Canada’s First Nations: A Legacy of Institutional Racism
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Claire Hutchings
Description
Brief history with respect to the treatment of Aboriginal people.
Five cases studies involving sexual health, pregnancy and after-birth care to illustrate the connections between MMIWG2S+ and systemic racism in the healthcare system.
Sources of information include survey, conversational interviews, document analysis and literature reviews.
Uses archival material as a starting point to teach about the influence of the treaty relationship on Canadian identity and how historical events have shaped contemporary Canadian identity.