Indigenous Health & Healing Perspectives
- Aboriginal Holistic Health and WellnessOnline Video Source: Alberta Health Services
- Medicine WheelArticle Source: Langevin, C. (2011). Medicine Wheel. True Blue Spirit, 4(1), 24–27.
Wisdom Engaged: Traditional Knowledge for Northern Community Well-Being by
Publication Date: 2019eBookHonoring the Medicine: The Essential Guide to Native American Healing by
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E98.M4 .C64 2003Publication Date: 2003Medicine Ways: Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans by
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E98.M4 .M43 2001Publication Date: 2001A Handbook of Native American Herbs by
Call Number: IAHS & Fennell STACKS E98.B7 .H87 1992Publication Date: 1992Big Medicine from Six Nations by
Publication Date: 2007eBook
Big Medicine from Six Nations is a series of reminiscences and essays by the late Ted Williams, on the themes of "Medicine" (physical/spiritual/psychic healing). It offers a fascinating view, not only of herbal medicine, but of prayers, omens, feasts, vision quests, sweat lodges, spirits, humor, and the sacred teachings of the Great Law of the Great Peace.A Fire Burns Within: Teachings from Ceremony and Culture by
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E99.C6 .A26 2016Publication Date: 2016
Decolonizing Data: Unsettling Conversations About Social Research Methods by
Call Number: IAHS STACKS H62.5.C3 .Q56 2022Publication Date: 2022A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle by
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E99.C88 .Y68 2015Publication Date: 2015Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities: Examples From Native Communities
Publication Date: 2013eBook
- New health centre opens in Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First NationSource: Government of Canada - April 17, 2019
- Aboriginal Health Access CentresHow aboriginal communities can get primary health care, traditional healing and other services through Aboriginal Health Access Centres.
Firewater: How Alcohol is Killing my People (and yours) by
Publication Date: 2016eBook
Print Copies: Fennell and IAHS STACKS E78.C2 .J64 2016
Canadian Health Care Services
- Health care access and experiences among Indigenous people, 2024Source: Statistics Canada - The Daily Nov. 4/24
- First Peoples, second class treatment: The role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada.This paper explores the role of racism in the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples in Canada. It provides an overview of the historical and contemporary contexts of racism which have historically, and continue to, negatively shape the life choices and chances of Indigenous people in this country.
- Moving toward holistic wellness, empowerment and self-determination for Indigenous peoples in CanadaThis study aimed to understand the role that traditional Indigenous health care practices can play in increasing individual-level self-determination over health care and improving health outcomes for urban Indigenous peoples in Canada
An Introduction to Indigenous Health and Healthcare in Canada: Bridging Health and Healing by
Call Number: IAHS STACKS RA395 .C2 D68 2022Publication Date: 2022 Second EditionAccess, Clocks, Blocks and Stocks: Resisting Health Canada’s Management of Traditional Medicine by
Call Number: IAHS STACKS E98.M4 .H36 2015Publication Date: 2015Health and Health Care Delivery in Canada by
Call Number: Fennell Stacks RA449.T46 2024Publication Date: 2024 Fourth Edition
- Indigenous HealthSource: Health Canada
- Canadian Nurses Association (CNO) - Indigenous HealthSource: Canadian Nurses Association
Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada by
Publication Date: 2020eBookMedicine Unbundled: A Journey Through the Minefields of Indigenous Health Care by
Call Number: IAHS STACKS RA450.4.I53 .G43 2017Publication Date: 2017Aboriginal Health in Canada : Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives by
Call Number: IAHS and Fennell STACKS RA449 .W35 2006Publication Date: 2006
- Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 3: History and Cultural DiversityThe third video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
Indigenous Patient Care & Culturally Sensitive Practices
- Putting calls into action: Treating aboriginal patients in collaboration with indigenous healers and eldersSource: de Leeuw, S. (2017). Canadian Family Physician, 63(1), 56–59
Indigenous Peoples and Dementia: New Understandings of Memory Loss and Memory care
Call Number: IAHS STACKS: RC521 .I53 2019Publication Date: 2019
- Indigenous Health: Indigenous Peoples of CanadaThis series provides information about Indigenous peoples’ history, social determinants of health, and on strategies for culturally competent care.
- Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 1: Introduction to Aboriginal AwarenessThe first video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
- Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 4: Treating Everyone the SameThe fourth video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
- Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 5: Developing Awareness and Skills in Culturally Competent CareThe fifth video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
- Aboriginal Awareness Series Video 2: Who Are Aboriginal People?The second video in a five-part series designed to introduce healthcare providers to information on Indigenous peoples in Canada, social determinants of health, and strategies to help increase culturally safe healthcare.
- Mi'kmaw nurse explains how Indigenous pain often misunderstoodSource: CBC News, May 10, 2019
Communication: Core Interpersonal Skills for Health Professionals by
Call Number: IAHS STACKS R118 .O86 2016Publication Date: 2016 Third Edition