The BC Cancer Library
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
Delivering timely service and evidence-informed resources to people in BC and the Yukon facing cancer and those involved in oncology care or research.
"Boys who play with Barbie dolls. Girls who join the football team. What is gender? What are gender roles? What's the difference between being a tomboy and being transgender? Is it possible to be in the wrong body? Explore the answers to these questions with an in-depth look at what it means to be …
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
"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…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
Table of contents:; 1. My Grandmother's and My Family's History in Manitoba and Ontario (1863-1952) -- 2. First Discoveries, Joys, and Sorrows? My Early Childhood in Ombabika (1952-1958) -- 3. Seasonal Activities, First Friendships, and the Beginning of Addiction (1958-1960) -- 4. School, Teenage F…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
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Contents:; Joanie?s people : discarding the masks of shame -- Heartland : where the cure can be worse than the disease -- The long sentence : and the first shall be last -- Restoring the song : lessons for the hard of hearing.
"[This book] examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. In September 2008, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabe resident of Winnipeg, arrived in the emergency room of a major downtown hospital. Over a thirt…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency PG Cancer Info Ctr Missing | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
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Contents:; Introduction : First Nations, Métis, and Inuit in Canada : Understanding the Issues -- Western and Indigenous Ways of Knowing -- Cultural Competency, Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Safety -- Historical Overview -- Understanding the Determinants of Health and Canada?s Native Popu…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Library | On Loan, due Wednesday, June 5, 2024 | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
"A moving and honest graphic memoir about the unexpected cancer journey of a young, queer, mixed-race woman. At the age of twenty-five, Kimiko Tobimatsu was a young, queer, mixed-race woman with no history of health problems whose world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast canc…
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency KEL Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VIC Cancer Info Ctr | Available | ||
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |
| c.1 BC Cancer Agency VAN Library | Available |