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Status card list for First Nations is a hot mess

Public health leaders need to understand the implications of relying on a flawed database and its colonial roots. There is no alternative until First Nations determine our own ways of building and recognizing community, based in our own values and knowledge systems.

Opinion
BY ROSE LEMAY
March 22, 2021

Opinion | BY ROSE LEMAY | March 22, 2021

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