The association says it is ‘deeply ashamed’ for treatment that included forced sterilization, harmful experimentation and ...

Andu Schiodt Pikilak has dark dashes on her forehead descending into a deep "V" like geese flying in formation, an Inuit tattoo she sees as a rebirth for both her and Greenlandic culture.

"The racism and discrimination that Indigenous patients and health-care providers face is deplorable," said CMA president Dr.

In English, “Inuit” means people. To date, the Inuit are one of three First Nations peoples recognized in the Canadian ...

The Canadian Medical Association has formally apologized for the harm the medical profession has caused indigenous people. At ...

These geographically and culturally diverse groups are as far flung as the Urban Indian community of Chicago and the Inuit (they prefer "Inuit" to "Eskimo" as a designation) of Igloolik, Canada.

Native Alaskans are divided into three broad groups: the Aleuts, the Inuit, and the many different Indian tribes. The Aleuts, who call themselves Unangan, lived in the Aleutian Islands off the ...

The Canadian Medical Association's apology for the past and present harms the medical profession has caused to First Nation, Inuit and Métis Peoples is drawing generally positive responses in ...

Thousands of Inuit women and girls were fitted with an intrauterine device (IUD), commonly known as a coil, during the 1960s and 70s. It is a contraceptive device placed inside the womb - or ...

Formal apology follows nearly four years of research the medical profession’s body conducted to uncover ’embedded systemic ...

Dr. Paula Cashin with the association says research showed physicians contributed to “systemically embedding and upholding” ...