[Improving the Healthcare System]
Alternate Title
[White Coat, Black Art]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
[Marcia Anderson-DeCoteau
Brian Goldman]
Description
Past-president of the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada discusses the treatment her father received in an emergency ward and racism in the health care system.
Duration: 25:29.
In Our Own Backyard: Urban Health Inequities and Aboriginal Experiences of Neighbourhood Life, Social Capital and Racism
E-Books
Author/Creator
Gilbert Gallaher
Anna Ziesch
Fran Baum
Michael Bentley
Catherine Palmer ... [et al.]
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care [Full Report]
Alternate Title
Addressing Racism Review Full Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe)
Description
Reports findings of an independent review initiated to investigate allegations of a "Price is Right" game played by emergency department health care workers (guessing blood alcohol levels of Indigenous patients) and whether the game or other forms of racism were being experienced by Indigenous peoples; makes specific recommendations for addressing systemic prejudice, discrimination and lack of cultural safety.
Related Material: Summary Report.
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and
Discrimination in B.C. Health Care [Summary Report]
Alternate Title
Addressing Racism Review Summary Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe)
Description
Summarizes findings of an independent review initiated to investigate allegations of a "Price is Right" game played by emergency department health care workers (guessing blood alcohol levels of Indigenous patients) and whether the game or other forms of racism were being experienced by Indigenous peoples; makes specific recommendations for addressing systemic prejudice, discrimination and lack of cultural safety.
Related Material: Full Report.
In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in BC Health Care
Alternate Title
THIS SPACE HERE: The piece that follows has been composed for BC Studies readers by the authors of In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in BC Health Care.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Harmony Johnson
BC Studies, no. 209, Spring, 2021, pp. 7-17
Description
An overview of In Plain Sight: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in BC Health Care. Also includes links to the final review reports on the BC health care system.
In Search of the Truth: Uncovering Nursing’s Involvement in Colonial Harms and Assimilative Policies Five Years Post Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paisly Michele Symenuk
Dawn Tisdale
Danielle H. Bourque Bearskin
Tessa Munro
Witness: The Canadian Journal of Critical Nursing Discourse, vol. 2, no. 1, Special Issue: Nīpawīstimatowin -“bearing witness for one another”, 2020, pp. 84-96
Description
A discussion of lack of results in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action to assess the profession's complicity in colonization practices and its impact on Indigenous women, followed by exploration of two potential barriers to the work.
Indian Affairs
Archival » Archival Items
Description
File containing series of newspaper articles regarding the Indian Act and revisions thereof, issues regarding reserve land, anger among the Six Nations, research into indigenous living conditions and discrimination, control of mineral rights, integration into the public school system and society at large, the "Indian Council of Canada", the Indian Claims Commission, community development, the National Indian Council of Canada, Indigenous press,law enforcement on reserves, citizenship rights and treaty rights, band mergers, the Inuit, education, services (and provincial control thereof) represe
The Indian Boarding School Era and Its Continuing Impact on Tribal Families and the Provision of Government Services
Alternate Title
Indian Tribes and Statehood: A Symposium in Recognition of Oklahoma's Centennial
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ann Murray Haag
Tulsa Law Review, vol. 43, no. 1, Fall, 2007, pp. 149-168
Description
Discusses: history of the schools, consequences of removal for individuals and their families, impact of child placement services and welfare programs, and potential remedies.
The Indian Health Transfer Policy: A Step in the Right Direction, or Revenge of the Hidden Agenda?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dara Culhane Speck
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 187-213
Description
Discusses the decentralization strategies of the health care system by the government, and the implications of the policy for the health of Aboriginal people.
Indian Hospitals: Racial Segregation in Canada?
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Maureen Lux
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 6, June 2009, p. 8
Description
Looks at the practice in the late 1930s and 1940s of building separate hospitals for Aboriginal people in Canada.
Article located by scrolling to page 8.
Indian Record (Vol. XXXII, No. 1, January, 1969)
Documents & Presentations
Description
"National publication for the Indians of Canada." Focus on Indigenous issues, events at residential schools and legal decisions. Previously published as Indian Missionary Record .
Articles reflect the attitudes and policies of the time.
The Indian Residential School System of Canada: The Search for Truth, the Need for Reconciliation
Alternate Title
[ISID Conference 2014: Whose Truth? What Kind of Reconciliation?]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Presentation by the Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada on the history of residential schools, treaty promises, abuse in the schools and more.
Duration: 44:59.
Indian Residential Schools & Reconciliation: Teacher Resource Guide 11/12: Book 2: The Documentary Evidence
Alternate Title
150 Years' Relationship: Documentary Evidence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee
First Nations Schools Association
Description
Documents relating to the “Indian Question”, residential schools, The Bryce Report (health conditions in the schools), the McKenna McBride Commission, further restrictions imposed by the Indian Act, post-war activism, etc.
