Grand Chief Arthur Noskey, Grand Chief Cody Thomas, and Nicole Imgrund, chair ACTA called on the province to act on the mental health and opioid crisis.
Grand Chief Arthur Noskey, Grand Chief Cody Thomas, and Nicole Imgrund, chair ACTA called on the province to act on the mental health and opioid crisis.
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An organization that has been pushing the Alberta government to proclaim the creation of professional college for counselling therapists now has the support of the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations and the Sovereign Nations of Treaty Eight.
Advocates are heightening calls for the Alberta government to regulate counsellors, after a former family doctor in Grande Prairie, Alta., is now working as an addictions counsellor. Brianne Hudson had her practice permit cancelled after she was found to have committed sexual abuse when she admitted to being in a relationship with a patient.
“It’s hard for us to understand … how the need for more consultation could outweigh the need to eliminate this risk that exists right now," says ACTA chair Nicole Imgrund
The head of the province's association for counsellors is calling on the Alberta government to forge ahead with the establishment of a formal college after a health professional found guilty of sexually assaulting a patient resurfaced this month offering services in Grande Prairie.