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"Accounting for almost two thirds of the country's land-mass, Northern Canada is a vast region, host to rich natural resources and a diverse cultural heritage shared across Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents. In this book, Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller analyse health and healthcare in Northe…

Editor: Schiff, Rebecca; Møller, Helle

Place of Publication: Toronto, ON

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: xxxi, 326 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Subjects: Health Services, Indigenous; Healthcare Disparities; Health Status Disparities; Indigenous Canadians; Inuit; Canada

Abstract: "Accounting for almost two thirds of the country's land-mass, Northern Canada is a vast region, host to rich natural resources and a diverse cultural heritage shared across Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents. In this book, Rebecca Schiff and Helle Møller analyse health and healthcare in Northern Canada from a perspective that acknowledges the unique strengths, resilience, and innovation of northerners, while also addressing the challenges aggravated by contemporary manifestations of colonialism. Old and new forms of colonial programs and policies continue to create health and healthcare disparities in the North, which has had a profound impact on northerners. Divided into three sections, Health and Healthcare in Northern Canada paints a broad picture of primary issues that northern peoples face. Several chapters are written by northerners and utilize case studies, quotes, photographs, and other materials to highlight voices and perspectives of people living in northern Canada. In order to maintain resilience, improve the positive outcomes of health determinants, and diminish negative stereotypes, we must ensure that northerners - and their cultures, values, strengths and leadership - are at the centre of the ongoing work to achieve social justice and health equity."-- Provided by publisher

ISBN: 9781487521790

Language: English

Material Type: Book

Audience: Professional

Location: Vancouver Library

Call Number: WA300 H434h 2021

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Arts of Indigenous health and well-being

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Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press , 2021.

Audience: Professional; Patient or Public

Call Number: WA300 A792 2021

Availability: 2 copies, 2 available

Contents:; Introduction. "Art for Life's Sake": Approaches to Indigenous Arts, Health, and Well-Being -- Part 1. Material Culture, Embodiment, and Well-Being -- Chapter 1. What This Pouch Holds -- Chapter 2. Baskets, Birchbark Scrolls, and Maps of Land: Indigenous Making Practices as Oral Hisoriogr…

Editor: Van Styvendale, Nancy; McDougall, J. D.; Henry, Robert; Innes, Robert Alexander

Place of Publication: Winnipeg, MB

Publisher: University of Manitoba Press

Publication Date: 2021

Physical Description: 272 p. ; 23 cm.

Subjects: Medicine in the Arts; Indigenous Peoples; Indigenous Canadians

Abstract: Contents:; Introduction. "Art for Life's Sake": Approaches to Indigenous Arts, Health, and Well-Being -- Part 1. Material Culture, Embodiment, and Well-Being -- Chapter 1. What This Pouch Holds -- Chapter 2. Baskets, Birchbark Scrolls, and Maps of Land: Indigenous Making Practices as Oral Hisoriography -- Chapter 3. For Kaydence and Her Cousins: Health and Happiness in Cultural Legacies and Contemporary Contexts -- Part 2. Community Health and Wellness -- Chapter 4. Stories and Staying Power: Artmaking as (Re)Source of Cultural Resilience and Well-Being for Panniqtumiut