Backgrounders and primary sources for topics covered in Book One.
Indigenous Children Are Dying At Almost Three Times The Rate Of Non-Indigenous Children
Articles » General
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, January/February 2007, p. 32
Description
Open letter to Australian politicians and the general public advocating for measures to improve Aboriginal health outcomes.
Indigenous Children: Rights and Reality: A Report on Indigenous Children and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Judith Rae
Description
Report's goal is to highlight of some of the most important, systemic issues and provide examples.
Indigenous Cultural Safety, Cultural Humility and Anti-racism Learning
Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia
Description
Brief list of articles, reports, webinars, and books.
Indigenous Cultural Safety & Humility Resources Workbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
VCH Aboriginal Health
VCH-PHC Emergency Department Advisory on Indigenous Cultural Safety
Description
Intended for healthcare personnel working in Emergency Department settings. Contains list of of readings, webinars, videos, juxtaposition of settler safety and Indigenous safety, and questions for self-reflection.
Indigenous Cultural Training for Health Workers in Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosie Downing
Emma Kowal
Yin Paradies
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 23, no. 3, June 2011, pp. 247-257
Description
Looks at the effectiveness of different cultural awareness teaching methods.
Indigenous Digital Life: The Practice and Politics of Being Indigenous on Social Media
E-Books
Author/Creator
Bronwyn Carlson
Ryan Frazer
Indigenous Feminist Theory and Embodied Settler Colonialism
Alternate Title
Indigenous Feminist Gikendaasowin (Knowledge)
E-Books » Chapters
Description
Chapter from Indigenous Feminist Gikendaasowin (Knowledge) by Tricia McGuire-Adams. Focuses on the use of stories and knowledge from Indigenous Elders to both heal and disrupt embodied settler colonialism for Indigenous women.
Indigenous Girls and the Canadian State
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cherry Smiley
Description
Explores issues such as colonization, male violence, the sex trade, poverty, child welfare system, and mental health.
Indigenous Health in Ontario: An Introductory Guide for Medical Students
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Justin Boyle
Patricia Hoyeck
Sanasi Jayawardena
Alexandra Kilian
Mirriam Mikhail … [et al.]
Description
Developed to provide a brief introduction to historical and contemporary circumstances which have produced negative health outcomes for Aboriginal individuals and communities, as well as an appreciation of their resilience and strength despite centuries of discrimination.
Indigenous Health Primer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Health Writing Group of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon
Indigenous Health Research
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Sheila Laroque
Kevin Read
Description
A playlist of videos providing context and resources for conducting research about Indigenous people in the Canadian healthcare.
Indigenous Health Research and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 34, August 26, 2019, pp. E930-E931
Description
Author discusses the role that healthcare and health research can play in reconciliation. Stresses the need to attend to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions’ Calls to Action and to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to participate in disrupting systems of whiteness and colonial violence, and building explicitly antiracist systems of care.
Indigenous History: A Bibliography
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Shekon Neechie
Description
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
Indigenous Nurses and Professional Education: Friends or Foes?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hilary N. Weaver
The Journal of Nursing Education, vol. 40, no. 6, September 2001, pp. 252-258
Description
Experiences of 40 Native American nurses who wanted more cultural content in their nursing program and identified struggles with culture shock, culture differences, stereotypes and racist attitudes.
Indigenous People: An Unhealthy Category
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam Kuper
Lancet, vol. 366, no. 9490, September 17, 2005, p. 983
Description
Commentary that the category of Indigenous peoples is so problematic that the Lancet should not devote a series of papers on Indigenous health issues.
Indigenous People, Mental Health, Cognitive Disability and the Criminal Justice System
Alternate Title
Research Brief (Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse) ; no. 22
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ruth McCausland
Elizabeth McEntyre
Eileen Baldry
Description
Looks at reasons for over-representation of Indigenous people in the criminal system.
Indigenous Peoples and Dementia: New Understandings of Memory Loss and Memory Care
E-Books
Author/Creator
Wendy Hulko
Jean E. Balestrery
Danielle Wilson
Star Mahara
Gwen Campbell-McArthur
Jean William
Cecelia DeRose
Estella Patrick Moller ...
Karen Pitawanakwat
Carrie Bourassa ...
Mere Kepa ...
Sophie ""Eqeelana Tungwenuk" Nothstine ... [et al.]
Indigenous Suicide in the United States of America, Canada and New Zealand: Part 1
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Terri Elliott-Farrelly
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, July/August 2004, pp. 21-25
Description
Findings indicate a relationship between higher suicide rates, cultural assimilation and colonization challenges being faced by various groups.
The Indigenous World 2022
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Belkacem Lounes
Robert K. Hitchcock
Judith Frost
Patrick Kulesza
Hawe Hamman Bouba ... [et al.]]
