Medical experimentation and the roots of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous Peoples in Canada

doi:10.1503/cmaj.210112

. 2021 Mar 15;193(11):E381-E383.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210112. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Medical experimentation and the roots of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Ian Mosby¹, Jaris Swidrovich²

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¹ Department of History, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ont.
² College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

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PMCID: PMC8096406
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210112

Medical experimentation and the roots of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous Peoples in Canada

Ian Mosby et al. CMAJ. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 15;193(11):E381-E383.

doi: 10.1503/cmaj.210112. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Authors

Ian Mosby¹, Jaris Swidrovich²

Affiliations

¹ Department of History, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ont.
² College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

PMID: 33627413
PMCID: PMC8096406
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210112

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[1] Nations Manitoba First COVID-19 Pandemic Response Coordination Team Weekly Bulletin. Winnipeg: Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs; 2021. Available: https://d5d8ad59-8391-4802-9f0a-f5f5d600d7e9.filesusr.com/ugd/38252a_791... (accessed 2021 Jan. 13).

[2] Nations Manitoba First COVID-19 Pandemic Response Coordination Team Weekly Bulletin. Winnipeg: Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs; 2021. Available: https://d5d8ad59-8391-4802-9f0a-f5f5d600d7e9.filesusr.com/ugd/38252a_791... (accessed 2021 Jan. 13).

[3] Pashagumskum J. Former AFN national chief and Cree grand chief speaks out against vaccine. APTN News [Winnipeg] 2020. Jan. 7. Available: www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/former-afn-national-chief-and-cree-grand-c... (accessed 2021 Jan. 13).

[4] Pashagumskum J. Former AFN national chief and Cree grand chief speaks out against vaccine. APTN News [Winnipeg] 2020. Jan. 7. Available: www.aptnnews.ca/national-news/former-afn-national-chief-and-cree-grand-c... (accessed 2021 Jan. 13).

[5] Rodriguez J. To tackle vaccine hesitancy, Canada can’t ignore race, racism: health experts. CTV News: Coronavirus 2020. Dec. 16, updated 2020 Dec. 17. Available: www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/to-tackle-vaccine-hesitancy-canada-can... (accessed 2021 Jan. 13).

[6] Rodriguez J. To tackle vaccine hesitancy, Canada can’t ignore race, racism: health experts. CTV News: Coronavirus 2020. Dec. 16, updated 2020 Dec. 17. Available: www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/to-tackle-vaccine-hesitancy-canada-can... (accessed 2021 Jan. 13).

[7] Mosby I. Administering colonial science: nutrition research and human biomedical experimentation in Aboriginal communities and residential schools, 1942–1952. Soc Hist 2013;46:145–72.

[8] Mosby I. Administering colonial science: nutrition research and human biomedical experimentation in Aboriginal communities and residential schools, 1942–1952. Soc Hist 2013;46:145–72.

[9] Lux MK. Separate beds: a history of Indian hospitals in Canada, 1920s–1980s. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; 2016.

[10] Lux MK. Separate beds: a history of Indian hospitals in Canada, 1920s–1980s. Toronto: University of Toronto Press; 2016.

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