Unit 1 Course Intro and Indigenous Health Policy and Practice

Postcolonial Theory

Examines how colonial history continues to shape the present day institutions, health inequities, knowledge

Neocolonialism

Ongoing forms of colonial control after formal colonialism of the past ended

Subjectivity

How social, political, cultural and psychological forces shape identity

White privilege in nursing examples

• Individuals in power in nursing often being white

• Most nurses being white

• Bandages, splints, prosthetics being the colour of caucasian skin tone

• Most nursing professors being white

• Not questioning if their race is a possible reason for rejection when being hired in nursing position

how can we decolonize nursing?

• Critical self-reflection about bias and privilege

• Including Indigenous and marginalized voices and knowledge

• Challenging racism and other forms of oppression

• Focusing on the structural determinants of health

Jordan’s principle

Child-first and needs-based legal rule in Canada that ensures First Nations children get the support and needs they require without government disputes over who should pay

Call 24

Medical and nursing schools should require a course about Indigenous health, rights, culture, intercultural competence

how many indigenous languages are spoken in Canada

more than 70

Acceptable terms to address Indigenous

First Nations, Inuit, Metis

What is the purpose of smudging in Indigenous ceremonies?

to purify the mind, body, space

Which group of Indigenous people inhabits the Arctic land and waters in Canada?

Inuit

Brain Sinclair

Indigenous man who died of sepsis from a treatable UTI after waiting 34 hours in ER without receiving care because he was assumed to be an addict

worldviews

framework of beliefs which an individual interprets reality and interacts with the world

western vs indigenous worldviews

• Indigenous worldviews are holistic, relational frameworks centered on the interconnectedness of all living and non-living things

• Western worldviews are more focused on individualism and empirical science