The Northwest Territories Residential Southern Placement Program: Dislocation and Colonization through ‘Care’
This research traces colonialism and neoliberalism as foundational architecture to health policy in Canada that seeks to erase Indigeneity and disability and secure the dominance of a White settler able-bodied state. This is accomplished through critical analysis of the Residential Southern Placemen...
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ftunitorontoojs:oai:jps.library.utoronto.ca:article/33909 2023-05-15T17:46:29+02:00 The Northwest Territories Residential Southern Placement Program: Dislocation and Colonization through ‘Care’ McKee, Alannis Hillier, Sean Arthur 2020-11-05 application/pdf https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/33909 https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v15i1.33909 eng eng Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/33909/26832 https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/33909 doi:10.32799/ijih.v15i1.33909 Copyright (c) 2020 Sean Arthur Hillier, Alannis McKee https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND International Journal of Indigenous Health; Vol 15 No 1 (2020); 34-47 2291-9376 2291-9368 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2020 ftunitorontoojs https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v15i1.33909 2020-12-01T10:53:48Z This research traces colonialism and neoliberalism as foundational architecture to health policy in Canada that seeks to erase Indigeneity and disability and secure the dominance of a White settler able-bodied state. This is accomplished through critical analysis of the Residential Southern Placement Program, a health policy from the Northwest Territories, Canada. Residential Southern Placements are contractual agreements made between the Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services and service agencies from southern provinces to provide ‘care’ to territorial residents with a disability whose needs—according to the Department of Health and Social Services—cannot be met within the territory. We explore how the ostensibly neutral health policy Residential Southern Placements becomes enacted as a violent intervention of erasure that specifically targets hundreds of Indigenous Peoples with cognitive disabilities-- as evidenced through data collected by a Freedom of Information Request-- through long-term and, at times, lifelong dislocation from families, communities, and land. In this analysis we position the Residential Southern Placement Program as an intervention that aims to uphold and safeguard a White settler able-bodied vision of Canadian society. This research highlights an ongoing colonial practice with important implications for disability studies and Indigenous health researchers. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northwest Territories University of Toronto: Journal Publishing Services Northwest Territories Canada International Journal of Indigenous Health 15 1 34 47 |
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This research traces colonialism and neoliberalism as foundational architecture to health policy in Canada that seeks to erase Indigeneity and disability and secure the dominance of a White settler able-bodied state. This is accomplished through critical analysis of the Residential Southern Placement Program, a health policy from the Northwest Territories, Canada. Residential Southern Placements are contractual agreements made between the Northwest Territories Department of Health and Social Services and service agencies from southern provinces to provide ‘care’ to territorial residents with a disability whose needs—according to the Department of Health and Social Services—cannot be met within the territory. We explore how the ostensibly neutral health policy Residential Southern Placements becomes enacted as a violent intervention of erasure that specifically targets hundreds of Indigenous Peoples with cognitive disabilities-- as evidenced through data collected by a Freedom of Information Request-- through long-term and, at times, lifelong dislocation from families, communities, and land. In this analysis we position the Residential Southern Placement Program as an intervention that aims to uphold and safeguard a White settler able-bodied vision of Canadian society. This research highlights an ongoing colonial practice with important implications for disability studies and Indigenous health researchers. |
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The Northwest Territories Residential Southern Placement Program: Dislocation and Colonization through ‘Care’ |
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The Northwest Territories Residential Southern Placement Program: Dislocation and Colonization through ‘Care’ |
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Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health |
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