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INDI 3612

Gender, Colonialism, and Health

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Fall 2016

Topics

  • the socioeconomic
  • political
  • and cultural factors that affect the health status of Indigenous women. Particular attention
  • caregivers
  • and healers and how those roles have been distorted by government policy and colonialism
  • Tutorials and Participation 25%
  • Article Summaries (x4)
  • Article Analysis 25%
  • Final Project 25%
  • Take Home Exam 25%
  • Details of Assignments

Readings

  • Michael Marmot, “Social Determinants of Health Inequalities,” Lancet, 265 (2005): 1099-104. Naomi Adelson, “The Embodiment of Inequality: Health Disparities in Aboriginal Canada,” Canadian Journal of Public Health, 96 supplement 2 (2005): 45-61.
  • Rachel Olson et al., “Introduction: Prioritizing Indigenous Maternal and Infant Health,” Pimatisiwin Journal, 10/3 (2012).
  • Karen Lawford and Audrey Giles, “Marginalization and Coercion: Canada’s Evacuation Policy for Pregnant First Nations Women Who Live on Reserves in Rural and Remote Regions,” Pimatisiwin Journal, 10/3 (2012).
  • Jennifer King, “But how could anyone rationalize policies that discriminate?: Understanding Canada’s Failure to Implement Jordan’s Principle,” First Peoples Child and Family Review, 7/1 (2012): 29-39.
  • Jason Brown, et al, “Housing for Aboriginal Youth in the Inner City of Winnipeg,” First Peoples Child and Family Review, 3.2 (2007): 56-64.
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