> encounters with/in mainstream health care services and systems. Interviews
> with women from a Carrier First Nation community in northern BC provide
> the basis for understanding women's health care encounters grounded in the
> everyday realities of community life. The findings arising from this
> research help to identify and clarify issues pertinent to policy and the
> delivery of mainstream health services from the perspective of Aboriginal
> women.
>
> Event Location
> BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, E311
> (3rd floor) at BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre, 4500 Oak Street (gate
> 3 entrance at Heather St &
> 29th Ave), Vancouver, BC.
>
> Refreshments served. Lower mainland transportation subsidies and services
> for persons with disabilities available with 2 days advance request.

Celeste Wincapaw
Communications Coordinator
BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health
Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.bccewh.bc.ca
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