Bridging two worlds: Indigenous healing and western medicine

Telehealth for Indigenous Communities: How the Atipan+ Project is Bridging Healthcare Gaps

ILOILO City – In the remote and underserved indigenous and rural low-income communities of Western Visayas, access to healthcare has long been a challenge. But through the Atipan+ Project, and University of San Agustin, a digital health initiative, medical consultations and essential healthcare services are now reaching those who need them most. The project, whose […]

University of Toronto - Pharmacy lab builds students' Indigenous health knowledge

Cloé Lafleur was among the first University of Toronto students to participate in a novel lab at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy that focused on counselling Indigenous patients on medicat. . .

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“I grew up in a very traditional household,” he said. “A lot of the medicine that I learned about growing up, and learning from other sources over the years, kind of inspired me to examine how traditional medicines are viewed from a Western science standpoint.” Despite growing recognition of Indigenous healing practices, he said Western medicine has been slow to embrace them. “There hasn’t been much on the side of Western science to impart tradi…

Bridging two worlds: Indigenous healing and western medicine

For Joseph Neapetung, an Anishinaabe graduate student from Yellow Quill First Nation, medicine is more than science—it’s a connection to culture, history, and traditional knowledge. At a recent TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan event, Neapetung delivered a talk about Indigenous Neuroscience: The Healing Power of Willow Bark, highlighting how medicinal plants like willow bark, long used by Indigenous healers, align with Western scientific principles. …