Certificate in the Study of Societies in Transition: Reciprocity, Relationship, and Reconciliation Histories - 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.