Richmond, C., & Cook, C. (2016). Creating conditions for Canadian aboriginal health equity: the promise of healthy public policy. Public health reviews, 37, 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40985-016-0016-5  

• Illustrates how systemic inequities due to colonial structures like the Indian Act have reinforced the gap between the Aboriginal population and other non-Aboriginal populations. 

• Compares statistics between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations on life expectancy and Infant mortality.  

• Advocates the inequities already existing for Aboriginal populations will require better policies, more research, increased public awareness and reconciliation strategies for these populations.

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Pei, J., Carlson, E., Tremblay, M., & Poth, C. (2019). Exploring the contributions and suitability of relational and community‐centered fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevention work in First Nation communities. Birth defects research, 111(12), 835-847. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdr2.1480 

• Advocates for participatory research approaches, which involve the stakeholders in the decision process for FASD intervention development and implementation, such as the chiefs, council, Aboriginal women.]

• Illustrates differences in FASD prevalence and alcohol consumption between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations. 

• Emphasizes that although the statistics on FASD among the indigenous populations have informed policymakers, health workers and so on on the crises of FASD, the statistics have equally fuelled discrimination towards the indigenous populations especially when these statistics are not used in context of the complexities behind alcohol consumption in indigenous women.

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Pei, J., Tremblay, M., McNeil, A., Poole, N., & McFarlane, A. (2017). Neuropsychological aspects of prevention and intervention for FASD in Canada. Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology, 3(1), 25-37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40817-016-0020-1 

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• Definition and epidemiology of FASD

• Illustrates the economic burden of FASD for Canada given the consequences of the disorder cuts through multiple systems including the health care system, social services, criminal justice system and more.

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Vitalité. (2019, April 4). FASD - Dream catcher [Video]. Youtube. https://youtu.be/pmSKvaZ6Pxc  

• A model utilized by the First Nations of New Brunswick, Canada to support individuals with FASD and their families

• A tool aimed at re-establishing peace with First Nations by addressing historical factors associated with FASD.