Category Indigenous Health

Nothing about us without us: An Inuk reply to exploitive research
Julie Bull articulates the duty of researchers to ensure ethical and responsible conduct of research with Inuit in light of recent media attention regarding skin graft experiments that occurred on Inuit in the 1970s.

Don’t remand pregnant people or primary caregivers
Jaime Burnet and Martha Paynter advocate for ending the practice of pre-trial imprisonment of pregnant people, primary caregivers of young children, and primary caregivers of people with disabilities
Canada’s Biggest Health Problem: Indigenous Health
Alison Reiheld calls attention to André Picard’s assertion that Indigenous health is currently the most urgent issue in Canada.
Analytics and the Prevention of Suicide
Greg Horne describes how data on social media can be used to identify and concentrate resources on groups who are at risk of suicide.
Water, Health, & Social Justice
Shawn H.E. Harmon and Janice E. Graham advocate for a public interest approach to the governance of water.