Indigenous Studies (INDG) - Indigenous Health and Wellness
INDG 3106 Indigenous Health and Wellness
Prerequisites:
INDG 1006 or permission of the instructor
Antirequisites:
NATI 3606 in 16FA Topic: Indigenous Health
Hours:
3 hours per week
Credits:
3
Description:
Students will explore critical issues, such as cultural safety and humility, social determinants of health, collective trauma, and Indigenous community responses, using a Two-Eyed Seeing approach. Indigenous conceptualizations of health, illness and well-being remain relevant despite the disruptions of colonization. Colonialism creates significant disparities in life-span wellbeing and access to health services of all types.