Missing pathways to self-governance: Aboriginal health policy in British Columbia

International Indigenous Policy Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Lavoie, Josée G ^a   Browne, Annette J ^b   Varcoe, Colleen ^b   Wong, Sabrina ^b   Fridkin, Alycia ^b   Littlejohn, Doreen ^c   Tu, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aboriginal people; Canada; First Nations; Health; Health policy; Jurisdiction; New Zealand; Non governmental organizations; Self government; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992211454     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19165781     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18584/iipj.2015.6.1.2     Document Type: Article

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