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Beyond borders and boundaries: Addressing Indigenous health inequities in Canada through theories of social determinants of health and intersecionality

May 2011

Health Inequities in Canada: Intersectional Frameworks and Practices

In Health Inequities in Canada: Intersectional Frameworks and Practices, authors Sarah de Leeuw and Margo Greenwood argue that understanding colonialism as a fundamental determinant of health, in conjunction with the other social determinants, can provide one means of explaining and understanding the state of Indigenous people's health in Canada today.

Citation

de Leeuw, S., & Greenwood, M. (2011). Beyond borders and boundaries: Addressing Indigenous health inequities in Canada through theories of social determinants of health and intersectionality. In O. Hankivsky, S. de Leeuw, J. Lee, P. Vissandjee, & K. Kharlou (eds.), Health inequities in Canada: Intersectional frameworks and practices (pp. 53-70). Vancouver, BC: UBC Press.