Infanticide at Port Phillip: Protector William Thomas and the Witnessing of Things Unseen
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marguerita Stephens
Aboriginal History, vol. 38, 2014, pp. 109-130
Description
Contends that evidence of the practice is scant at best and is an attempt to assert dominance and superiority over a colonized people.
The Influence of Alcohol Use and Crime Stereotypically on Culpability Assignment for Native Americans and European Americans
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cynthia Willis Esqueda and Kristin Swanson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 21, no. 2, 1997, pp. 229-254
Description
Argues that future research will determine whether Native Americans share in biased condemnations against suspects in crimes, based on internalized negative stereotypes.
Influence of Ethnic Factors on Behavior Problems in Indigenous Sami and Majority Norwegian Adolescents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Siv Kvernmo
Sonja Heyerdahl
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, vol. 37, July 1998, pp. 743-751
Description
Findings indicate that ethnic factors have a significant impact on behaviour issues of minority youth in a multiethnic environment.
An Inspiration Named Chubby
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Theodore Fontaine
Description
Author's account of his and a friend's time spent in residential schools and how therapeutic talks helped to start the healing journey.
An Institutional Suicide Machine: Discrimination Against Federally Sentenced Aboriginal Women in Canada
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jena McGill
Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Perspectives, vol. 2, no. 1, Autumn, 2008, pp. 89-119
Description
Discussion on the discriminatory treatment against Aboriginal women in federal prisons in the international legal context.
Institutionalized Racism and Classism: A Meta Analysis of Canadian and American Studies of Breast Cancer Care
Theses
Author/Creator
Renee R. Parsons
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Windsor, 2005.
Institutionalized Racism in Canada: The Department of Indian Affairs and Framing Perspectives on Indigenous Peoples and Categorizations of Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Laura Mudde
Description
North American Studies Thesis [(M.A.)]--Utrecht University, 2016.
Intervention to Address Intergenerational Trauma: Overcoming, Resisting, & Preventing Structural Violence
Documents & Presentations
Description
Discusses the best practices for addressing the adverse traumatic experiences from historical oppression.
Interviews Pertaining to Chipewyan Lakes Census
Alternate Title
Indian History Film Project
Oral History » Oral Histories
Author/Creator
Richard Lightning
Indian History Film Project
Description
Interviews with 13 residents of the Chipewyan Lake area of northern Alberta.- Stresses need for establishment of a reserve in this area, and promises made to them about this.- Describe various lifestyles including farming, trapping and fishing.- Shows how settlement patterns in remote areas have been influenced by the location of schools and stores.
Interviews with American Indian and Alaska Native People Who Inject Drugs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Leston
Carolyn Crisp
Murilynn Crystal Lee
Elizabeth Rink
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 27, no. 1, 2020, pp. 64-85
Description
Seven themes emerged which described structural, social, and geographical barriers that affected access to health services and therefore increased risk-taking behaviours.
Introduction: Taking Back the Wisdom: Moving Forward to Recovery and Action
Alternate Title
Taking Back the Wisdom: Moving Forward to Recovery and Action
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rod McCormick
Richard Vedan
Paule McNicoll
Judith Lynam
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Mental Health in Aboriginal Communities, Fall, 1997, pp. 5-8
Description
Introduction to this special issue which focuses on the strengths of aboriginal communities and on initiatives that have met with success.
An Investigation of the Determinants of Adherence to Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (HAART) in Aboriginal Men in Downtown Eastside (DTES) of Vancouver
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Meck Chongo
Josée G. Lavoie
Ross Hoffman
Mamdouh Shubair
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 4, Winter, 2011, pp. 32-66
Description
Data gathered through interviews with 22 individuals and one focus group. Results divided into five sets of variables: inter-personal factors, characteristics of patient, medication-related issues, availability of support structures and presence of historical trauma.
An Investigation of the Determinants of Adherence to Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Aboriginal Men in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver
Theses
Author/Creator
Meck Chongo
Description
Community Health Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2011.
Investigations into the Present and Future State of Aboriginal Mental Health
Articles » General
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 15, no. 3, May/June 1991, pp. 11-13
Description
Research shows a lack of access to mental health services for Aboriginal people in urban and rural areas and training for health workers in the mental health area as well as a lack of staff and resources.
Invisible Victims: American Indian Women and Adolescent Involvement in the Domestic Sex Trade
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Campagna
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, 2016, pp. 47-54
Description
Comments on how the criminal justice and legal system continuing to maintain an environment where the needs of non-white populations are ignored.
Is Schooling Good for Aboriginal Children's Health?
Alternate Title
Occasional Paper (Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal & Tropical Health) ; Issue No. 8, 2003
E-Books
Author/Creator
Merridy Malin
Isolation: The Development of Leprosy Prophylaxis in Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne Saunders
Aboriginal History, vol. 14, no. 2, 1990, pp. [168]-181
Description
Comments on the inhumane way leprosy suffers, largely Aborigines, were treated in Australia until the 1980s.