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INDI 3711

Contemporary Health Issues

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

Winter 2017

Topics

  • Introduction to Contemporary Health Issues and Ways of Decolonization
  • Traditional and Holistic Well-Being: How the Past Influences the Present
  • o Article: Howell, et al. “Sharing Our Wisdom: A Holistic Aboriginal Health
  • Initiative.”
  • Traditional and Contemporary Healing Practices
  • o Article: Struthers, Roxanne. “The Artistry and Ability of Traditional Women
  • Healers.”
  • Order for Presentations Assigned
  • Traditional Midwifery in Contemporary Practices
  • Midwifery Implementation on First Nations Reserves in Canada.”
  • Presentations
  • Contemporary Health Concerns and Traditional Ethics and Values
  • o Article: Sasakamoose, JoLee, et al. “First Nation and Metis Youth Perspectives on
  • Health: An Indigenous Qualitative Inquiry.”
  • Identity and Sense of Belonging on Mental Health and Well-Being
  • Remote Indigenous Community in Subarctic Ontario, Canada.”
  • o Healey, Gwen, Jennifer Noah, & Ceporah Mearns. “The Eight Ujarait (Rocks) Model
  • Supporting Inuit Adolescent Mental Health With an Intervention Model Based on Inuit
  • Knowledge and Ways of Knowing.”
  • Contemporary Environmental Health and Traditional Ways of Living
  • o Richmond, Chantelle, & Nancy Ross. “The Determinants of First Nations and Inuit
  • Health: A Critical Population Approach.”

Readings

  • Moorehead, Virgil, Joseph Gore, & Damia December. (2015). “A Gathering of Native American Healers: Exploring the Interface of Indigenous Traditional and Professional Practice.” American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 56, 2015, pp. 383-394.
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