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Huddles of umbrellas bobbed to upbeat tunes at Kahnawake’s first-ever Kidney Walk, as Kahnawa’kehró:non refused to let the rain deter them from taking action against kidney disease.

The organizers of last year’s Chateauguay Kidney Walk might have chosen a resident of that city to be the face of their event, but instead they looked to Kahnawake, where Angus “Nias” Bordeau has become a leading advocate for locals suffering from kidney disease.

After a three-year hiatus, Friday marked the return of Sadie’s Walk, an annual tradition organized by the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) since 1997.

More than 50 years on from the publishing of the historic Lalonde Report, leads at the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program (KSDPP) say that systemic barriers to closing gaps in health outcomes for Indigenous people remain.

The Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Program will be hosting the Indigenous Health Research Summit (IHRS) from September 10-12 in a collaborative effort with the Tahatikonhsontóntie’ Quebec Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research (Qc-NEIHR).

Alex McComber now holds an Indigenous health advocacy lifetime contribution award, a title granted to him this week by the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC).

After over five years, Joe Jacobs has been reunited with the diabetes wampum belt he created back in 1997. The famed belt and leather bundle it’s carried in has been brought to over 20 First Nations since the late 90s.

For Angus “Nias” Bordeau, 24 years of kidney dialysis have worn on him. But when asked, Bordeau, who is in his 70s, didn’t think the gruelling treatment has affected his mental health.

Although initially worried about his father’s reaction to his coming out as a transgender man, Tanner Phillips’s father, Lloyd Phillips accepted and supported his decision because what matters to him is his son’s wellbeing. (Courtesy Tanner Phillips)

Alex McComber and Adriana Poulette will be making the Indigenous Mentorship Network for Health Research become a reality in Kahnawake and across the province.