Course Outline - McMaster University

Session 9
Priority Populations - Aboriginal & Métis people Health
Objectives
1. Identify the current health care priorities in First Nations and Inuit communities.
2. Examine the historical relationship between First Nations and Inuit peoples and “the crown”.
3. Discuss current and proposed models of health care delivery by First Nations and Inuit
peoples.
4. Increase awareness of the challenges to achieve equity, social justice in terms of the
determinants of health for First Nations and Inuit peoples.
5. Increase awareness of the challenges of indigenous peoples globally.
Key terms: bias, power, equity, social justice, land claims and Treaty Rights
Required Reading
Seear, M. (2007). An Introduction to International Health. Chapter 14 (p.283-304).
Toronto: Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc.
References
Anderson, I, Crengle, S, Leialoha Kamaka, M, Chen, TH, Palafox, N & Jackson-Pulver,
L. (2006). Indigenous Health in Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific.
The Lancet, 367( 9524), 1775-1785.
Blaser, M, Feit, HA, & McRae, G, eds. (2004). In The Way of Development: Indigenous
Peoples, Life Projects and Globalization. International Development Research
Centre – Zed/IDRC 2004 -ISBN 1-55250-004-7 – 384 pp. Available at:
http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-58137-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
Loungani, P. (2003). Inequality: Now you see it, now you don’t. Finance and
Development, 40(3), 22-23.
MacMillan, M, & et al. (2003). The Health of Ontario First Nations people: Results from
The Ontario First Nations Regional Health Survey. Canadian Journal of Public
Health, 94(3), 168-172.
Reading, J. (2003). A global model and national network for Aboriginal Health research
excellence. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 94(3), 185-189.
*Smith, D. (2003). Maternal-child health care in aboriginal communities. CJNR, 35(2),
143-152.
Tjepkema, M. (2002). The health of the off-reserve aboriginal population. Statistics
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