Article ID: CBB777030596

Population Control in the "Global North"?: Canada's Response to Indigenous Reproductive Rights and Neo-Eugenics (2021)

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An historical analysis of reproductive politics in the Canadian North during the 1970s necessitates a careful reading of the local circumstances regarding feminism, sovereignty, language, colonialism, and access to health services, which differed regionally and culturally. These features were conditioned, however, by international discussions on family planning that fixated on the twinned concepts of unchecked population growth and poverty. Language from these debates crept into discussions about reproduction and birth control in northern Canada, producing the state's logic that, despite low population density, the endemic poverty in the North necessitated aggressive family planning measures.

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Authors & Contributors
Venegas, Cristina
Tyler David Morgenstern
Rice, Carla
Manning, Dolleen Tisawii'ashii
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Stonefish, Mona
Concepts
Colonialism
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Family planning
Reproductive medicine
Birth control; contraception; sterilization
Public health
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
21st century
19th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Canada
United States
Alberta, Canada
Delhi (India)
Hudson Bay (North America)
Québec (Canada)
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