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Circumpolar Health Atlas

Circumpolar Health Atlas

Uses maps, tables, charts, and images to describe and explain the major health problems of the diverse peoples who inhabit the circumpolar region of the northern hemisphere.

Subjects: Social determinants of health, Medical care, Maps, Indigenous peoples, Health, Circumpolar North, Atlas

Series of photographs: Health care of the Innu communities of the Lower North Shore (BAnQ)

Series of photographs: Health care of the Innu communities of the Lower North Shore (BAnQ)

Corpus of photographs taken from the Pauline Laurin (1923-1994) archival fonds. She was the first nurse of the Montagnais communities (Innu) of the Lower North Shore. Between 1949 and 1960, she photographed the daily life of the Innu communities of Mingan, Natashquan and La Romaine. These photographs also reflect the health intervention work and care provided by the Department of Health and Welfare Canada to these communities.

Subjects: Health, Innu, Innu territory, Medical care, Social determinants of health, Naskapis

  • Type of access
    • Free - Open Access
  • Domain
    • Health Sciences
    • Humanities and Social Sciences