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1. Introduction: First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada: Understanding the Issues
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2. Western and Indigenous Ways of Knowing
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3. Cultural Competency, Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Safety
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4. Historical Overview z
PART II INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND THE CANADIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
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5. Understanding the Determinants of Health and Canada’s Native Population
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6. Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition
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7. Chronic and Infectious Diseases
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8. Women’s and Children’s Health
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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:
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Understanding the Issues
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Oka Crisis?
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c. Established the concept of the cultural mosaic as an official part of Canadian identity
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e. Made acculturation part of Canada’s concept of the cultural mosaic
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4. When did the Government of Canada commit itself to multiculturalism?
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a. 1971
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5. What are the implications of universal healthcare for the Canadian heath care system?
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a. There are no implications
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b. Everyone is treated for illness when they get sick
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c. Tertiary care services are very important
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d. If the health of a part of the population is allowed to suffer, the burden falls on everyone
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6. The three founding nations of Canada are
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b. English, Scottish and the Indigenous peoples.
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c. French, English and the Indigenous peoples.
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d. French, English and American. z z z
7. The Constitution Act of 1982 defined Indians as persons belonging to one of three groups
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8. The position of Indigenous peoples in Canada was entrenched in the constitution in
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a. 1867.
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HEALTH AND HEALING 2ND ED
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Vasiliki Douglas
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, CONTENTS
PART I INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND HEALTH
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1. Introduction: First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada: Understanding the Issues
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2. Western and Indigenous Ways of Knowing
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3. Cultural Competency, Cultural Sensitivity and Cultural Safety
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4. Historical Overview z
PART II INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND THE CANADIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM
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5. Understanding the Determinants of Health and Canada’s Native Population
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6. Diabetes, Diet and Nutrition
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7. Chronic and Infectious Diseases
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8. Women’s and Children’s Health
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9. Mental Health z
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:
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Understanding the Issues
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Test Questions
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1. Why did the Canadian government devolve power to Indigenous governments after the
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Oka Crisis?
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a. Federal politicians wanted to evade responsibility for Indigenous affairs.
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b. It saved money by devolving costs onto other levels of government.
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c. Because Canadian politicians wanted to demonstrate their support for Indigenous self-
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2. The Oka Crisis led to increased
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b. police surveillance of reserves in Eastern Canada.
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c. government repression of Indigenous peoples in Canada. z z z z z z
d. anti-Indigenous sentiment among the non-Indigenous population. z z z z z
e. all of the above. z z z
3. The Canadian Multiculturalism Act
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b. Made assimilation part of Canada’s official cultural policy
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c. Established the concept of the cultural mosaic as an official part of Canadian identity
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d. Entrenched Indigenous culture as part of Canadian identity z z z z z z z
e. Made acculturation part of Canada’s concept of the cultural mosaic
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4. When did the Government of Canada commit itself to multiculturalism?
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a. 1971
b. 1981
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d. 1871
5. What are the implications of universal healthcare for the Canadian heath care system?
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a. There are no implications
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b. Everyone is treated for illness when they get sick
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c. Tertiary care services are very important
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d. If the health of a part of the population is allowed to suffer, the burden falls on everyone
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6. The three founding nations of Canada are
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a. French, English and Métis. z z z
b. English, Scottish and the Indigenous peoples.
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c. French, English and the Indigenous peoples.
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d. French, English and American. z z z
7. The Constitution Act of 1982 defined Indians as persons belonging to one of three groups
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a. Métis, Inuit, First Nations.z z z
b. Métis, Inuit, Status Indians.
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c. Status, Non-Status, Treaty. z z
d. Status, Non-Status, Inuit. z z
8. The position of Indigenous peoples in Canada was entrenched in the constitution in
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a. 1867.
b. 1982.
c. 1992.
d. 2016.
