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.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 75, Sexual and Reproductive Health Promotion in Circumpolar North, 2016, p. article no. 32213
Description
Priorities to improve maternal child health in Nunavut prompted a pilot prenatal education class offered to pregnant Nunavummiut women who had been evacuated to Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Short documentary focuses on the organization Drag the Red which searches the Red River for clues relating to missing members of the Indigenous community in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Duration: 19:00.
Looks at women's experiences in Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Toronto, and Montreal. Research involved literature review and interviews with forty-six Inuit women, twenty-two service providers, and, when possible, focus groups. Four objectives of study were to identify motivations for migration/relocation to urban centres, examine challenges faced, discuss primary effects on roles and responsibilities, and to identify supports needed.