Circular Progress: Health and Healthcare within Albertan Indian Residential Schools, 1920 - 1950

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dc.contributor.advisorStahnisch, Frank
dc.contributor.authorLarsson, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-20T14:39:58Z
dc.date.available2015-11-20T08:00:42Z
dc.date.issued2015-10-20
dc.date.submitted2015en
dc.description.abstractThis study provides a systematic analysis of the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health of the pupils in Indian Residential Schools from 1920 – 1950. It focusses on a single province – Alberta – and utilizes an inter-disciplinary approach to understand how the interaction between the biological and the psychosocial conditions of the schools contributed to both immediate and chronic health problems for Aboriginal students. Through an examination of nutrition, sanitation, disease, healthcare interventions, and mental health in the schools, it is seen that any “progress” the Department made in regards to the health of students was circular. Department officials used the inherent flaws in the system of school governance – which gave a few men ultimate power over the living conditions of thousands of children – to circumvent the responsibility they held towards the health of students. The ultimate result was a malnourished and vulnerable student population suffering from endemic disease and psychological trauma.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLarsson, P. (2015). Circular Progress: Health and Healthcare within Albertan Indian Residential Schools, 1920 - 1950 (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/25330en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/25330
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2621
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectHistory--Canadian
dc.subjectHistory of Science
dc.subject.classificationIndian Residential Schoolsen_US
dc.subject.classificationAboriginal Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationHistory of Medicineen_US
dc.titleCircular Progress: Health and Healthcare within Albertan Indian Residential Schools, 1920 - 1950
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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