Students will be introduced to the determinants of Indigenous peoples' health in Canada. Using anthropological, sociological and medical lenses, including Indigenous medicinal practices, students will develop an understanding of approaches to health and healing that resonate with, in some cases, originate with Indigenous peoples through readings, and a collective exploration through discussions. Students will understand that health is one of the most significant issues defining the lives of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Contemporary understandings and practices will be overlaid on traditional understandings of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and wellbeing to identify and foster holistic Indigenous health and well-being. This course will also allow the student to become conversant with the ways in which both historic and contemporary issues have impacted Indigenous people’s health, and how these issues are being addressed in present-day Mi’kma’ki, particularly PEI.
- Teacher: Terry LeBlanc