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1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
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polychrome |
| Contents |
Intro; Introduction; Chapter 1: The City; Chapter 2: The Hospital; Chapter 3: Brian Sinclair; Conclusion; Acknowledgements; Notes; Illustration Credits; Index |
| Summary |
"Structures of Indifference examines an Indigenous life and death in a Canadian city, and what it reveals about the ongoing history of colonialism. At the heart of this story is a thirty-four-hour period in September 2008. During that day and half, Brian Sinclair, a middle-aged, non-Status Anishinaabeg resident of Manitoba's capital city, arrived in the emergency room of the Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg's major downtown hospital, was left untreated and unattended to, and ultimately died from an easily treatable infection. His death reflects a particular structure of indifference born of and maintained by colonialism. McCallum and Perry present the ways in which Sinclair, once erased and ignored, came to represent diffuse, yet singular and largely dehumanized ideas about Indigenous people, modernity, and decline in cities. This story tells us about ordinary indigeneity in the City of Winnipeg through Sinclair's experience and restores the complex humanity denied him in his interactions with Canadian health and legal systems, both before and after his death. Structures of Indifference completes the story left untold by the inquiry into Sinclair's death, the 2014 report of which omitted any consideration of underlying factors, including racism and systemic discrimination."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sinclair, Brian, 1963-2008 -- Death and burial.
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Health Sciences Centre (Winnipeg, Man.)
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Health Sciences Centre (Winnipeg, Man.) |
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Ojibwa Indians -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg -- Case studies.
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Ojibwa Indians. |
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Manitoba -- Winnipeg. |
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Case studies.
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Métis -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg -- Case studies.
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Métis. |
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Medical personnel -- Malpractice -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg -- Case studies.
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Medical personnel -- Malpractice. |
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Racism in medicine -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg -- Case studies.
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Racism in medicine. |
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Racism -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg -- Case studies.
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Racism. |
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Race discrimination -- Manitoba -- Winnipeg -- Case studies.
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Race discrimination. |
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Winnipeg (Man.) -- Race relations -- Case studies.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Racism. |
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Perry, Adele.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Perry, Adele. Structures of Indifference : An Indigenous Life and Death in a Canadian City. Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, ©2018 9780887558351 |
| ISBN |
9780887555718 (electronic book) |
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0887555713 (electronic book) |
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9780887555732 |
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088755573X |
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0887558356 |
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9780887558351 |
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