In arresting, but harrowing, prose, James Daschuk examines the roles that Old World
diseases, climate, and, most disturbingly, Canadian politics--the politics of ethnocide …

Numerous studies, inquiries, and statistics accumulated over the years have demonstrated
the poor health status of Aboriginal peoples relative to the Canadian population in general …

The applicability of AR Omran's 'epidemiologic transition'theory to subarctic Indians in
Canada is examined in a historical review of health and demographic data. The major …

Dying and Death in Canada provides a comprehensive, up-to-date examination of dying,
death, and bereavement from a Canadian perspective. The fourth edition covers current …

By many measures of health, Canada's First Nations compare very poorly to the non-Native
population as a whole. The need to explain, and to correct, this disparity has led public …

Over the last 25 years, a significant amount of archaeological and ethnohistoric research
has produced data on Native American population trends after European contact. These …

William Tomison, in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company's Cumberland House on the
Saskatchewan River, described the devastating smallpox epidemic of 1781 and 1782. He …

For many Canadians, the state of our health care and medical system is at the top of the
public agenda. By following the growth and development of modern medicine in one …

Edward Jenner's first treatise in 1798 described how he used cowpox material to provide
immunity to the related smallpox virus. He sent this treatise and some cowpox material to his …

Creating the Future of Health is the fascinating story of the first fifty years of the Cumming
School of Medicine at the University of Calgary. Founded on the recommendation of the …