Dr. Deena Hinshaw was hired by the AHS Indigenous health team, then removed against their wishes
Dr. Deena Hinshaw, then Alberta's chief medical officer of health, is pictured at a news conference on March 20, 2020.
Now Hinshaw appeared to have a job with the Indigenous Wellness Core , a program of Alberta Health Services focused on Indigenous health care. "I've worked to the position I have because of integrity and because I'm genuinely concerned about Indigenous health," Tailfeathers told CBC News in an interview while also confirming the authenticity of the announcement notice.
Tailfeathers said she didn't have hiring power herself. But the team's chosen candidate was sent up the chain and approved. She doesn't know how high up that approval came from. "I didn't think it was going to make as huge an impact as it did," she added. "I underestimated the irrational and emotional response to that."Early on in the pandemic, Hinshaw was a broadly celebrated medical figure leading Alberta through a public health crisis with no modern precedent. However, her star soon fell with different groups for different reasons.
Whether the decision to revoke Hinshaw's job offer came before or after that leak is unclear. Tailfeathers said she learned of it the same day as the leak.
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