Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Human Health at the Ends of the Earth, 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Analysis of 22 interviews conducted with members of the First Nation indicated that residents are concerned with a variety of changes in the environment and their ability to use the land.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. Vol. 41, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 112-133, 207
Description
Presents a study developed in collaboration with the Dene community of Lutsel K'e to develop their own framework and indicators for monitoring the health and well-being of their community.
Interview with the author of Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life regarding his research on the health disparities between First Nations people and the general population in Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Originally aired on CKLB Denendeh Sunrise show Thursday, August 15, 2013.
Duration: 8:20.
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Highlights the Community Health Demonstration Program.
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Highlights the establishment of the Extraordinary Policy Development Process (EPDP) and the transfer of control of health services to Indian communities.
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Highlights mercury pollution of the Wabigoon-English river system.
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Highlights the National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program (NNADAP).
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Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 98-100
Description
Book review: Determinants of Indigenous Peoples' Health in Canada: Beyond the Social edited Margo Greenwood, Sarah de Leeuw, Nicole Marie Lindsay, and Charlotte Reading.
Occasional Papers Series (BC Institute for Co-operative Studies )
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
T. C. Lantz
Description
Comments on the risk of population extirpation, reduced genetic variation, and species extinction due to the growing commercialization of medicinal plants.
FNQLHSSC [First Nation of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission] Research Department
Description
Topics included external environment, housing and infrastructure, nutrition, employment and economic development, education, justice and safety, health and social services, identity, and governance.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by M. W. Stirling
Anthropological Survey in Alaska by Aleš Hrdlička
Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri by Edwin Thompson Denig, edited by J. N. B. Hewitt
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Inuit Health, 2016, pp. 63-84
Description
Concerns over suicide in youth and the lack of access to outings on the land to learn traditional skills led to the pilot outreach program for youths 14 to 21.
Report on the Health of British Columbians: Provincial Health Officer’s Annual Report 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Office of the Provincial Health Officer [British Columbia]
Description
Looks at health status, community environments, healthy growth and development, physical environment, health services, and disease and injury prevention. Identifies areas where significant health benefits can be made.
Related material: Pathways to Health and Healing (Second Report).
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 113, no. 12, December 2005, pp. 1826-1832
Description
Describes a research partnership between the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation and scientists at the University of Albany to address concerns about environmental contamination and potential health consequences, such as thyroid hormone function, social adjustment and schooling problems.
Section three looks at Aboriginal health policy covering priority areas, programs and services, First Nations and territorial transfers, mandates and health gaps.
Scroll down to page 7 for relevant materials.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 102, no. 2, March/April 2011, pp. 112-117
Description
Looks at the need for a holistic health indicator model for baseline health assessment and impact prediction of industralization, etc. in Canadian indigenous communities.
Lancet, vol. 374, no. 9683, July 04, 2009, pp. 76-85
Description
Looks at Indigenous notions of health and identity, mental health and addictions, urbanization and environmental stresses, whole health and healing, and reconciliation.
The Journal of the Canadian Rheumatology Association: Focus on Aboriginal Health and Rheumatology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Henry L. Averns
Cheryl Barnabe
Joyce Greene
Harold Boudreau
Alka Bhalla ... [et al.]
Description
Entire journal issue discusses rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis in the Aboriginal population with a focus on care, barriers and gaps. Full issue on one pdf.
The Need for Community-led, Integrated and Innovative Monitoring Programs when responding to the Health Impacts of Climate Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Kipp
Ashlee Cunsolo
Daniel Gillis
Alexandra Sawatzky
Sherilee L. Harper
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 2, Collaborative approaches to wellness and health equity in the Circumpolar North..., 2019
Description
Article considers possible effects of climate change on human health; stresses the need for attending to the mental and physical health effects of climate change, and for integrating local Indigenous knowledges into monitoring programmes in a meaningful way.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines historical, environmental and cultural factors that relate to health disparities in Northern Canada and Alaska; discusses the One Health framework as a model with the potential to engage the world-view of Indigenous peoples and improve resilience in communities facing effects of climate change.
File contains a presentation by Chief Allan Happyjack and Jack Blacksmith that first provides a brief history of Waswanipi. Their presentation covers a wide range of issues, including the justice system and policing, hunting and trapping, the environment and health care. The speakers believe that the Canadian and Quebec governments have either ignored, set aside or in breach of major sections of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement. Following the presentation is a question-and-answer session with the Commissioners.
Overview of Conference held in Iqaluit, Nunavut February 2009, which brought together stakeholders committed to economic development for brainstorming and planning.
Project's main objective was to gain understanding of the impact of disease by interviewing women who had a condition or were caregivers of someone who did. Bulk of report is personal narratives.