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Week 7 - Coggle Diagram
Week 7
- Decolonizing health promotion begins with individually reflecting on our identidies, cultures, belief systems, and social positions but it cannot end there because without action there there is no decolonization
Forefronting Indigenous self-determination through community control of research and programs designed for Indigenous folk is critical for dismantling the current patristic practices that insert colonial beliefs and values on Indigenous peoples
Also critical to self-determination is community engagement which holds Indigenous values of relationship, reciprocity, and collectivism high, facilitates mutual trust, and places decision-making in the communities hands
Culturally relevant work must take place in recoginition of the distinct cultures amongst Indigenous communities
Example: the Indigenous led Tu’wusht Project is a community garden on the Musqueam territory at UBC that provides urban Indigenous folk with access to land and traditional foods and has been recognized as a decolonizing practice because it removes some of the dependancy created by colonization
- Health promotion that truly supports Indigenous peoples must have a sound understanding of Indigenous values and practices, and the differences between these populations and must not treat Indigenous peoples as one identity
Many Indigenous communities, but not all, value holism, personalism, relationality, biomimicry, and pluralism - which is a stark difference from the capitalistic domination of today's society
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In Canada, Indigenous is an umbrella term for Inuit, Metis, and First Nations peoples
- We should not think of Indigenous identity or race as a social determinant of health because it is the marginalization and discrimination of these peoples that results in inequitable health outcomes and labeling these identities as a determinant of health can actually further perpetuate sterotypes and prejudices towards these peoples
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Colonization, colonialism, political domination, economic disadvantage, and social discrimination are the drivers of health inequities for Indigenous peoples
Example: the generational trauma imposed by European experiments such as medical operations or research on nutrition performed on Indigenous peoples contributes to the health of Indigenous peoples today
- In a growing climate catastrophe, the world is finally recognizing the link between human health and our natural environment and the field of health promotion is recognizing a need to shift gears to a more holistic and relational approach, such as practiced in Indigenous Health Promotion (IHP)
IHP promotes emancipatory goals that support self-determination, land-based learning, environmental sustainability, health equity, decolonization, and goals that challenge power dynamics, and support both individual and collective potential
Enabling access to and meaningful interactions with ancestral lands and promoting environmental sustainability is critical for IHP
Centers Indigenous worldviews - Celebrating the commonalities in differing worldviews and recognizing the world as a system of relations results in an inherent responsibility recognized by Indigenous peoples to take care of the land they are on for now and for future generations
- The Western acceleration of climate change itself can be viewed as further colonization of Indigenous peoples and appreciating and supporting Indigenous voices and knowledge is paramount to attempt to fix this
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We should adopt a collectivist view and steering away from our individualistic society or the needed actions to address climate change will not be taken
Indigenous people disproportionally are affected negatively by climate change but it is Western society and colonization that is driving the warming of our planet