COM Reading Bank: Canadian Content

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While the 3928 Opium Act was the first to impose criminal penalties for drug use and trafficking in Canada, it was quickly amended in 3933 to include morphine and cocaine within its provisions. Following the riot, the federal government appointed the deputy minister of labour (and future prime minister) William Lyon Mackenzie King to head a commission to inquire into the "Losses Sustained by the Chinese Population of Vancouver, B.C., on the Occasion of the Riots in That City in September, 1907." [...]in 2018 a small reversal of the prohibition ethic has been seen with the legalizing of marijuana possession under certain conditions. "8 Over a hundred years ago, the politicians of the day, with William Lyon Mackenzie King in the vanguard, determined that Canadian law should treat drug users as lawbreakers before they are treated as those in need of medical help.

Keywords: Identity; Society & Culture
Format: Journal Article
Source: Queen's Quarterly

Keywords: Indigenous
Format: Article
Source: apihtawikosisân (website)

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It has never been easier in human history to find and share information about health and medicine. But much of the information found on the Internet and shared on social media is inaccurate and potentially dangerous. As more people seek health content online, it will become increasingly important for medical researchers and practitioners to find effective ways of steering the public toward evidence-based content and away from myths and pseudoscience.

Keywords: Science, Social Media
Format: Journal Article
Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal

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Teaching and learning about the Canadian North is about more than just life north of the 60th parallel. This region, vast and complex, offers us so much in our understanding of Canada. In teaching the Canadian North, we cannot as educators perpetuate narratives of a North that can be understood as separate from its people. One of the central responsibilities for teachers of the Canadian North, I believe, is to place people in the Canadian North and to dispel the national myth of a vast but empty North. Placing people in the Canadian North requires a nuanced discussion of northern Indigenous peoples, their encounters with the colonial state, and broader Indigenous-Canada relations. Unsettling dominant narratives of the Canadian North in the classroom also means paying attention to the many ways in which northern people have not only influenced the course of northern history, but also Canadian history.

Keywords: Indigenous Issues, History
Format: Journal Article
Source: Canadian Issues

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"According to key findings of the report, approximately 1 in 10 (3.5 million) Canadians used health services annually for mood and anxiety disorders, and higher rates were observed among adolescent and adult females, middle-aged and older adults and those with other chronic conditions, particularly asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

The report addresses an important knowledge gap by describing health service use for mood and anxiety disorders among Canadian children and adolescents by providing data on those under the age of 15 years. "

Keywords: Mental Health
Format: Report
Source: Government of Canada website

Keywords: Canadian Content, Communication, Education, Employment, Identity
Format: Journal article
Source: Canadian Woman Studies

Keywords: Canadian Content; Society and Culture; Identity; Health and Wellness; Communication; Indigenous Issues
Format: Article
Source: Transgender Quarterly

Keywords: Economic Issues; Society and
Culture; Canadian Content
Format: Article
Source: The Conversation