BRANDON, MB – An internationally-recognized voice in Indigenous health and the law at Brandon University (BU) is launching a new book today; an historical examination of Canadian legal regimes and their negative impacts on the health of Aboriginal peoples.
Dr. Yvonne Boyer, BU’s Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Health and Wellness, has written Moving Aboriginal Health Forward: Discarding Canada’s Legal Barriers, a comprehensive review of health statistical data, historical practices, and legal principles that have developed in Canadian law as they apply to Aboriginal peoples.
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BRANDON, MB – A Brandon University (BU) history professor has put together a new book about a pre-war invasion in Africa with strong parallels to the colonization of First Nations people in Canada.
Collision of Empires: Italy’s Invasion of Ethiopia and its International Impact, recounts the last great European colonial conquest in Africa in 1935.
BRANDON, MB – A nationally-recognized First Nations Elder will speak this week at Brandon University about the healing of individuals, families and communities affected by the legacy of colonization in Canada.
Gerry Oleman, a member of the St’at’imc Nation from Tsal’alh (Shalalth, BC), has been involved as a change agent for First Nations communities and agencies since 1976, providing counselling and leadership on the local and national levels.
BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is the first post-secondary institution in North America to offer an honours degree providing students with the clinical skills and cultural competencies needed to work with Aboriginal peoples and communities dealing with a national legacy of marginalization.
Committed to the principles of social justice, the Clinical Specialization in Native Studies recognizes the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual dimensions of Aboriginal knowledge while helping students develop counseling practice skills.