Circles of Disadvantage: Aboriginal Poverty and Underdevelopment in Canada

Drowning in the Social Determinants of Health: Understanding Policy’s Role in High Rates of Drowning in Aboriginal Communities in Canada

“…One in four First Nations children live in poverty, for example, in comparison to one in six for non-Aboriginal children; Aboriginal women experience poverty at double the rates of non-Aboriginal women; and Aboriginal peoples in Canada experience hunger due to poverty four times more than non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada (NCCAH 2009). Unemployment rates are also much higher for Aboriginal peoples than for non-Aboriginal peoples, which can be attributed not just to lower levels of educational attainment, but also to job market discrimination (Kendall 2001) and, more broadly, colonialism (Wilson and Macdonald 2010).…”

Race of Recipient and Support for Welfare in Canada

“…But stereotypes about Aboriginal Canadians often revolve around issues of dependency and poverty, and are heavily imbued with images of moral insufficiencies (Green 2006;Harding, 2005;Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 1996). These negative and derogatory stereotypes are amplified by the real material and educational inequalities between Aboriginal communities and other Canadians (Juteau 2000;Kendall 2001. ) Immigrants, on the other hand, tend to be more highly educated than native-born Canadians, and while there are clearly problems with racial discrimination, the larger discourse about immigrants tends to be more positive (Harell 2010).…”

A participatory process for the design of housing for a First Nations Community

“…Housing stocks on reserves are severely inadequate in both quantity and quality. This crisis is partly attributable to rapid population growth, inadequate funding, restrictive government policies, lack of home ownership, and culturally inappropriate housing designs (UN 2005;Abadian 1999;Kendall 2001). The consequence of the crisis is that the home, which for First Nations people has traditionally been a place of pride and identity, instead today exacerbates many social and health problems.…”