kkCANADA kkBRIDGING kkHEALTH kkAND kkHEALING kk2ND kkED
kkVasiliki kkDouglas
, CONTENTS
kkPART kkI kkINDIGENOUS kkCULTURE kkAND kkHEALTH
1. Introduction: kkFirst kkNations, kkMétis kkand kkInuit kkin kkCanada: kkUnderstanding
kkthe kkIssues
2. Western kkand kkIndigenous kkWays kkof kkKnowing
3. Cultural kkCompetency, kkCultural kkSensitivity kkand kkCultural kkSafety
4. Historical kkOverview
PART kkII kkINDIGENOUS kkHEALTH kkAND kkTHE kkCANADIAN kkHEALTHCARE
kkSYSTEM
5. Understanding kkthe kkDeterminants kkof kkHealth kkand kkCanada’s kkNative
kkPopulation
6. Diabetes, kkDiet kkand kkNutrition
7. Chronic kkand kkInfectious kkDiseases
8. Women’s kkand kkChildren’s kkHealth
9. Mental kkHealth
10. Hybridisation kkof kkHealthcare kkand kkthe kkWay kkForward kkfor kkIndigenous
kkHealth
,Chapter kk1 kk– kkIntroduction: kkFirst kkNations, kkMétis kkand kkInuit
kkin kkCanada: kkUnderstanding kkthe kkIssues
Test kkQuestions
1. Why kkdid kkthe kkCanadian kkgovernment kkdevolve kkpower kkto kkIndigenous
kkgovernments kkafter kkthe kkOka kkCrisis?
a. Federal kkpoliticians kkwanted kkto kkevade kkresponsibility kkfor kkIndigenous
kkaffairs.
b. It kksaved kkmoney kkby kkdevolving kkcosts kkonto kkother kklevels kkof
kkgovernment.
c. Because kkCanadian kkpoliticians kkwanted kkto kkdemonstrate kktheir kksupport
kkfor kkIndigenous kkself- kkgovernment.
d. Possibly kkall kkof kkthe kkabove.
2. The kkOka kkCrisis kkled kkto kkincreased
a. awareness kkof kkIndigenous kkissues kkin kkCanada kkamong kkboth kkCanadians
kkand kkinternationally.
b. police kksurveillance kkof kkreserves kkin kkEastern kkCanada.
c. government kkrepression kkof kkIndigenous kkpeoples kkin kkCanada.
d. anti-Indigenous kksentiment kkamong kkthe kknon-Indigenous kkpopulation.
e. all kkof kkthe kkabove.
3. The kkCanadian kkMulticulturalism kkAct
a. Entrenched kkbiculturalism kkin kkthe kkCanadian kkconstitution
b. Made kkassimilation kkpart kkof kkCanada’s kkofficial kkcultural kkpolicy
c. Established kkthe kkconcept kkof kkthe kkcultural kkmosaic kkas kkan kkofficial
kkpart kkof kkCanadian kkidentity
d. Entrenched kkIndigenous kkculture kkas kkpart kkof kkCanadian kkidentity
e. Made kkacculturation kkpart kkof kkCanada’s kkconcept kkof kkthe kkcultural
kkmosaic
4. When kkdid kkthe kkGovernment kkof kkCanada kkcommit kkitself kkto
kkmulticulturalism?
, a. 1971
b. 1981