Journey North
A Virtual Nursing Experience
In collaboration with the Faculty of Nursing and Health Canada (First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Manitoba Region), eTV produced the technical components of Journey North: A Virtual Nursing Experience. Journey North is an on-line, interactive tour of a Health Canada nursing station located on Bloodvein First Nation in northern Manitoba. The project, supported by a Program Innovation Fund, allows students to explore, discover, and understand the role of a Community Health Nurse in a remote health care setting.
What Students are Saying about Journey North
“It was a different way of learning and kept you engaged throughout.”
“Gives an interactive idea of northern communities that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to experience unless we went there.”
“I believe this will be a cool, new way to learn. It allows us to see it with our own eyes, rather than through lectures.”
Acknowledgments
Thanks to the community of Bloodvein, especially the community leaders, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) nurses, and the volunteers who participated in the project. We would also like to recognize the support staff of the Bloodvein Nursing Station, who provided on-site support and without whom this project would not have been possible.
A special thanks to RRC Polytech’s Indigenous Student Support and Community Relations department for their support.
RRC Polytech campuses are located on the lands of Anishinaabe, Ininiwak, Anishininew, Dakota, and Dené, and the National Homeland of the Red River Métis.
We recognize and honour Treaty 3 Territory Shoal Lake 40 First Nation, the source of Winnipeg’s clean drinking water. In addition, we acknowledge Treaty Territories which provide us with access to electricity we use in both our personal and professional lives.