In the Canadian context, the persistence and growth of Aboriginal health and social inequity
signals that we are at a critical public health policy juncture; current policy reflects an historic …

Food insecurity (FI) is at a crisis level in some Indigenous communities and impacts many of
the half million First Nations Inuit and Métis (FNIM) children across Canada, particularly in …

Suicide rates have consistently been shown to be higher among First Nations people, Métis
and Inuit in Canada than the rate among non-Indigenous people; however, suicide rates …

While the multidimensionality of poverty is well-recognised, one dimension of poverty which
has been often overlooked is weak social connectedness. This paper draws on conceptual …

This community-based research applied environmental dispossession as a theoretical
framework for understanding Anishinabe youth perceptions about health, social …

This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of mental illness and substance use among
Indigenous students attending Canadian post-secondary institutions. We obtained data from …

Inuit in C anada currently suffer from one of the highest rates of suicide in the world. The
objective of this study was to explore the prevalence of suicide ideations and attempts …

Indigenous peoples in Canada experience disproportionate rates of suicide compared to
non-Indigenous populations. Indigenous communities and organizations have designed …

Objective: The present study aims at measuring the association between household food
insecurity and psychological distress in adolescents in Inuit communities, concurrently and …

Objective Health determinants and outcomes are not well described for the growing
population of Inuit living in southern urban areas of Canada despite known and striking …