Indigenous Health Researchers Database

Selected Publications

Willows, N., & Batal, M. (2013). Nutritional concerns of Aboriginal infants and children in remote and northern Canadian communities: Problems and therapies. In R. Atson, G. Grimble, V. Preedy, & S. Zibadi (eds.), Nutrition in infancy (pp. 39-49). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

Batal, M., Johnson-Down, L., Moubarac, J.-C., Ing, A., Fediuk, K., Sadik, T. et al. (2018). Quantifying associations of the dietary share of ultra-processed foods with overall diet quality in First Nations peoples in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario. Public Health Nutrition, 21(Sp. Iss. 1), 103-113.

Lavigne-Robichaud, M., Moubarac, J.-C., Lantagne-Lopez, S., Johnson-Down, L., Batal, M. et al. (2018). Diet quality indices in relation to metabolic syndrome in an Indigenous Cree (Eeyouch) population in northern Québec, Canada. Public Health Nutrition, 21(Sp. Iss. 1), 172-180.

Robidoux, M.A., Batal, M., Imbeault, P., Seabert, T., Blais, J.M. et al. (2012). Traditional foodways in two contemporary northern First Nations communities. Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 32(1), 59-77.

Juric, A.K., Batal, M., David, W., Sharp, D., Schwartz, H., Ing, A., Fediuk, K. et al. (2017). A total diet study and probalistic assessment risk assessment of dietary mercury exposure among First Nations living on-reserve in Ontario, Canada. Environmental Research, 158, 409-420.

Willows, N., & Batal, M. (2013). Nutritional concerns of Aboriginal infants and children in remote and northern Canadian communities: Problems and therapies. In R. Atson, G. Grimble, V. Preedy, & S. Zibadi (eds.), Nutrition in infancy (pp. 39-49). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

Willows, N., & Batal, M. (2013). Nutritional concerns of Aboriginal infants and children in remote and northern Canadian communities: Problems and therapies. In R. Atson, G. Grimble, V. Preedy, & S. Zibadi (eds.), Nutrition in infancy (pp. 39-49). Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

Selected Publications

Calam, B., Bass, M., and Deagle, G. (1992). Pap smear screening rates: Coverage on the southern Queen Charlotte Islands. Canadian Family Physician, 38: 1103- 1109.

Crowshoe, L., Han, H., Calam, B., Henderson, R., Jacklin, K., Walker, L., & Green, M. (2018). Impacts of educating for equity workshop on addressing social barriers of type 2 diabetes with Indigenous patients. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 38(1), 49-59.

Jacklin, K.M., Henderson, R.I., Green, M.E., Walker, L.M., Calam, B., & Crowshoe, L.J. (2017). Health care experiences of Indigenous people living with type 2 diabetes in Canada. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 189(3), E106-E112.

Crowshoe, L., Henderson, R.I., Green, M.E., Jacklin, K.M., Walker, L.M., & Calam, B. (2018). Exploring Canadian physicians' experiences with type 2 diabetes care for adult Indigenous patients. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, 42(3), 281-88.

Jacklin, K.M., Ly, A., Calam, B., Walker, L., & Crowshoe, L.  (2016). An innovative sequential focus group method for investigating diabetes care experiences with Indigenous peoples in Canada. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/1609406916674965

Selected Publications

Castleden, H., Sloan Morgan, V., & Lamb, C. (2012). "I spent the first year drinking tea": Exploring Canadian university researchers' perspectives on community-based participatory research involving Indigenous peoples. The Canadian Geographer, 56(2), 160-179. DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.2012.00432.x.

Stiegman, M. L., & Castleden, H. (2015). Leashes and lies: Navigating the colonial tensions of institutional ethics of research involving Indigenous peoples in Canada. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 6(3), 2. DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2015.6.3.2.

Castleden, H., Sylvestre, P., Martin, D., & McNally, M. (2015). "I don't think that any peer review committee... would ever 'get' what I currently do": How institutional metrics for success and merit risk perpetuating the (re)production of colonial relationships in community-based participatory research involving Indigenous Peoples in Canada. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 6(4). DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2015.6.4.2.

Castleden, H., Martin, D., & Lewis, D. (2016). From embedded in place to marginalized out and back again: Indigenous Peoples’ experience of health in Canada. In M.D. Giesbrecht, & V.A. Crooks (eds.), Place, health, and diversity: Learning from the Canadian experience (Chapter 3). Taylor & Francis Group.

Sylvestre, P., Castleden, H., Martin, D., & McNally, M. (2018). "Thank you very much... You can leave our community now": Geographies of responsibility, relational ethics, acts of refusal, and the conflicting requirements of academic localities in Indigenous research. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 17(3).

Sylvestre, P., Castleden, H., Denis, J., Martin, D., & Bombay, A. (2019). The tools at their fingertips: How settler colonial geographies shape medical educators' strategies for grappling with Anti-Indigenous racism. Social Science & Medicine, 237, 112363. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112363.

Ratima, M., Martin, D., Castleden, H., & Delormier, T. (2019). Indigenous voices and knowledge systems-promoting planetary health, health equity, and sustainable development now and for future generations. Global Health Promotion, 26 (3), suppl: 3-5. DOI: 10.1177/1757975919838487.

Daley, K., Castleden, H., Jamieson, R., Furgal, C., & Ell, L. (2015). Water systems, sanitation, and public health risks in remote communities: Inuit resident perspectives from the Canadian Arctic. Social Science & Medicine, 135, 124-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.017.

