Indigenous Health

Sources for background information

• Colonizing Bodies: Aboriginal Health and Healing in British Columbia, 1900-50
• Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal People in Canada
• L’expérience de la Baie James: Guide pour les professionnels de la santé qui travaillent parmi les Cris du Nord québécois
• Traditional Medicine in Contemporary Contexts: Protecting and Respecting Indigenous Knowledge and Medicine
• Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives

Core databases for finding articles

• PubMed
• Native Health Database
• First Nations Periodical Index
• Native American Ethnobotany Database
• Arctic Science and Technology Information System

Additional databases for finding articles

• MEDLINE on Ovid (1996-)
• CINAHL
• PsycINFO
• Web of Science
• Scopus
• Embase on Ovid (1996-)

Selected web sites

Organizations

National

• Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada
• The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
• The First Nations Information Governance Centre
• National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
• National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO)
• Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada
• Public Health Agency of Canada – Aboriginal Peoples
• Health Canada: First Nations and Inuit Health
• Aboriginal Canada Portal – Health & Social Services
• Métis National Council
• Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK)
• Assembly of First Nations -Assemblée des Premières Nations

Provincial (Quebec)

• Commission de la santé et des services sociaux des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador
• Nunavik Regional Board of Health and Social Services
• Public Health Department of the Cree Health Board

Provincial (other provinces)

• First Nations Health Council

Municipal (Montreal and surrounding area)

• Native Friendship Centre

Statistics

• The First Nations Information Governance Centre - Regional Health Survey (RHS)
• Naasautit: Inuit Health Statistics
• Statistics Canada – Aboriginal Peoples- Health and Well Being
• Statistics Canada - Health Reports - Aboriginal peoples
• Health Canada - A Statistical Profile on the Health of First Nations in Canada: Determinants of Health, 1999 to 2003

Useful links

• McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, Office of Admissions, Equity and Diversity
• Québec First Nations and Inuit Faculties of Medicine Program
• First People’s House