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ISG Senator Mary Jane McCallum

ISG Senator Mary Jane McCallum Citizen of Barren Lands First Nation Treaty 10, Manitoba Region.

Urban-based Indigenous populations matter, let’s start acting like it

When I was finally able to leave residential school and then high school, I moved from place to place for many reasons. I no

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | October 12, 2020

ISG Sen. Mary Jane McCallum, pictured in her Senate office on Feb. 26, 2020. As Parliamentarians, we have researched and highlighted the many gaps that exist for Indigenous populations. These persistent gaps are rooted in the social determinants of health, but come into focus more publicly in the midst of crises or pandemics, such as H1N1 and COVID-19, writes Sen. McCallum. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Urban-based Indigenous populations matter, let’s start acting like it

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | October 12, 2020

When I was finally able to leave residential school and then high school, I moved from place to place for many reasons. I no

Urban-based Indigenous populations matter, let’s start acting like it

Opinion | BY ISG SENATOR MARY JANE MCCALLUM | October 12, 2020

When I was finally able to leave residential school and then high school, I moved from place to place for many reasons. I no

ISG Sen. Mary Jane McCallum, pictured in her Senate office on Feb. 26, 2020. As Parliamentarians, we have researched and highlighted the many gaps that exist for Indigenous populations. These persistent gaps are rooted in the social determinants of health, but come into focus more publicly in the midst of crises or pandemics, such as H1N1 and COVID-19, writes Sen. McCallum. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade