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• Government of Canada Announces Funding to Support Training for Family Medicine Residents in Prince Edward Island

  On behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, Minister Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced federal funding that will help to increase the number of supervising physicians and training opportunities in rural communities... Posted Mar 23 2011, 10:21 AM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Health and Safety, Government and Politics, Education and Training

• Government of Canada Works with Nunavut to Help Prevent Young People from Taking Illicit Drugs

  The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced today funding support under the National Anti-Drug Strategy for two projects that will help prevent young people in Nunavut including Whale Cove, Kugluktuk, Rankin Inlet, and Clyde River from... Posted Mar 16 2011, 10:00 AM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Society and Culture, Health and Safety, Education and Training

• Government of Canada Works with British Columbia Communities to Help Prevent Young People from Taking Illicit Drugs

  The Honourable Gary Lunn, Member of Parliament for Saanich-Gulf Islands and Minister of State (Sport), today announced Government of Canada funding support under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund of the National Anti-Drug Strategy to the University... Posted Oct 29 2010, 05:45 PM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Health and Safety, Education and Training

• Government of Canada Announces Funding to Support 15 New Family Medicine Positions for Canada's North

  The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced federal funding for a University of Manitoba pilot project to increase the number of family medicine residency positions for Canada's North. Read More... Posted May 10 2010, 01:49 PM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Health and Safety, Education and Training

• Government of Canada Supports Improvements to the Postgraduate Medical Education System

  The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced federal funding of over $1.5 million to the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) to strengthen the postgraduate medical education system. The funding will help provide... Posted Mar 02 2010, 01:48 PM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Health and Safety, Education and Training

• Government of Canada Announces Tobacco Cessation Programs for Mount Royal University Students and Staff

  Lee Richardson, Member of Parliament for Calgary Centre, today announced on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, funding for a smoking cessation project that will help reduce tobacco use among students and staff at Mount Royal... Posted Oct 23 2009, 02:10 PM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Health and Safety, Education and Training

• Government of Canada Works with Ontario to Help Prevent Young People From Taking Illicit Drugs

  The Government of Canada is supporting a project under the Drug Strategy Community Initiatives Fund that will strengthen drug prevention and health promotion strategies for youth in Kitchener, Ontario. Stephen Woodworth, Member of Parliament for Kitchener... Posted Apr 17 2009, 04:04 PM by Canada News Centre - Health Canada Filed under: Health and Safety, Education and Training

• Breastfeeding consultants resign to protest formula training

  Two lactation consultants have resigned from Burnaby General Hospital because they're concerned that hospital employees are being influenced by an infant formula company. Read More... Posted Jun 25 2008, 03:30 PM by CBC | Health News Filed under: Healthcare Systems, Breastfeeding, Industry, Education and Training