MEDIA INDIGENA 318 (Patreon)

Thirst for Justice / MI 318

ON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:

Water Insecurity and Suicide. Can a reserve’s chronically unsafe drinking water be associated with a greater risk of suicide for its residents? That’s the lethal link hypothesized in newly-released research entitled “Is Suicide a Water Justice Issue? Investigating Long-Term Drinking Water Advisories and Suicide in First Nations in Canada.” Co-authored by scholars Jeffrey Ansloos and Annelies Cooper, their investigative framework connects the colonial dots between relentless indignities inflicted upon Indigenous communities with the criminally disproportionate rates of premature Indigenous death. 

An Associate Professor and the Canada Research Chair in Critical Studies in Indigenous Health and Social Action on Suicide at the University of Toronto, Dr. Ansloos joins host/producer Rick Harp and MI regular Candis Callison (Associate Professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the Graduate School of Journalism at UBC) to discuss the wider implications of this study. 

NOTE: As this topic can prove distressing, a reminder that you can speak with someone any time of day or night at the Hope for Wellness Helpline, available 24/7 at 1-855-242-3310. There’s also an online chat option at hopeforwellness.ca.

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LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:

• "Burying the story won't stop suicide" (André Picard: 17 Sept. 2009) Globe and Mail

• "Guidance for journalists covering mental health stories in Indigenous communities added to Mindset / En-Tête" [press release] Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma

• Why medically-assisted dying is very much an Indigenous issue (ep 244) MEDIA INDIGENA

• Water as a Fundamental Right (ep 121) MEDIA INDIGENA

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