This report from the House of Commons Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs analyzes the housing crisis facing Indigenous Peoples in Canada, including its physical and mental health impacts. The report presents 20 recommendations to address systemic inequities and support long-term, sustainable and self-determined housing solutions.
This episode companion document provides a new way to engage with the Mind the Disruption podcast. It includes a written transcript of Season 1, Episode 6 “Disrupting colonialism for Two-Spirit health” with key quotes and related resources to prompt further reflection and exploration.
In this important contribution to the peer-reviewed literature, a group of Indigenous scholars, practitioners, land and water defenders, respected Elders, and Knowledge Holders from around the world describe the determinants of planetary health.
This Equity in Action story is distilled from an interview with: The interview took place in August 2022, and its details should be considered within the context of that time period. The Department of Family Medicine at Queen’s University stretched institutional boundaries through its Cost of COVID research project by prioritizing collaboration in research protocols.
This article employs the metaphor that settler colonialism functions as a net with innumerable “colonial knots” that Indigenous Peoples in Canada are trapped within and that prevent them from being able to exercise self-determination and sovereignty. The authors propose that the work of health leaders to dismantle Indigenous-specific racism, White supremacy and settler colonialism requires dedicated, everyday efforts to “untie colonial knots.”
How we treat each other matters and coming together in good ways creates better possibilities for moving forward and advancing equity. In this session, Street Culture Project in Regina, Saskatchewan will share stories and reflections on reconciliation, the power of collectives, trust and humanity. Drawing on their work with youth, we will hear and reflect on a
This resource offers information on how researchers can implement respectful, culturally safe, and trauma-informed practices during engagement with First Nations Peoples and communities during COVID-19.
Two-Spirit people’s health must be understood within the context of colonialism and the resurgence of Two-Spirit people. From the National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health, this resource is a foundational introduction to Two-Spirit people’s health for all public health practitioners engaged in health equity work.
“We all deserve to get the support that we need” – public health practitioners are encouraged to use and share this mental health peer support manual written by and for Indigenous youth who are Indigiqueer, Two-Spirit, LGBTQ+ and Gender Non-Conforming.
In this case study report, The United Way of Greater Toronto describes the efforts of Auduzhe’s partner organizations Na-Me-Res, Seventh Generation Midwives Toronto, and the Well Living House to improve accurate collection of Indigenous COVID-19 data, which is dramatically underreported in urban environments.
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