Dare to Dream: Promoting Indigenous Children’s Interest in Health Professions through Book Collections
Introduction: Indigenous peoples in Canada experience significant health challenges, but few pursue careers in the health sciences. Two programs by medical librarians designed to encourage children in First Nations communities to dream of careers in the health professions will be presented. Descript...
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ftunivmontreal:oai:papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca:1866/20837 2023-05-15T16:16:58+02:00 Dare to Dream: Promoting Indigenous Children’s Interest in Health Professions through Book Collections Clar, Monique Drouin, Éric Iverson, Sandy Université de Montréal. Direction des bibliothèques 2018-07-27 http://hdl.handle.net/1866/20837 https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/article/view/29364 https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29364 eng eng https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/jchla/index.php/jchla/article/view/29364 http://hdl.handle.net/1866/20837 doi:10.29173/jchla29364 Indigenous health Santé autochtone Health professions Professions de la santé Bibliothèques scolaires Academic libraries School libraries Bibliothèques universitaires Children’s books Littérature pour enfants journal article article 2018 ftunivmontreal https://doi.org/10.29173/jchla29364 2020-12-27T14:10:15Z Introduction: Indigenous peoples in Canada experience significant health challenges, but few pursue careers in the health sciences. Two programs by medical librarians designed to encourage children in First Nations communities to dream of careers in the health professions will be presented. Description: An academic library in [Province] developed children’s health and science book collections with Indigenous school libraries. Library and information science students, as well as a librarian, participated in health education activities in the recipient schools. This project inspired the community service project of the joint MLA/CHLA-ABSC/ICLC Mosaic|Mosaïque 2016 conference, which focused on placing similar collections in Ontario Indigenous communities. The mechanics, benefits, and challenges of the programs will be discussed including book selection and delivery. Outcomes: Hundreds of books have been delivered and informal qualitative evaluative data from the recipient communities indicates positive outcomes. Some difficulties in providing optimal access to the books were identified due to communication problems or the relative lack of library infrastructure in these communities. Discussion: Reading for pleasure is linked to student's academic success. Access to varied and quality literature is important for school achievement, therefore these collections may potentially impact student’s future life chances. While a direct correlation between these collections and student’s future career choices cannot be easily measured, it is known that Indigenous high school graduates frequently choose to pursue professions linked to the needs of the community. Therefore any materials drawing attention to potential community health needs may well influence student’s choices. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Université de Montréal (UdeM): Papyrus Canada Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association / Journal de l'Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada 39 2 28 55 |
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Introduction: Indigenous peoples in Canada experience significant health challenges, but few pursue careers in the health sciences. Two programs by medical librarians designed to encourage children in First Nations communities to dream of careers in the health professions will be presented. Description: An academic library in [Province] developed children’s health and science book collections with Indigenous school libraries. Library and information science students, as well as a librarian, participated in health education activities in the recipient schools. This project inspired the community service project of the joint MLA/CHLA-ABSC/ICLC Mosaic|Mosaïque 2016 conference, which focused on placing similar collections in Ontario Indigenous communities. The mechanics, benefits, and challenges of the programs will be discussed including book selection and delivery. Outcomes: Hundreds of books have been delivered and informal qualitative evaluative data from the recipient communities indicates positive outcomes. Some difficulties in providing optimal access to the books were identified due to communication problems or the relative lack of library infrastructure in these communities. Discussion: Reading for pleasure is linked to student's academic success. Access to varied and quality literature is important for school achievement, therefore these collections may potentially impact student’s future life chances. While a direct correlation between these collections and student’s future career choices cannot be easily measured, it is known that Indigenous high school graduates frequently choose to pursue professions linked to the needs of the community. Therefore any materials drawing attention to potential community health needs may well influence student’s choices. |
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