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Non-Status Indians


A) are one of the fastest-growing groups in the Indigenous population.
B) are few in number and disappearing.
C) mainly live on reserves.
D) none of the above.

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What percentage of the population of Canada is Indigenous?


A) 1%
B) 25%
C) 4.9%
D) 7%
E) None of the above

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Where do Canadian Inuit live?


A) In the Canadian Arctic
B) All over Canada
C) In the Yukon Territory
D) a and b

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The Oka Crisis led to increased


A) awareness of Indigenous issues in Canada among both Canadians and internationally.
B) police surveillance of reserves in Eastern Canada.
C) government repression of Indigenous peoples in Canada.
D) anti-Indigenous sentiment among the non-Indigenous population.
E) all of the above.

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What are the implications of universal healthcare for the Canadian heath care system?


A) There are no implications
B) Everyone is treated for illness when they get sick
C) Tertiary care services are very important
D) If the health of a part of the population is allowed to suffer, the burden falls on everyone

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What distinguishes Status Indians from Non-Status Indians?


A) Status Indians are officially recognised by the Canadian government as Indigenous
B) Status Indians live on reserves, Non-Status Indians do not
C) Status Indians have the right to vote, but Non-Status Indians do not
D) All of the above

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Where do the Inuit traditionally live?


A) In the boreal forest
B) In the Alpine regions of British Columbia
C) In the circumpolar north
D) In the sub-Arctic regions of Canada
E) None of the above

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How does population health relate to individual health?


A) Good population health means that every individual is healthy
B) Poor population health means that every individual is in poor health
C) Good population health facilitates individual health
D) a and b
E) None of the above

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Health promotion is a way of


A) improving population health.
B) reducing the burden on the public healthcare system.
C) an intrusion on the human rights of the population.
D) a and b

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The Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion


A) identified the social and environmental roots of ill health.
B) recognized that health is a by-product of a healthy environment.
C) did not specifically mention the Canadian Indigenous population.
D) all of the above.

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The majority of First Nations and Inuit in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut live


A) on reserves.
B) as minorities in mixed communities with non-Indigenous peoples.
C) in two major cities, Yellowknife and Iqaluit.
D) in their own communities governed by elected local governments.
E) none of the above.

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How would improving the health of the Indigenous population benefit all Canadians?

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The Canadian Multiculturalism Act


A) Entrenched biculturalism in the Canadian constitution
B) Made assimilation part of Canada's official cultural policy
C) Established the concept of the cultural mosaic as an official part of Canadian identity
D) Entrenched Indigenous culture as part of Canadian identity
E) Made acculturation part of Canada's concept of the cultural mosaic

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Which of the following is one of the fastest growing populations in Canada?


A) Non-Indigenous peoples under 30 years
B) First Nations under 30 years
C) First Nations elders
D) Non-Indigenous over 30 years

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Why did the Canadian government devolve power to Indigenous governments after the Oka Crisis?


A) Federal politicians wanted to evade responsibility for Indigenous affairs.
B) It saved money by devolving costs onto other levels of government.
C) Because Canadian politicians wanted to demonstrate their support for Indigenous self-government.
D) Possibly all of the above.

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"First Nations" refers to the fact that


A) Indigenous peoples were in Canada first, before Europeans.
B) Indigenous peoples had their own governments, cultures and national traditions.
C) the British and Canadian governments both recognised that Indigenous peoples were sovereign - that they were nations and negotiated with them on that basis.
D) all of the above.

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The Government of Canada traditionally only recognised a single type of Registered First Nation level of governance.


A) The Tribe
B) The Band
C) The Nation
D) The Village

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What is population health?


A) The overall health of a population
B) The health of each individual in a population
C) A statistical measure of average prescription drug consumption in a population
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

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What is the largest-growing Indigenous group in Canada?


A) Status Indians
B) Inuit
C) Métis
D) Non-Status Indians

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Why should nurses and other healthcare professionals care about Indigenous health?

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