Indigenuity
A creative take on issues affecting Canada’s First Peoples.
Spring 2016
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Medicine
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Medicine
A prescription for better health
The key to improving the well-being of Indigenous communities, says Darlene Kitty, is to teach medical students the link between Indigenous culture an…
Education
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Education
Truth and reconciliation in the classroom
Teaching future teachers about the legacy of residential schools is a lesson in opening education to Indigenous world views.
History
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History
Curing the world’s woes
By inviting us to reconnect with Amerindian cosmology, Georges Sioui is pointing the way toward transformative change in modern society.
Biology
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Biology
A toxic legacy
For more than 50 years, the Giant Mine contaminated the air, land and water around Yellowknife with arsenic. Environmental toxicologists Jules Blais a…
Law
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Law
Forgotten claims
Do the Métis have treaty rights? An unprecedented legal study aims to set the murky record straight.
Health
![Sonia Wesche and Tiff-Annie Kenny](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/styles/max_width_l_1470px/public/2021-11/ovpri_perspectives_2016_wesche-kenny_3x2.jpg?itok=R7NA6RFI)
Health
Weathering change
The shifting climate is affecting what people eat in Canada’s North. Teaching Inuvialuit and Gwich’in youth how to prepare and share food from the lan…
Health
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Health
Treacherous waters
Northern Canada has the highest drowning rate in the country. Audrey Giles is working with Arctic communities to reduce that tragic toll.
Law
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Law
A close look at Indigenous legal tradition
Ghislain Otis calls for the concerted recognition of Indigenous legal systems around the world.
Anthropology
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Anthropology
Exploring contradictions deep down
A symbol of conflict or a model of cooperation? Karine Vanthuyne compares the relationship that Indigenous peoples in Canada and Guatemala have with m…
Geography
![Jackie Dawson](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/styles/max_width_l_1470px/public/2021-11/ovpri_perspectives_2016_jackie-dawson_3x2.jpg?itok=WeXxSl8f)
Geography
Rites of the Northwest Passage
Shrinking sea ice is triggering a tourism shipping boom in the Arctic. But increased traffic may be a mixed blessing for Northerners.
Law
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Law
The deeper roots of violence
Angela Cameron urges the public inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls to look at the links between poverty, economic developmen…
Health
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Health
Back to the land?
Access to nutritious foods is a growing problem in northern First Nations. Michael Robidoux and François Haman are finding local solutions — with a pr…
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