Beyond Physical: Social Dimensions of the Water Crisis on Canada’s First Nations and Considerations for Governance

摘要: The provision of safe drinking water is one the most pressing health issues facing First Nations communities in Canada. Despite numerous government assessments, training initiatives, and billions dollars targeted funding, access to continues be a perennial problem nationwide. crisis these communities, characterized by poor safe, sustainable, reliable sources, greater than that perceived alarming incidence reports physical illness, waterborne infections boil advisories. A host related inequity, justice, institutional trends are reflective of, contribute to, an erosion social, cultural spiritual We seek provide overview social dimensions crisis. By situating this broader context, we hope basis for dialogue depth study into socio-cultural implications If tenable solutions myriad affecting people Canada realized, acknowledgement understanding historical, cultural, political, economic legal framework have steered our arrival at current situation must considered.