Public Policy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Taking a Life-Course Perspective

The health and social conditions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada remain important policy concerns. The life course has been proposed by some as a framework for analysis that could assist in the development of policies that would improve the economic and social inclusion of Abori...

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Published in:Canadian Public Policy
Main Authors: Martin Cooke, Jennifer McWhirter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Canada
First Nations
inuit
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.37.suppl.s15
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spelling ftrepec:oai:RePEc:cpp:issued:v:37:y:2011:i:s1:p:15-31 2024-04-14T08:11:39+00:00 Public Policy and Aboriginal Peoples in Canada: Taking a Life-Course Perspective Martin Cooke Jennifer McWhirter https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.37.suppl.s15 unknown http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cpp.37.suppl.s15 article ftrepec https://doi.org/10.3138/cpp.37.suppl.s15 2024-03-19T10:34:35Z The health and social conditions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples in Canada remain important policy concerns. The life course has been proposed by some as a framework for analysis that could assist in the development of policies that would improve the economic and social inclusion of Aboriginal peoples. In this paper we support the goal of applying a life-course perspective to policies related to Aboriginal peoples but suggest that the framework needs to consider the unique relationship between Aboriginal peoples and public policies. We provide some illustrations using data from the 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) Canada Canadian Public Policy 37 Supplement 1 S15 S31
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Jennifer McWhirter
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