Boyer, Yvonne

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20 Years Later: RCAP's Legacy in Indigenous Health System's Governance - What about the Next Twenty?

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[Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future Forum, November 2016]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Josee Lavoie
Derek Kornelson
Jeff Reading
Description
Paper given at the Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future: Realizing the Promise, Facing the Challenge of Reconciliation" Forum, dialog and conference marking the 20th anniversary of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, November 2-3, 2016.
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Aboriginal Health: A Constitutional Rights Analysis

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Discussion Paper Series in Aboriginal Health. Legal Issues ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Description
Looks at constitutional status to support the treaty right to medical services, fiduciary duty to provide medicines and health care, and Aboriginal right to health.
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Cultural Adaptation of a Shared Decision Making Tool With Aboriginal Women: A Qualitative Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet July
Audrey Giles
Yvonne Boyer
Dawn Stacey
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, vol. 15, no. 1, January 2015
Description
Looks at usability testing for a shared decision making (SDM) tool, the Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG) for use between the client and health care provider with Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge.
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First Nations Communities at Risk and in Crisis: Justice and Security

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wanda D. McCaslin
Yvonne Boyer
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 5, no. 2, First Nations Communities in Crisis, November 2009, pp. 61-87
Description
Looks at the stressors such as poverty, child welfare, youth gangs, policing and domestic violence and suggests that a realistic plan must be developed to foster healthy communities.
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First Nations, Métis and Inuit Health Care: The Crown's Fiduciary Obligations

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Discussion Paper Series in Aboriginal Health. Legal Issues ; no. 2
NAHO Discussion Paper Series ; no.2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Description
Uses historical analysis to argue that federal government has a clear obligation to provide health care to Aboriginals but has failed to provide adequate services.
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First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Women's Health

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Discussion Paper Series in Aboriginal Health. Legal Issues ; no. 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
Description
Discusses how the policies, laws and legislation of the federal government have led to the current health disparities.
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Healing Racism in Canadian Health Care

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Yvonne Boyer
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
Description
Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
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Interventions for Indigenous Peoples Making Health Decisions: A Systematic Review

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Jull
James Crispo
Vivian Welch
Heather MacDonald
Simon Brascoupe
Yvonne Boyer
Dawn Stacey
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 3, 2013, pp. 539-554
Description
Results of a systematic literature review on effective interventions aimed to support healthier lifestyle choices and improved health for Indigenous people.
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Introduction to Determinants of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples Health in Canada

E-Books
Author/Creator
We’es Tes, Sandra Martin Harris
Christine Añonuevo
Margo Greenwood
Roseann Larstone
Tabitha Robin
Yvonne Boyer ...
Cassandra Felske-Durksen
Lisa Boivin
Armand Garnet Ruffo
Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout
Miyawata Dion Stout
Mary Teegee ...
Ryan O’Toole ...
Laura McNab-Coombs
Danièle Behn Smith
Shannon Waters
Aluki Kotierk
Garry Gottfriedson
Margo Greenwood ...
Jaimie Isaac
Thomsen D’Hont
Marjolaine Siouï ...
Marie-Pier Paul ...
Richard Gray
Lee Maracle
Donna L. M. Kurtz
Jessie Nyberg
Charlotte Coté
Harmony Johnson
Danièle Behn Smith ...
Norma Dunning
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Shared Decision Making with Aboriginal Women Facing Health Decisions: A Qualitative Study Identifying Needs, Supports, and Barriers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Jull
Audrey Giles
Yvonne Boyer
Minwaashin Lodge
Dawn Stacey
AlterNative, vol. 11, no. 4, 2015, pp. 401-416
Description
Looks at results from participatory interviews of Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge about their health decision making experiences. Results were arranged in a Medicine Wheel framework for presentation and grouped in four themes.
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Sharing the Land, Sharing a Future: The Legacy of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples

E-Books
Author/Creator
Katherine A. H. Graham
David Newhouse
Frances Abele,
Erin Alexiuk
Satsan (Herb George) ...
Yvonne Boyer ...
Jo-ann Archibald Q’um Q’um Xiiem
Jan Hare ...
Mark S. Dockstator
Wanda Wuttunee ...
Eabametoong First Nation
Misipawistik Cree First Nation
Opitciwan Atikamekw First Nation
Sipekne’katik First Nation
T’it’q’et
Caroline L. Tait
Devon Napope
Amy Bombay
William Mussel ...
Cindy Blackstock
Jonathan Dewar ...
Aaron Franks ... [et al.]
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The Internationalization of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report

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The Internationalisation of Indigenous Rights: UNDRIP in the Canadian Context: Special Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Ken Coates
Cairin Holroyd
Yvonne Boyer
Thierry Rodon
Bonita Beatty ...
Jeff Corntassel
Description
Members of the Internationalization of Indigenous Rights Research Group report on various aspects of Canada's failure to fully implement the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
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Under-treatment, Over-treatment, and Coerced into Treatment: Identifying and Documenting Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care in Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Yvonne Boyer
Aboriginal Policy Studies , vol. 7, no. 1, 2018, pp. 190-193
Description
Looks at the reports Tubal Ligation in the Saskatoon Health Region: The Lived Experience of Aboriginal Women and Out of Sight: A Summary of the Events Leading Up to Brian Sinclair's Death and the Inquest That Examined It and the Interim Recommendations of the Brian Sinclair working Group.
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