...Akm Ahsan Ullah; Ahmed Shafiqul Huque Purpose HIV or AIDS remains invisible and dismissed by most South Asians living in Canada as HIV or AIDS issues are perceived as an offshoot of Western lifestyle linked with drug use and promiscuity. This paper aims to look into how people living with HIV...

...Emilie Robert; Pierre-Marie David Purpose Between 2012 and 2016, the Government of Canada modified health insurance for refugees and asylum seekers. In Quebec, this resulted in refusals of care and uncertainties about publicly reimbursed services, despite guaranteed coverage for people...

...Lori G. Beaman; Cory Steele Purpose The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the ways in which the Supreme Court of Canada has shifted away from transcendent/religious to nonreligious conceptualizations of assisted dying. Design/methodology/approach A discourse analysis of a Supreme...

...Sharon D. Koehn; Pavlina Jarvis; Sharanjit K. Sandhra; Satwinder K. Bains; Madeleine Addison Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore if and how community organizations providing services to late-in-life Punjabi immigrants in British Columbia, Canada, offer services with the potential...

... in English”. The pilot study included four questions that requested feedback about the questionnaire: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Mental health Acculturative stress Depressive symptoms Social resources Latin American Canadians Immigrants Canada Ethnic groups Mental...

...Swarna Weerasinghe Purpose In this article visible minority immigrant women's encounters and perceptions in accessing healthcare in Canada are explored. The aim is to understand the role play of the vulnerability statuses, gender, visibility, immigration and their intersectionality as factors...

... employed a multi‐method participatory research design and was conducted in two urban centres in western and central Canada. Support was delivered to Sudanese and Somali refugees (n=58), by trained peer and professional helpers, in face‐to‐face groups matched by gender and ethnicity...

...Kwame McKenzie; Andrew Tuck; Marianne S. Noh Purpose This paper aims to describe Caribbean traditional medicine and to consider whether and how it could be integrated into health systems in Canada. Design/methodology/approach This paper employs a literature review and synthesis. Findings...