Hackett, Paul
Paul Hackett
University of Saskatchewan, Geography
I-Portal Content
"That Will Not Be Done Again": The Fort Alexander Preventorium and the Fight Against Tuberculosis in Indian Residential Schools, 1937-39
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hackett
Native Studies Review, vol. 21, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-41
Description
Looks at the brief history of the institution as a precursor to a system of enhanced future treatment facilities.
“Years ago”: Reconciliation and First Nations Narratives of Tuberculosis in the Canadian Prairie Provinces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sara Komarnisky
Paul Hackett
Sylvia Abonyi
Courtney Heffernan
Richard Long.
Critical Public Health, vol. 26, no. 4, 2016, pp. 381-393
Description
Using personal interviews to examine the historical treatment of tuberculosis and how it impacts contemporary treatment and experiences for Indigenous populations.
A Very Remarkable Sickness: The Diffusion of Directly Transmitted, Acute Infectious Diseases in the Petit Nord, 1670-1846
Theses
Author/Creator
F. J. Paul Hackett
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Manitoba, 1999.
Anthropometric Indices of First Nations Children and Youth on First Entry to Manitoba/Saskatchewan Residential Schools - 1919 to 1953
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
F. J. Paul Hackett
Sylvia Abonyi
Roland F. Dyck
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, 2016, p. article no. 30734
Description
Study shows First Nations children entering residential school had normal body mass index and height and weight for age, providing evidence that the nutritional state in First Nation communities was reasonable at that time.
Averting Disaster: The Hudson's Bay Company and Smallpox in Western Canada During the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Alternate Title
Averting Disaster: The Hudson's Bay Company and Smallpox in Western Canada During the Late 18th and Early 19th Centuries
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hackett
Bulletin of the History of Medicine, vol. 78, no. 3, 2004, pp. 575-609
Description
Argues that Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) served as a de facto public health agency and by the late 1830s provided an effective vaccination campaign covering most of western Canada.
Disease and the Nature of Canada
Alternate Title
Paul Hackett - Disease and the Nature of Canada
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Paul Hackett
Description
A discussion on how the nature of diseases has changed and its effects on societies.
Duration: 1:11:10
From Past to Present: Understanding First Nations Health Patterns in a Historical Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hackett
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January/February 2005, pp. S17-S21
Description
Explores the value of historical methods in studying the health of First Nation's communities in Manitoba.
Historical Mourning Practices Observed among the Cree and Ojibway Indians of the Central Subarctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Hackett
Ethnohistory, vol. 52, no. 3, Summer, 2005, pp. 503-532
Description
Describes changes in mourning customs starting with the fur trade in 1846.
Innovations in Knowledge Translation: The SPHERU KT Casebook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angela Bowen
Fleur Macqueen Smith
Nazeem Muhajarine
Colleen Anne Dell
Brendan Barrett ... Jeffrey A. Smith ... Darren Nickel ... Sandra Bassendowski
Pammla Petrucka ... Carol Henry ... Paul Hackett
Sylvia Abonyi ... [et al.]
Description
Presents a collection of cases to help academics, researchers, community practitioners and policymakers in the use of knowledge translation.
Lifestyle at the Root of Diabetes Epidemic
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael Bell
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 2, February 2011, p. 13
Description
Discussion of a study led by Paul Hackett to better understand the increase of Type 2 diabetes in First Nations communities.
Article found by scrolling to page 13.
Teaching Tuberculosis: A Resource Guide for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Long
Malcolm King
Sylvia Abonyi
Maria Mayan
Paul Hackett ... [et al.]
Description
Guidebook developed for high school teachers with the intent to prevent the spread of TB and to encourage healthy behaviours through activities and lesson resources.
Treaties and Tuberculosis: First Nations People in Late 19th-Century Western Canada, a Political and Economic Transformation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J.W. Daschuk
Paul Hackett
Scott Macneil
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall, 2006, pp. 307-330
Description
Discusses the sudden ecological, economic, and political changes in the Canadian west that caused an explosion of tuberculosis infections among First Nations communities.
Tuberculosis Mortality Among the Students of St. Joseph's Residential School in 1942-43: Historical and Geographical Content
Alternate Title
Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand
RA&L-e ; no.3, 2008
Research in Anthropology & Linguistics-e ; no. 3, 2008
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Paul Hackett
Description
Highlights several factors including inability of government and church to protect children and the conflict between economics of running the schools and medical personnel.
Chapter 10 from: Multiplying and Dividing: Tuberculosis in Canada and Aotearoa New Zealand edited by Judith Littleton, Julie Park, Ann Herring and Tracy Farmer.
Scroll down to page 113 to read chapter.