Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Iris Allen, Executive Director and Margaret Webb, Community Health Advisor, Labrador Inuit Health Commission
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| Database ID | 30615 | |
| Institution | University of Saskatchewan Archives | |
| Fonds/Collection | Native Law Centre fonds | |
| File/Item Reference | Reference Library, RCAP vol. 80 (Box 12) | |
| Date of creation | November 30, 1992 | |
| Physical description/extent | 17 pages of textual records | |
| Number of images | 18 | |
| Scope and content | This file contains a presentation by Iris Allen and Margaret Webb focusing on the problems created by the lack of health care services for Inuit people in Labrador. They discuss health problems created by substance abuse, family violence and inadequate housing. The speakers are particularly concerned with the physical and mental health of the youth of Labrador. They call on the Commission to increase financial and professional assistance to Labrador Inuit communities, and to ensure these communitites have input in local health care programs. A question-and-answer period with the Commissioners follows the presentation. | |
| Other terms governing use and reproduction | Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions, 1992-1993. Reproduced with the permission of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services, and Courtesy of the Privy Council Office, 2008. | |
| Type | Published | |
| Primary Media | Textual documents | |
| Provenance Access Point | University of Saskatchewan. Native Law Centre | |
| Other notes | Volume 1, Nain, Labrador; Monday, November 30, 1992. Pages 228-245. | |
| Treaty boundaries | No treaty | |
| Cultural region | Subarctic | |
| Names | Allen, Iris Andersen, Angus Erasmus, Georges Henry, 1948- (Chief) Labrador Inuit Association Labrador Inuit Health Commission Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Sillett, Mary Webb, Margaret | |
| Subject | Government commissions -- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Indigenous Peoples General Indigenous Peoples Organizations Indigenous Relations Health -- Hospitals Health -- Illness -- Disease Health -- Illness -- Mental Health -- Issues -- Alcoholism Health -- Issues -- Drug Abuse | |
| Date Range(s) | 1990-1999 | |
| Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/30615
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