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Accounting for almost two-thirds of the country's land mass, northern Canada is a vast region, host to rich natural resources and a diverse cultural heritage shared across Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents. In this book, the authors analyse health and health care in northern Canada from a perspective that acknowledges the unique strengths, resilience, and innovation of northerners, while also addressing the challenges aggravated by contemporary manifestations of colonialism. Old and new forms of colonial programs and policies continue to create health and health care disparities in the North. Written by individuals who live in and study the region, Health and Health Care in Northern Canada utilizes case studies, interviews, photographs, and more, to highlight the lived experiences of northerners and the primary health issues that they face. In order to maintain resilience, improve the positive outcomes of health determinants, and diminish negative stereotypes, we must ensure that northerners and their cultures, values, strengths, and leadership are at the centre of the ongoing work to achieve social justice and health equity.

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9781487521790

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The authors address health inequities in a factual way, with a focus on diversity and strengths. In doing so they leave space for communities to generate local solutions. This book pays tribute to the strengths and resiliency of northerners and underscores the multifactorial nature of inequities due to social, economic, geographic, and cultural factors. - Nancy L. Young, Senior Scientist, CHEO Research Institute This ambitious, innovative volume is a much-needed overview of topics critical to understanding the complexity of health and health services in the Canadian North. Bringing together discussions of social and environmental determinants of health with issues of health care service delivery across territorial and provincial norths, Health and Health Care in Northern Canada presents a path to health equity and empowerment for northern peoples and institutions. - Christopher Fletcher, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universite Laval This comprehensive volume is long overdue. The broad range of topics discussed by interdisciplinary experts, many with Indigenous backgrounds, identify the challenges and barriers to health equity. They also note innovation that can be used to develop solutions for enhancing health care systems and health status in this historically, politically, and culturally significant region. - Judith C. Kulig, Professor Emerita, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Lethbridge

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Rebecca Schiff is a professor and chair in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University Helle Møller is an associate professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Lakehead University

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