Resources & Publications | Publications 2012

Ways of Knowing: Understanding Environmental Health from a First Nations Perspective (2012) First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network.

Cyclical Worldview: Understanding Environmental Health from a First Nations Perspective (2012) First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network.

Interconnectivity: Understanding Environmental Health from a First Nations Perspective (2012) First Nations Environmental Health Innovation Network.

Ways of Knowing Earth’s Teachings (2012) Turtle Island Conservation, Toronto Zoo. Click here for document online.

Empathy, dignity, and respect: Creating cultural safety for Aboriginal people in urban health care (2012) Health Council Canada Click here for document online.

Social determinants of health and the future well-being of Aboriginal children in Canada (2012) ML Greenwood, SN de Leeuw A Narrative Review available here.

Challenging hidden assumptions: Colonial norms as determinants of Aboriginal mental health (2012) National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH) Link to document here.

A systematic review of Western and Aboriginal research designs (2012) National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)

Food Safety for First Nations People of Canada: A Manual for Healthy Practices (2012) has been produced by the Environmental Health Research Division (EHRD) and the Environmental Public Health Division (EPHD) of Health Canada, Government of Canada Click here to access. There are also 5 fact sheets and a 4-part video. These focus on safe food handling practices in the home, while hunting, gathering, fishing, and preparing for community events.

Crisis on Tap: Seeking Solutions for Safe Water for Indigenous Peoples (2012)
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Creating a Healthy Home Environment for KIDS (2012)
Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health & Environment

Canadian Smog Science Assessment – Highlights and Key Messages (2012)
Environment Canada

Artistic expression: Identity, Health and Place through Indigenous Eyes (2012) Special Edition of LAKE: A Journal of Arts and Environment
image cover image is by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas and is a panel from one of his Haida mangas, “A Lousy Tale.”
This edition was a collaboration between the National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health and Lake: A Journal for Arts and Environment, a periodical published out of the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus. To request a copy, please contact nccah(at)unbc.ca