Have the skewed birth ratios at Aamjiwnaang now levelled out? – The Sarnia Journal

July 26, 2018

It’s possible birth ratios may be normalizing at Aamjiwnaang after disturbing evidence suggested in the 1990s far more girls than boys were being born on the First Nation.

“I’ve been told it’s levelling out to where it should be,” said Sharilyn Johnston, the Aamjiwnaang’s environmental co-ordinator. “Right now, it doesn’t look like we have that same skewing.”

Johnston made the comment while answering questions at a recent Green Drinks forum attended by about 50 people at the Maawn Doosh Gumig Community Centre.

In the mid ‘90s, federal census data revealed twice as many girls were being born at Aamjiwnaang. The normal is about 105 boys born for every 100 girls.

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