HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Canadian Indian Residential School System, Settler Colonialism, Indigenous Rights

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 101
• Professor: Jennifer Wigglesworth

Document Summary

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