Test Bank for An Introduction to Indigenous Health and
Healthcare in Canada: Bridging Health and Healing 2nd
Edition Author:Vasiliki Douglas All Chapters Covered
Latest Version 2025
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, TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND HEALTH
1. Introduction: First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada: Understanding the Issues
2. Western and Indigenous Ways of Knowing
3. Cultural Competency, Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Safety
4. Historical Overview
PART II INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND THE CANADIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
5. Understanding the Determinants of Health and Canada’s Native Population
6. Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition
7. Chronic and Infectious Diseases
8. Women’s and Children’s Health
9. Mental Health
10. Hybridisation of Healthcare and the Way Forward for Indigenous Health
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, Chapter 1 – Introduction: First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada:
Understanding the Issues
Test Questions
1. Why did the Canadian government devolve power to Indigenous governments after
the Oka Crisis?
a. Federal politicians wanted to evade responsibility for Indigenous affairs.
b. It saved money by devolving costs onto other levels of government.
c. Because Canadian politicians wanted to demonstrate their support for Indigenous
self- government.
d. Possibly all of the above.
2. The Oka Crisis led to increased
a. awareness of Indigenous issues in Canada among both Canadians and
internationally.
b. police surveillance of reserves in Eastern Canada.
c. government repression of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
d. anti-Indigenous sentiment among the non-Indigenous population.
e. all of the above.
3. The Canadian Multiculturalism Act
a. Entrenched biculturalism in the Canadian constitution
b. Made assimilation part of Canada’s official cultural policy
c. Established the concept of the cultural mosaic as an official part of Canadian identity
d. Entrenched Indigenous culture as part of Canadian identity
e. Made acculturation part of Canada’s concept of the cultural mosaic
4. When did the Government of Canada commit itself to multiculturalism?
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, a. 1971
b. 1981
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