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  1. Half Title Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. List of Tables
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Introduction - What Is Public Health, and Why Does It Matter?
  10. 1 - Who Is the Public in Public Health?
  11. 2 - Priorities and Concerns of Provincial Governments: A Historical Public Health Landscape
  12. 3 - Albertans’ Health over Time: What We Know (and Why We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know)
  13. 4 - Public Health Governance: A Journey of Expansion and Tension
  14. 5 - The Non-Profit Sector: Trials and Tribulations of the Alberta Public Health Association
  15. 6 - Public Health Education: Power and Politics in Alberta Universities
  16. 7 - Stories from First Nation Communities in Alberta: Reconciliation Involves All of Us
  17. 8 - Health Protection — Climate Change, Health, and Health Equity in Alberta
  18. 9 - Mobilizing Preventive Policy
  19. 10 - Health Promotion and the Ottawa Charter in Alberta: A Focus on Maternal and Child Health
  20. 11 - Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery: Lessons from Trains, Fires, Tornadoes and Floods
  21. 12 - Social Determinants of Health in the Alberta Government: Promising and Pernicious Historical Legacies
  22. 13 - Public Health Leadership: Courage, Conflict, and Evolving Understanding of Power
  23. Conclusion
  24. Appendix A
  25. Appendix B
  26. Index

Index

Page numbers followed by t indicate tables and f indicate figures. Pages numbers followed by n and a number indicate the note number in the chapter endnotes.

A

Aberhart government (1935-1943), 46–47, 282–283

Aberhart Memorial Sanitorium, 44

Aboriginal Peoples of Alberta: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Alberta Government), 193–194

Aboriginal Policy Framework (Alberta), 198t

abortions and abortion law, 146

Abrey, Jacen, 220, 221, 222, 223

accidents, 75, 283, 286

Action on Smoking & Health, 152, 268, 270–272, 388

An Act Respecting Smoking in Public Places, 269

Act to Provide for the Organization and Administration of Civil Defence and Disaster, 324

addiction prevention and care, 52, 220–222, 224

An Administrative History of the Government of Alberta, 1905>–2005 (Provincial Archives of Alberta), 94

advocates and advocacy: cancer organizations, 251, 271–272; harm reduction, 385–386; Indigenous Peoples, 376–377; in Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 299; violence protection and support, 377–378, 382; women’s organizations, 76, 288n12. See also Alberta Public Health Association; seat belt legislation; tobacco control

air pollution regulations, 119, 244, 245t, 246–248

Air Quality Act (Bill 209), 249t, 250–251

Alberta: economy and leadership, 340–341; environmental policy milestones, 245t; health expenditures, 9–10; non-profit sector in, 139, 140–142, 145; Provincial Laboratory, 115, 118, 164, 273; provision of insured services, 202; relationship with Indigenous Peoples, 196t, 197–199t. See also public health governance; throne speeches; specific acts; specific premierships

Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Act, 354

Alberta Emergency Alert, 328–329

Alberta Emergency Management Agency, 324, 329, 330, 332

Alberta Federation of Métis Settlements Association, 197t

Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre, 219; Indigenous Health Indicators, 193

Alberta Health. See Department of Health

Alberta Health Services: and Blood Tribe Department of Health, 220–221; establishment and organization, 109t, 112t, 128, 169, 324; Health Link, 375; Indigenous Health Transformational Roadmap, 201; maternal and child health programs, 305–306, 314–315; and Slave Lake wildfire, 329

Alberta Health Worker (Alberta Public Health Association), 146

Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, 355, 379

Alberta Historical Resources Foundation, xiii, 153, 391

Alberta Hospital Association, 63

Alberta Indian Health Care Commission (AIHCC), 197t

Alberta Interagency Council on Smoking and Health, 150, 271

Alberta Labour Act, 283, 308

Alberta Medical Association, 117, 271

Alberta NGO Council, 331

Alberta Pharmaceutical Association Act, 118

Alberta Public Health Association, 137–156, 371; governance, 142, 371; incorporation, 138; membership trends, 150, 151t; non-profit sector, 138–142; overview, 137–138, 154; resolution trends, 142–144, 155–156; 1940s, 144–145; 1950s, 145–146; 1960s, 146–147; 1970s, 147–148; 1980s, 148–150, 272; 1990s, 150–152; 2000 to present, 152–154

