New pre-nursing program lets Cree students pursue studies at home – CBC

Apr 17, 2024

‘Let’s try to recruit our own people instead of looking elsewhere’

The Cree Health Board has opened up a new “springboard to nursing” program to help Cree students pursue nursing in their own home territory.

It will mean Cree students can now obtain their prerequisites to go to nursing school while studying at home.

The Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay and the Cree School Board is opening a new one-year, two-semester pre-nursing program in Eeyou Istchee.

“Let’s try to recruit our own people instead of looking elsewhere. Why don’t we invest in our own people and start there,” said Nancy Shecapio-Blacksmith, the director of nursing at the Cree Health Board and a nurse for over 14 years.

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