SRPC Recordings – Indigenous Health page

Press Release

Feb 06, 2024

We hosted “Indigenous Experiences in the Colonial Medical System” on January 30th, 2024 with guest speaker Sandra Bender. The recording and slides have been added to our Indigenous Health page.

Please visit the SRPC’s Indigenous Health page to watch any of our previous sessions. https://www.srpc.ca/indigenous_health

• Indigenous Approach to Trauma Informed Care – ACEs the Engine Behind Intergenerational Trauma
• Moving Towards Cultural Safety, Reconciliation, and Anti-racism.
• Indigenous Approach to Trauma Informed Care – ACEs the Engine Behind Intergenerational Trauma
• Determinants of Illness for Indigenous Women
• The Legacy of the Residential School System & Impacts on Health
• Understanding the Context of Healthcare for Indigenous Peoples in Canada
• Jordan, Joyce, and Justice: Decolonizing Healthcare for Indigenous Children and Youth

Additional recourse:

Recommended books on traditional Indigenous health practices.

• Decolonizing Wellness by Dalia Kinsey
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• You are the Medicine by Asha Frost
• Held by the Land: A Guide to Indigenous Plants for Wellness by Leigh Joseph
• Medicines to Help Us: Traditional Metis Plant Use by Christi Belcourt
• It’s All About the Land by Taiaiake Alfred
• The Science of the Sacred: Bridging Global Indigenous Medicine Systems and Modern Scientific Principles by Nicole Redvers
• Decolonizing Therapy by Jennifer Mullan
• Medicine Unbundled by Gary Geddes
• Sacred Medicine: A Doctor’s Quest to Unravel the Mysteries of Healing by Lissa Rankin
• Mother Earth: Plants for Health and Beauty by Carrie Armstrong