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Determinants of Health: Health Indicators

Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives by Dennis Raphael
Call Number: IAHS RESERVES RA418.S62 2016
Publication Date: 2016 Third Edition
Population Health in Canada: Issues, Research, and Action by edited by Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Ronald Labonté, Corinne Packer, Vivien Runnels.
Call Number: IAHS STACKS RA418.3.C2 .P67 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Decolonizing Data: Unsettling Conversations About Social Research Methods by Jacqueline M. Quinless
Call Number: IAHS STACKS H62.5.C3 .Q56 2022
Publication Date: 2022
Home in the City: Urban Aboriginal Housing and Living Conditions by Alan B. Anderson
Publication Date: 2013
eBook

Nutrition North Canada Engagement 2016: Final report of what we heard
Source: Government of Canada

Why so few people on Six Nations reserve have clean running water, unlike their neighbours
CBC Radio | April 2018

As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Call Number: Fennell and IAHS STACKS E99.C6 .S659 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Our Ice Is Vanishing by Shelley Wright
Publication Date: 2014
eBook

Holy Angels
Jay Cardinal Villeneuve’s short documentary Holy Angels powerfully recaptures Canada’s colonialist history through impressionistic images and the fragmented language of a child.
Second Stories - It Had to Be Done
This short documentary explores the legacy of residential schools through the eyes of two extraordinary women who not only lived it, but who, as adults, made the surprising decision to return to the school that had affected their lives so profoundly.

Moving Aboriginal Health Forward: Discarding Canada's Legal Barriers by Yvonne Boyer
Call Number: Fennell and IAHS STACKS RA450.4.I53 .B69 2014
Publication Date: 2014
The Journey Together: Ontario's Commitment to Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples (PDF 7.26MB) by Government of Ontario
Publication Date: 2016

Health at a Glance: Select health indicators of First Nations people living off reserve, Metis and Inuit:
Source: Statistics Canada. 2015,(Archived Content)
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
Source: United Nations
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.

Maternal, Infant Child & Women`s Health

Women
Children & Youth

Indigenous Experiences of Pregnancy and Birth by Jaime Cidro; Hannah Tait Neufeld
Publication Date: 2017
eBook
Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community, and Culture by Éric Guimond
Publication Date: 2009
eBook
Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine by Kim Anderson
Publication Date: 2011
eBook

Reproductive control of Indigenous women continues around the world, say survivors and researchers
Source: University of Alberta, June 27, 2022
Cultural Birthing Traditions in the First Nations Peoples of Canada: Are Traditions Being Displaced by Modern Medicine?
Source: (2012) International Journal of Childbirth Education, 27(1), 39–42.
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Website Source: National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Kind Faces Sharing Places Project
Source: University of Toronto

The Medicine of Peace: Indigenous Youth Decolonizing Healing and Resisting Violence by Jeffrey Paul Ansloos
Call Number: Fennell and IAHS STACKS E98.Y68 .A57 2017
Publication Date: 2017
Fighting for a Hand to Hold: Confronting Medical Colonialism Against Indigenous Children in Canada by Samir Shaheen-Hussain
Publication Date: 2020
eBook
All Our Relations by Tanya Talaga
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E98.S9 .T35 2018
Publication Date: 2018

Jordan's Principle
Source: Government of Canada
Supporting Inuit children
Source: Government of Canada

Chronic Disease & Illness

Diagnosing the Legacy by Larry Krotz; Heather Dean; Jonathan McGavock; Michael Moffatt
Call Number: IAHS & FENNELL STACKS RC662.18 .K76 2018
Publication Date: 2018
Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities: Examples From Native Communities
Publication Date: 2013
eBook

The Gift of Diabetes
This feature-length documentary explores the diabetes epidemic within Indigenous communities in Canada.
Health care experiences of Indigenous people living with type 2 diabetes in Canada
Article Source: (2017) CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189(3), E106–E112.

Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada by Laurence J. Kirmayer and Gail Guthrie Valaskakis
Call Number: Fennell and IAHS STACKS RC451.5 .I5 H43 2009
Publication Date: 2009

First Nations and Inuit Mental Health and Wellness
Source: Government of Canada
Panellists talk approaches to mental health support in Indigenous communities
Source: CBC News- Indigenous - February 1,2019

Determinants of tuberculosis trends in six Indigenous populations of the USA, Canada, and Greenland from 1960 to 2014: a population-based study
Article Source: (2018)The Lancet. Public Health, 3(3), e133–e142.
The National Justin Trudeau makes historic apology for past governments’ mistreatment of Inuit with tuberculosis
Online Video Source: CBC, 2019
Canada’s plan to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities: Will it be enough?
Source: Healthy Debate, January 24, 2019

Indigenous Health Research
Source: Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)