"If we took control of our own health, and if we took control of our programs, our services, our funding and redistributed the way we see fit and works with our people, our health outcomes for our people would be much better."

Carol Hopkins is thrilled to be joined on this important episode on First Nations health transformation by two experts, Loretta Nootchai and John Scherebnyj.

Loretta is a Health Transformation Project Manager with the Anishinabek Nation.

John is President of White Rock Consulting, and has decades of experience in finance and management in the health sector, with a particular focus with First Nations.

They are helping lead the health transformation that has been ongoing in the Anishinabek Nation since 2016, with the aim to gain greater control over their health and wellness, consistent with the inherent right to self-determination. 

For more on the work of Thunderbird Partnership Foundation, please visit our website at www.thunderbirdpf.org

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Mino Bimaadiziwin is produced by the Thunderbird Partnership Foundation and David McGuffin of Explore Podcast Productions.  

Our theme music is by Courtney Riley, Chippewas of the Thames First Nation.