Castleden, H., Watson, R., Tui’kn Partnership, Bennett, E., Masuda, J., King, M., & Stewart, M. (2016). Asthma Prevention and Management for Aboriginal People: Lessons From Mi'kmaq Communities, Unama'ki, Canada, 2012. Preventing Chronic Disease, 13, E06. DOI:10.5888/pcd13.150244.

Stewart, M., Castleden, H., King, M., Letourneau, N., Masuda, J.R., Bourque Bearskin, L., Anderson, S., & Blood, R. (2015). Supporting parents of Aboriginal children with asthma: Preferences and pilot interventions. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 10(2), 29050. DOI: 10.18357/ijih.102201515111.

Castleden, H., Crooks, V.A., Hanlon, N., & Schuurman, N. (2010). Providers’ perceptions of Aboriginal palliative care in British Columbia’s rural interior. Health and Social Care in the Community, 18(5), 483-91. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2010.00922.x.

Castleden, H., Bennett, E., Pictou Landing Native Women Group, Lewis, D., & Martin, D. (2017). “Put it near the Indians”: Indigenous perspectives on pulp mill contaminants in their traditional territories (Pictou Landing First Nation, Canada. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 11(1), 25-33. DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2017.0003.

Selected Publications

Cooke, M., & McWhirter, J. (2011). Public policy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Taking a life-course perspective. Canadian Public Policy, 7(1): 15-31.

Mitrou, F., Cooke, M., Lawrence, D., Povah, D., Mobilia, E., Guimond, E., & Zubrick, S.R. (2014). Gaps in Indigenous disadvantage not closing: A census cohort study of social determinants of health in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand from 1981-2006. BMC Public Health, 14, 201.

Towns, C., Cooke, M., Rysdale, L., & Wilk, P. (2014). Healthy weights interventions in Aboriginal children and youth: A review of the literature. Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research, 75(3), 125-31.

Ryan, C.J., Leatherdale, S.T., & Cooke, M. (2016). A cross-sectional examination of the correlates of current smoking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis adults: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Addictive Behaviors, 54, 75-81.

Ryan, C.J., Leatherdale, S.T., & Cooke, M. (2016). A cross-sectional examination of the correlates of current smoking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis adults: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Addictive Behaviors, 54, 75-81.

Ryan, C.J., Leatherdale, S.T., & Cooke, M. (2017). Factors associated with current smoking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis youth: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 38(1-2), 105-9.

Ryan, C.J., Leatherdale, S.T., & Cooke, M. (2017). Factors associated with current smoking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis youth: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 38(1-2), 105-9.

Ryan, C.J., Cooke, M., & Leatherdale, S.T. (2016). Factors associated with heavy drinking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis youth and adults: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Preventive Medicine, 87, 95-102.

Ryan, C.J., Cooke, M., & Leatherdale, S.T. (2016). Factors associated with heavy drinking among off-reserve First Nations and Métis youth and adults: Evidence from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Preventive Medicine, 87, 95-102.

Jasmin, B., Cooke, M.J., Guo, Y., & Wilk, P. (2017). The association of household food security, household characteristics and school environment with obesity status among off-reserve First Nations and Métis children and youth: Results from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 37(3), 77-86.

Jasmin, B., Cooke, M.J., Guo, Y., & Wilk, P. (2017). The association of household food security, household characteristics and school environment with obesity status among off-reserve First Nations and Métis children and youth: Results from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 37(3), 77-86.

Wilk, P., & Cooke, M.J. (2015). Collaborative public health system interventions for chronic disease prevention among urban Aboriginal peoples. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 6(4), 3.

Hill, G., & Cooke, M.J. (2014). How do you build a community? Developing community capacity and social capital in an urban Aboriginal setting. Pimatisiwin, 11(3), 421-32.

Selected Publications

Greenwood, M., de Leeuw, S., & Lindsay, N.M. (2018). Determinants of Indigenous peoples' health: Beyond the social (2nd edition). Toronto, ON: Canadian Scholars' Press.

Greenwood, M., de Leeuw, S., & Lindsay, N.M. (2018). Challenges in health equity for Indigenous peoples in Canada. The Lancet, 391(10131), 1645-48.

de Leeuw, S. (2017). Putting calls into action: Treating Aboriginal patients in collaboration with Indigenous healers and Elders. Canadian Family Physician, 63(1), 56-59.

Loppie, S., Reading, C., & de Leeuw, S. (2014). Aboriginal experiences with racism and its impacts. Prince George, BC: National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health.

 de Leeuw, S. & Greenwood, M. (2017). Turning a new page: Cultural safety, critical creative literary interventions, truth and reconciliation, and the crisis of child welfare. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 13(3), 142-51.

 de Leeuw, S., Maurice, S., Holyk, T., Greenwood, M., & Adam. W. (2012). With reserves: Colonial geographies and First Nations health. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 102(5), 904-11.

 de Leeuw, S., & Greenwood, M. (2016). Geographies of Indigenous children and youth: A critical review grounded in spaces of the colonial nation state. In T. Skelton, K. Nairn, & P. Kraftl (eds.), Space, place and environment (pp. 47-65). Singapore: Springer.

 de Leeuw, S. (2017). Writing as righting: Truth and reconciliation, poetics, and new geo-graphing in colonial Canada. The Canadian Geographer, 61(3), 306-18.