Alika Lafontaine said
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"Everyone is very, very excited about being in the new building,"
barrie Sunday, December 5, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"We do know when protests were happening outside hospitals not too long ago, that there were objects that were thrown. People were shoved. Other incidents that would be classified as physical violence in all other settings,"
barrie Friday, November 19, 2021 1:06:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine told
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"Just because you walk onto hospital grounds or in hospital doors, the expectation should be that you act the same way as you would just interacting with an average Canadian,"
barrie Friday, November 19, 2021 1:06:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"That doesn't happen in isolation. All these things kind of collect and aggregate together until they spill over into real world incidents that actually cause great harm," "Threats of violence -- whether real or perceived -- are just another layer that will eventually lead to providers walking away from their jobs, changing the character of the type of clinical care that they provide. These are the types of things we can't afford in the midst of all these parallel crises"
barrie Friday, November 19, 2021 1:06:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"At the end of the day, protecting health providers is really about helping and protecting patients, as well,"
barrie Friday, November 19, 2021 1:06:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
:
“If you’re able to survive this infection, your life may still be changed in very significant ways,”
theglobeandmail Wednesday, October 6, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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“In this fourth wave, it’s clear that patients are coming into hospital sicker and being discharged with chronic issues worse than what we’d originally seen earlier in the pandemic,”
theglobeandmail Wednesday, October 6, 2021 2:21:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
:
“This National Indigenous Peoples Day, I hope that Canadians reflect on how the things that we knew about residential schools continue to cycle back and for us to delve deeper into the history,”
ctvnews Tuesday, June 22, 2021 6:15:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"Hostility can be expressed in many non-racial ways," "There is an endless list of (ways) perpetrators can choose in a hostile environment to express dissatisfaction"
CBC Wednesday, June 16, 2021 2:31:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"The pandemic has revealed a lot of things that those of us who treat high proportions of Indigenous patients in our practices, or are Indigenous ourselves, have appreciated for years,"
cp24 Monday, May 17, 2021 4:00:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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“The pandemic has revealed a lot of things that those of us who treat high proportions of Indigenous patients in our practices, or are Indigenous ourselves, have appreciated for years,”
TorontoStar Monday, May 17, 2021 12:15:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
:
“I can guarantee that we will make it through this. This will eventually come to an end,” “The reason why we all came together … is because we know that getting vaccinated is one of the ways to speed up coming to that end”
citynews-ca Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:24:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
:
“Keep in mind, never … have we really been confronted about something like this, at least in my lifetime. So, you have the entire world looking at this … all these resources pouring in to solve this one problem,”
citynews-ca Thursday, April 29, 2021 10:24:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
:
“didn’t feel safe sharing them with the health system,”
ctvnews Wednesday, March 31, 2021 1:30:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
:
“Mobility, employability and collaboration should exist in a post-pandemic world, along with the decreased stress, burnout and improved wellness that will result,” “It’s also time to eliminate racism, sexism, ableism, classism and all other ‘-isms’ that permeate health system culture”
TorontoStar Monday, March 8, 2021 11:44:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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about Alika Lafontaine
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“I remember talking to him the next morning after all this had happened and there was a line that really stuck with me…” “He said… y’know, Alika. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what I’ve accomplished in my life. When I put on that hospital gown, I’m just another Indian”
TorontoStar Sunday, February 28, 2021 8:10:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"Mobility, employability and collaboration should exist in a post-pandemic world, along with the decreased stress, burnout and improved wellness that will result,"
CBC Friday, February 26, 2021 10:30:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"I'm actually quite concerned that Albertans will take that as a signal that maybe the pandemic isn't … as bad as it really is,"
timescolonist Tuesday, January 5, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"It's well-established that Indigenous patients, in particular, need to be very aware that racism and bias can impact their care,"
CBC Monday, June 8, 2020 5:51:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"It's well established that Indigenous patients in particular need to be very aware that racism and bias can impact their care,"
CBC Monday, June 8, 2020 2:28:00 PM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"I think that's a struggle for a lot of northern women and northern Indigenous women patients in Saskatchewan,"
CBC Friday, March 8, 2019 7:13:00 AM EAT
Alika Lafontaine said
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"It's often difficult for the patients to trust the providers, because they've had bad experiences in the past with them, or they've been interrogated or not believed when they share certain things,"
CBC Friday, March 8, 2019 7:13:00 AM EAT