Body Mass Index, Gestational Diabetes and Diabetes Mellitus in Three Northern Saskatchewan Aboriginal Communities
Descriptive study to determine if obesity and self-reported diabetes rise with increasing geographic accessibility to urban centres.
Descriptive study to determine if obesity and self-reported diabetes rise with increasing geographic accessibility to urban centres.
Recommended for Grade 3 students.
Discusses a play, The Book of Jessica, that illustrates the struggle women have in understanding what being "a woman" means, including across the barriers of race, culture, privilege and age.
Book reviews of 2 books: The Story of the Falling Star by Elsie Jones. I Am Woman by Lee Maracle.
Looks at traditional childbirth practices of the Vuntut Gwitchin, Trondëk Hwëch’in, and Na-Cho Nyak Dun First Nations.
First Nations leaders contend that the federal government failed to provide funding, as promised, to poverty issues. The issues include contaminated water, black mold, and lack of funding for graduates to pursue post secondary education.
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