From controlling to connecting: M'Wikwedong as a place of urban Indigenous health promotion in Canada.
In recent years, health promotion has come under critique for being framed according to the contexts and priorities of Western communities, with the notion of 'control' underpinning much of its theoretical and practical development. Ceding space to Indigenous voices and knowledge is one way forward...
| Published in: | Health Promotion International Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 703 - 714 |
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| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jun2021
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