WHO IS NADINE CARON

Caron was Canada's first female First Nations general surgeon. Caron, who lives in Prince George, B.C., provides surgical cancer care to rural populations. Doctor Caron is passionate about health policy and internationally renowned for her advocacy work to address the special health needs of rural, remote, northern, and Indigenous communities. She was appointed as a Co-Director of the UBC Centre for Excellence indigenous Health in 2014. Caron also mentors medical students and resident physicians.Being a leader, an Indigenous woman, and achieving so many ‘firsts’ in her field means that many people look to her as a role model. And she’s happy to oblige, both by speaking to Indigenous youth and simply living her life in a way that models how to behave. In an interview she said “We are all role models, all the time,” she notes. “Our actions and behaviours set expectations as to what is possible. Society never shuts its eyes. Our children are always watching. How you walk and the footsteps you leave is your legacy.” Nadine Caron received the 2016 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

Dr. CARON'S CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY.

Dr. Nadine Caron wants improve Cancer outcome for Indigenous community. Caron wants to provide a safe space for the indigenous people in order for them to access quality healthcare. Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. During an interview by Peter on Mansbridge One on One, Caron recalls a visit with one patient — an Indigenous woman in her 80s — who burst into tears upon learning Caron was Anishinabe. "She says, 'I never thought I would ever, ever see and come to talk an Indian doctor.…You've got to meet my grandkids. You've got to talk to them. You've got to come to my community. You've got to tell them that this is possible.'" But Caron also realized during that visit that a number of things were missing from the woman's chart; she had never had a mammogram, for example — the likely result of the woman being uncomfortable with the medical community."I see that a lot. I still see it too much. I feel it too much," Caron says. "And I hear it enough, because I have this honour of meeting on a daily basis new patients that come through the door and share their stories with me.

Links used

https://blogs.ufv.ca/blog/2017/06/barrier-breaking-indigenous

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/dr-nadine-caron-indigenous-surgeon-health-1.3887752

https://youtu.be/4JdSUMK99qY