FIRST NATIONS POVERTY Lack of equal access to

• Incomplete facilities • No technologies to improve education • Lack of curriculum

NATIONAL PRICE LIST(SEPTEMBER 2015) FIRST NATION FOOD PRICE LIST(FEB. 2015) Milk (1 L). .

• Travel fees (transport trucks and airplanes to inaccessible communities) • Limited resources

• Lose employment • Lower wages • Decreasing in eligibility for loans •

• Suicide and self-inflected injuries are the leading causes of death for First

First Nations population General population • Alcohol use (66%) • Heavy drinkers/men (16%) •

• Establish or rehabilitate medical clinics, providing funding, support, equipment and supplies •

• https: //www. savethechildren. ca/ • http: //www. huffingtonpost. ca/2012/06 /11/nunavut-food-prices-protest-inuitpoverty_n_1588144. html •

Slides: 13

Download presentation

FIRST NATIONS POVERTY

Lack of equal access to education

• Incomplete facilities • No technologies to improve education • Lack of curriculum Shannen and Her Dreams

HIGH COST OF FOOD

NATIONAL PRICE LIST(SEPTEMBER 2015) FIRST NATION FOOD PRICE LIST(FEB. 2015) Milk (1 L). . . 2. 48 C$ Bread(1 bag). . . . 5. 47 C$ Eggs( 1 dozen). . 3. 45 C$ Water(40 pcs. ). . 104. 99 C$ Bread (1 bag). . . 2. 47 C$ Milk(1 box). . . . 55. 29 C$ Butter. . . . 4. 69 C$ Butter. . . . 9. 09 C$ FOOD PRICE LIST

• Travel fees (transport trucks and airplanes to inaccessible communities) • Limited resources (They can’t grow their own food because of climate) Why is the price of food higher in a First Nation community?

CONSEQUENCES

• Lose employment • Lower wages • Decreasing in eligibility for loans • Increase in medical and legal bills CONSEQUENCES

• Suicide and self-inflected injuries are the leading causes of death for First Nations youth and adults up to 44 years of age • First Nation male suicide rate (ages 15 -24) is 126/100, 000 compared to 24/100, 000 for nonaboriginal male youth • First Nation female suicide rate-35/100, 000 compared to 5/100, 000 for non-aboriginal females SUICIDE RATE

First Nations population General population • Alcohol use (66%) • Heavy drinkers/men (16%) • Heavy drinkers/women (21%) • Alcohol use (79%) • Heavy drinkers/men (6%) • Heavy drinkers/women (10%) Alcoholism data

HEALTH AND NUTRITION

• Establish or rehabilitate medical clinics, providing funding, support, equipment and supplies • Improve access and use of health and nutrition services • Help people learn and adopt healthy behaviours *Does it really help? Yes because they help those families or individuals who can’t support their lives or their future. SAVE CHILDREN OF CANADA

• https: //www. savethechildren. ca/ • http: //www. huffingtonpost. ca/2012/06 /11/nunavut-food-prices-protest-inuitpoverty_n_1588144. html • http: //www. aboriginalgba. ca/category. aspx? catid=137&rt=2 Work cited: