Canada's First Peoples

This experiential learning course is designed to help learners reflect on Aboriginal peoples? experiences of colonization and racism as these relate to health and human service care. Students will explore the concept of cultural safety as it relates to their practice. Students will be introduced to the livelihood of Canada's Aboriginal peoples in pre-contact history and discuss the effects on overall health and well being in a contemporary paradigm. As practitioners in health and human care, students will learn to locate themselves in power imbalances that occur in practice and daily living.

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