Unit 7

Question 1

What did The Constitution Act, 1982 do?

Answer 1

• protects Aboriginal and treaty rights
• recognizes that Aboriginal peoples include “the Indian, Inuit, and Metis people of Canada”
• FNIM peoples are not a cultural group to Canada, but rather a distinct Constitutionally recognized peoples with Aboriginal and Treaty Rights

Question 2

What are the 3 major Indigenous populations in Canada?

Answer 2

• First Nations
• Metis
• Inuit

Question 3

Truth and Reconciliation issues

Answer 3

• disproportionate burden of disease
• Post Truth and Reconciliation = Benevolence
• Risk: perpetuating status quo

Question 4

What are the 3 aspects of Contemporary Reality?

Answer 4

1. Disproportionate apprehension of Indigenous children by child-welfare agencies
2. Disproportionate imprisonment and victimization
3. Denial of positive parenting, community leaders and a positive sense of identity and self-worth

Question 5

The infant mortality rate for First Nations and Inuit children ranging from 1.7 average to over __________ the non-Indigenous

Answer 5

4 Times

Question 6

What is the rate of diabetes in the Indigenous culture compared to non-Indigenous people?

Answer 6

twice the rate of diabetes in Indigenous cultures

Question 7

True or false: the overall suicide rate among First Nations communities is about twice that of the total Canadian population

Answer 7

true

Question 8

What are the 4 major social determinants of Indigenous Communities and Health?

Answer 8

1. Income levels
2. Employment
3. Housing
4. Health overall

Question 9

Structural inequity is demonstrated by what organizations and committees?

Answer 9

1. Canadian Institute of Health Research-Institue of Aboriginal Health
2. National Aboriginal Health Organization
3. National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
4. FNIGC-First Nations Information Governance Committee

Question 10

What was the intergenerational impact of contemporary reality?

Answer 10

Impact affected Survivor’s:
- partners
- children
- grand-children
- extended families
- communities

Question 11

systemic racism

Answer 11

• when acceptance of discriminatory and prejudicial practices is normalized across our society, in public services and institutions
• the arrangements and practices that maintain racial hierarchies and racial inequality

Question 12

colonization process

Answer 12

fuelled by racist beliefs and ideas about Indigenous peoples; their ways of knowing and being, customs and practices

Question 13

inadequate police for positive health outcomes

Answer 13

• the numbers do not serve the purposes or interests of Indigenous Peoples
• limited scope, aggregate format, deficit focus and decontextualized framework
• the policy narrative perpetuates inaccurate portraits of the embodies realities of Indigenous live

Question 14

What was the reality of COVID-19 for Indigenous Communities?

Answer 14

• need for race-based data
• SDoH intersection
• data governance

Question 15

Truth and Reconciliation Tasks to Resolve the Issue

Answer 15

1. first task-to understand the truths –> historically and locally
2. develop partnerships that are based on values of reciprocity and equality
3. personal/professional journey

Question 16

1st Call to Action: Health

Answer 16

link between current state of FNIM health and government policies
- including residential schools

Question 17

2nd Call to Action: Health

Answer 17

measurable goals to close gap

Question 18

3rd Call to Action: Health

Answer 18

sustainable funding for healing centres

Question 19

5th Call to Action: Health

Answer 19

recognize value of Indigenous healing practices

Question 20

6th Call to Action: Health

Answer 20

to increase number of Indigenous health professionals and cultural competency for all healthcare professionals

Question 21

What is the major Call to Action?

Answer 21

to increase number of Indigenous health professionals and cultural competency for all healthcare professionals

Question 22

UNDRIP

Answer 22

• United National Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People
• Canada ~25 years of participation
• Canadian Government pledged to respect-adopt as reconciliation frameowrk
• “nothing about us-without us”

Question 23

Improvement of health, to be actively involved in developing and determining health, the right to their traditional medicines and to maintain their health practices, and the right to access to all social and health services are all examples of what?

Answer 23

Indigenous rights

Question 24

How do we understand the right to our own knowledge systems?

Answer 24

UNDRIP-recognizes that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development

Question 25

_________________ is central to culturally relevant exchange of health information

Answer 25

Indigenous Knowledge

Question 26

Two-eyed Seeing

Question 27

How do we close the gap?

Answer 27

- level the gradient - continuum of approaches - universal, targeted, blended - assessment of values, assumptions, and evidence

Question 28

How do we complete the circle?

Answer 28

- promote Indigenous-centred ways - Indigenous epistemology and ontology

Question 29

What initiatives can we do to increase the number of Indigenous healthcare providers?

Answer 29

- Ensuring organizational capacity & readiness toaddress racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare - Training aimed at addressing implicit, pro-whitebias in health care which has been linked todifferential treatment in health care serviceprovision

Question 30

As a community how do we become an Indigenous ally?

Answer 30

- community engagement - recruitment and retention of Indigenous faculty, staff, and students - anti-racism and cultural safety education

Question 31

Dish with one spoon

Answer 31

maintaining peaceful relations; recognition of land, nations

Question 32

Medicine Wheel

Answer 32

recognition of interdependency among four races of the world; seven grandfather teachings/principles: honesty, humility, courage, wisdom, respect, generosity and love

Question 33

What are the 7 grandfather teachings?

Answer 33

- honesty - humility - courage - wisdom - respect - generosity - love

Question 34

Downey Research

Question 35

What are the 3 places where we can obtain education about Indigenous Communities?

Answer 35

- Indigenous Health Learning Lodge - Ontario Indigenous Cultural Safety program (ICS) - Cancer Care Ontario: Aboriginal Relationship Cultural Competency

Question 36

According to the completing the circle article, what is health equity defined as?

Answer 36

ways that espouse values of social justice and benevolence and is held up as an ideal state achievable by all

Question 37

According to the completing the circle article, what do public health stakeholders aspire to do?

Answer 37

close the gap, and level the gradient - to reduce inequities through the implementation of various health equity focused strategies

Question 38

According to the completing the circle article, what is the IND-equity model?

Answer 38

- reconciliation inspired response that upholds Indigenous self-determination and is informed by diverse Indigenous ways of knowing

Question 39

According to the completing the circle article, what is the goal of IND-equity model?

Answer 39

to complete the circle and foster wholistic balance

Question 40

According to connection to the land as a youth article, what is the background of the article?

Answer 40

understanding the determinants from the perspective of Indigenous youth is vital to identifying means of alleviating future inequities

Question 41

According to connection to the land as a youth article, what was the results of the article?

Answer 41

- connection to the land is an imperative determinant of YKDFN health - importance of a relationship to land including cultural skills, Elders passing on traditional knowledge, surviving the land - symbiotic relationship between land, environment and people is fundamental to building a healthy community

Question 42

According to connection to the land as a youth article, what is the conclusion of the article?

Answer 42

- our research confirmed there is a direct and critical relationship between structural context and determinants of Indigenous Peoples' health, and that this should be incorporated into health research and interventions