Developing a Policy to Address Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle J. Buchholz
Description
Public Policy Thesis (MPP)--Simon Fraser University, 2019.
Using a scoping process to examine overlapping and unceded areas within the Treaty 9 landscape.
Highlights the results of interviews with Chukchi people about the local plants they collect and their various uses.
Authors note that Canada’s new Healthy Eating Strategy does not address social determinants of health (childhood environments, gender, Indigenous status, income, education and occupation) as root causes of poor diet quality; they suggest that a reduction of diet inequities will require policy change.