Clinical Biochemistry, vol. 36, no. 3, 2003, pp. 163-170
Description
Two generations ago diabetes was unknown in Sandy Lake, now there is a high prevalence of diabetes caused by genetic and environmental factors, such as a more sedentary lifestyle, a higher caloric intake diet of saturated fats and sugars.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 17, no. 4, December 1936, pp. 399-412
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Discusses circumstances leading to the establishment of a provisional government at St. Laurent, Saskatchewan and how conflict among the Métis was misinterpreted as aggression.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 71, no. 4, August 2010, pp. 717-724
Description
Studies the connection between communities with better access to primary health care and rates of hospitalization for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC) in Manitoba.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
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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.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology, vol. 52, October 2006, pp. 999-1005
Description
Explains that even though there was a fourfold increase in the number of specimens tested for anti-hepatitis C virus between 1995 and 2003 there was a decrease in newly identified cases.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 48, no. 12, June 1999, pp. 1821-1832
Description
Study of 30 year period in the early 20th century found exceedingly high death rates primarily due to acute respiratory infection linked to malnutrition and poverty.
The Canadian Geographer, vol. 51, no. 2, Summer, 2007, pp. 186-201
Description
Author analyzes of two different legal cases involving Métis women: Foss v. Pelly and The Queen v. Corbett, examines the role that gender and race played in the culture of the Red River Colony, and in the fur trade.
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 48-50
Description
Comments that while there have been some positive changes in Aboriginal education in the past 25 years, the retention rate of Aboriginal students is still low.
Annuals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 92, no. 3, September 2002, pp. 471-487
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Reconstructs a local grassland fire record for the past five thousand years and argues that it corresponds with the deliberate burning by the Senota-Besant (Plains Woodland) people.
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 26, no. 4, April 1999, pp. 425-438
Description
Residue identification criteria used with 200 vessel samples taken from 18 Western Canadian sites to identify the food which had been cooked in the vessels.
Ethnicity & Health, vol. 5, no. 1, February 2000, pp. 47-57
Description
Discusses how individuals, with diabetes, reported activity limitations at work, home and in leisure activities.This same group were also at greater risk for suffering heart disease.
Diabetes Care, vol. 24, no. 1, January 2001, pp. 64-68
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Study shows that diabetics with complications earn only 85% of non-diabetic incomes and are twice as likely to be out of the labour force when compared to the general population while the disease has less influence on rates of employment for Aboriginals.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 26, no. 1, 1994, pp. 40-58
Description
Identifies and examines two main discrepancies in the federal government's Indian band governance policy during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.