{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Ff280faaf-0109-44a3-a309-6dfa7ef7bbf3","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Learning From the Yukon & Laura Salmon on How We Can Increase Indigenous Representation in Canada\u2019s Health Workforce (EDI Series Part 5)\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/f280faaf-0109-44a3-a309-6dfa7ef7bbf3\"></iframe>","title":"Learning From the Yukon & Laura Salmon on How We Can Increase Indigenous Representation in Canada\u2019s Health Workforce (EDI Series Part 5)","description":"Laura Salmon, Director of First Nations Health Programs at the https://yukonhospitals.ca/ (Yukon Hospital Corporation), joins us on Episode 18 of https://www.chalearning.ca/podcast/ (The HQ) podcast as we continue our series on equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Laura shares the innovative strategies that are being used in the Yukon to help increase Indigenous and First Nations representation in the health system. Follow along as we learn how these strategies work, and how they can be applied at all levels of healthcare across Canada and how they can help us answer https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1450124405592/1529106060525 (The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada)'s Calls to Action and lead to the transformation and healing so critical to our Indigenous, First Nations, and Metis people.\r\n\n\r\n\r\n\nAbout Laura Salmon\r\n\nLaura Salmon started her professional career in nutrition when she moved to the Yukon over 20 years ago. She has been the Director of First Nations Health Programs (FNHP) since 2013, and oversees a wide variety of Yukon Hospitals programs and services for Indigenous patients. Through her role, she is accountable for ensuring that the holistic health needs of self-identified patients are met by Yukon Hospitals. She also contributes to the planning and direction of corporate initiatives like Indigenization: transforming spaces, services, policies and programs with a focus on youth and the future of healthcare.\r\n\nOriginally from the Nak\u2019Azdli Wh\u2019uten First Nation in BC, she is now a seasoned Yukoner and enjoys the changing seasons. She makes the most of the long winter with skiing and the long summer days with running and cycling.\r\n\n\r\n\r\n\nHelpful Links\r\n\nYukon Hospitals | Website: https://yukonhospitals.ca/ (Click Here)\r\n\nFirst Nations Health Staff | Website: https://yukonhospitals.ca/whitehorse-general-hospital/first-nations-health-staff (Click Here)\r\n\nYukon Hospitals | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/yukon-hospital-corporation/ (Click Here)\r\n\nYukon Hospitals | Twitter: https://twitter.com/YukonHospitals (Click Here)\r\n\nYukon Hospitals | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yukonhospitals (Click Here)\r\n\n\r\n\r\n\nThe HQ is CHA Learning\u2019s/HealthCareCAN\u2019s podcast series where we explore and discuss the topics relevant to healthcare today. The HQ focuses on the people that make up and lead our complex, adaptive system of healthcare. The HQ is your trusted headquarters as, together, we engage with thought-leaders to learn and understand what matters most to those that lead our health workforce.\r\n\nhttps://www.chalearning.ca/ (CHA Learning) | https://www.healthcarecan.ca/ (HealthCareCAN)\r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/3da9f58c-46c8-423e-ac59-586acb86d1af/22466362-1646692876439-62382e715b195.jpg"}