LibGuides: Indigenous Health: Racism as a Social Determinant of Health

Disrupting Racism

Core Reading Materials

Canada-Australia Indigenous Health and Wellness Racism Working Group. Discussion Paper and Literature Review
To share knowledge and influence bi-national action to address racism experienced by Indigenous Peoples of Canada and Australia

Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study -- Winnipeg [PDF]
Understanding racism [PDF]
by Charlotte Reading, National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Health inequalities and social determinants of Aboriginal People's health [PDF]
by Charlotte Reading and Fred Wien, National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health

Let's talk: Racism and health equity
from the National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health

New Publication

Structural racism and Indigenous health: A critical reflection of Canada and Finland by Sandra Alexis Juutilainen

See Also -- Structural racism and Indigenous health: What Indigenous perspectives of residential school and boarding school tell us?
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A case study of Canada and Finland

Dozens of Articles on Colonization & Impact on Health

Bibliography of resources on this subject guide compiled by Janice Linton, with thanks to the many people who provide suggestions for new resources to be added

Link to articles
Provides a list of research articles documenting the impacts of colonization and it's health effects on Indigenous people in Canada today

For Brian Sinclair

See For Brian Sinclair

Additional Reading Materials

These articles will provide additional information and examples about racism, including systemic racism, internalized racism, and racial microaggressions

Colonialism as a broader social determinant of health
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Czyzewski, K. (2011). Colonialism as a broader social determinant of health. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2(1), 5.
Racial microaggression in everyday life: Implications for clinical practice
'Do you live in a teepee?' Aboriginal students' experiences with racial microaggressions in Canada
Decomposing identity: Differential relationships between several aspects of ethnic identity and the negative effects of perceived discrimination among First Nations adults in Canada
‘We’ve fallen into the cracks’: Aboriginal women’s experience with breast cancer through photovoice
Interim report. Call into the night: An overview of violence against Aboriginal women
The adaptation challenges and strategies of adolescent Aboriginal athletes competing off reserve
Racial discrimination experienced by Aboriginal university students in Canada
Indigeneity, immigrant newcomers and interculturalism in Winnipeg, Canada
Aboriginal urbanization and rights in Canada: examining implications for health
'Newsworthy’ victims: Exploring differences in Canadian local press coverage of missing/murdered Aboriginal and White women
Redman in the ivory tower: First Nations students and negative classroom environments in the university setting
Cultivating ignorance of Aboriginal realities
Time to bring down the twin towers in poor Aboriginal hospital care: addressing institutional racism and misunderstandings in communication
Australian article -- Are there parallels found in Canada?
Addressing denial: The first step in responding to racism [PDF]
Provides an outline and examples from Australia
Dealing the race card: public discourse on the policing of Winnipeg’s Inner City Communities
Dozens of articles on colonization & impact on health
Unfinished dreams: Community healing and the reality of Aboriginal self-government (online)
Online book from UM Libraries; print copy is in the Indigenous Health Collection, NJM Library E 92 W295u 1998

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Janice Linton

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Indigenous Health Liaison Librarian
Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library,
University of Manitoba, Bannatyne Campus
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Subjects: Family Social Sciences, Health Sciences, Indigenous Health