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Let’s Talk about Indigenous Mental Health: Trauma, Suicide & Settler Colonialism

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ON A DAY designated for talking about mental health, let’s talk about the mental health crisis Indigenous people face resulting from colonialism. While the term itself has been adopted by federal officials, it often seems an effort to manipulate meaning. When “colonialism” or even “genocide” are interpreted in abstract and sanitized ways, it becomes easy

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A New Conversation On Inuit Self Government In Nunavut | ᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᔅᓴᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ−ᒐᕙᒪᖃᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᖕᒥ

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CLICK HERE TO READ ENGLISH VERSION. ᓄᕕᑉᐱᕆ 16, 2021-ᖑᑎᓪᓗᒍ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᑐᙵᕕᒃ ᑎᒥᖓ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᓕᒫᕐᓯᐅᑎᒥᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ, ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᑦ ᓈᖕᒪᒃᓴᓚᐅᕐᒪᑕ ᐱᖁᔨᕗᖔᕈᑎᒥᒃ ᑲᒪᒋᐊᖁᔨᔪᓂᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ−ᒐᕙᒪᖃᓐᓂᕐᒥᒃ. ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑕᐅᒋᐊᙵᑐᒃᓴᐅᔫᒐᓗᐊᖅ, ᐃᓱᒪᒋᓗᒍ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒍᑕᐅᒍᑎᒋᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᔭᖓ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐊᓘᓂᖓ ᐅᐱᒋᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᒻᒪᑦ ᐱᙳᖅᑎᑕᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ 1999-ᒥ. ᐱᙳᕐᑎᑕᐅᔪᕗᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ᐊᖏᕈᑎᖓ 1993-ᒥ. ᑕᐃᒪᓐᓇ ᑲᒪᒋᔭᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓯᒪᓂᖓᓄᑦ, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᖏᔪᕗᑦ ᓵᖅᑭᑕᐅᒍᑎᖓᓂᒃ ᑭᓇᒃᑯᓕᒫᓄᑦ ᑐᕌᖓᓗᓂ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᑐᑎᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓱᓕ ᒫᓐᓇᒧᑦ ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᒋᐊᓐᓂᕐᐹᖑᒻᒪᑕ. ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓂᕆᐅᓚᐅᕐᓯᒪᒻᒪᑕ ᓱᓕᔪᕐᓴᔪᓪᓚᒥᓪᓗ ᓇᖕᒥᖅ ᒐᕙᒪᖃᓐᓂᐊᕋᒥᒃ. ᑭᓯᐊᓂᑦᑕᐅᖅ, ᑖᓐᓇ

A New Conversation On Inuit Self Government In Nunavut | ᓄᑖᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᔅᓴᖃᕐᕕᐅᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᑦ ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ−ᒐᕙᒪᖃᓐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᖕᒥ Read More »

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Getting Back to Normal? Not if “Normal” means Indigenous Food and Health Insecurity

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As many anticipate a post-COVID, return to ‘normal’, authors Elisa Levi and Hayley Lapalme draw attention to health inequities and structural issues which continue to undermine the well-being of Indigenous peoples, particularly through restricted self-determination in relation to food security.

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