Alberta Safety Council, 76

Alberta Seniors Benefit, 351–352

Alberta’s First Nations consultation guidelines on land management and resource development (Alberta Government), 198t

Alberta Teachers’ Association, 285–286

Alberta Union of Public Employees, 285

Alberta Women’s Bureau, 140

alcohol and drug abuse/dependence: Department of Health services, 121; First Nations programs, 197t; in throne speeches, 44, 49, 52, 53

Alexander First Nation (kipohtakaw), 205, 206

Alma Ata Declaration, 299–300

Alook, Andy, 216

Alook, Angele, 400

Amrhein, Carl, 169–170

Anderson, Dennis L., 81–82

Anderson, Wayne, 249t

antibiotics, 71, 72

Applied Public Health Chairs program, 168–169

Arcand, Ella, 204, 205, 206, 207–208, 210–211

Assembly of First Nations, 197t, 213

Assembly of Treaty Chiefs in Alberta, 199t

Attrux, Laura Margaret, 368–369

Auger, Gordon T., 212, 216

automobile industry, 76, 150

B

Babiuk, Elke, 278f

bacteriologists, 114, 115

Banff National Park, 241t, 243

Baragar, C. A., 71

Batiuk, John, 78

Bayliss, Nicholas, 101t

behaviour: in health promotion strategies and campaigns, 40–41, 52, 300, 301, 303, 313–314; vs. social determinants of health, 176–177, 393–394

Bella, Leslie, 346

Benevolent Societies Act (later Societies Act), 139

Berger, Lawrence, 309

Berger Report (Report of the Advisory Committee on Indian and Inuit Health Consultation), 197t

Betkowski, Nancy, 100t, 111t, 151, 272

Bigstone Cree Nation (Mistassini Nehewiyuk), 212–217

Bill of Rights (Alberta), 124

Blackfoot Nation (Niitsitapi), 218, 220, 223

Blair Report on mental health, 344t, 346–347

Blakeman, Laurie, 249t, 253, 352t, 354–355, 358

Blood Tribe (Kainai Nation), 217–222

Board of Industrial Relations, 283

boards of health, 113, 117, 119–120. See also Edmonton Board of Health; local boards of health; Provincial Board of Health

Bogle, Robert, 99t

Bonko, William, 249t

Bow, Malcolm Ross: career, 96–97t, 109t, 366; comments by, 3, 11–12, 70, 144–145, 302–303, 305, 343

Bowden Public School District, 312

Boyle McCauley Health Centre (Edmonton), 372

Braithwaite, Edward, 114

Brantford experiment on fluoridation, 274

Bringing the Spirit Home detoxification centre, 222

British Columbia GDP alternatives, 399

Broda, David, 249t, 252

Brownlee goverment, 46

Bryce, Peter, 195t, 199–200

Buck, Walter A., 81

budgeting, 399

building codes, 329, 335

Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets (Kretzmann and McKnight), 214

Bureau of Public Welfare, 140, 343, 344t

Buse, Chris G., 240

C

Calgary: public health administration, 113, 118, 120, 122, 348; riot against Chinese immigrants, 22; smoking legislation, 270; water fluoridation, 276, 277–279, 379

Calgary Health Services, 277

Calgary Herald, 308

Calgary Regional Health Authority, 278–279, 379

Campus Alberta Health Outcomes and Public Health, 176, 180t

Canada: Department of Health, 7; emergency operations, 324; environmental policy, 243–244, 251; health expenditures, 9; immigration policy, 21–22, 23, 24; and Indigenous Peoples, 27–28, 194–195, 195–199t, 201–203, 207, 213; investments in supports, 120–121, 308, 399–400; non-profit sector, 138–139; research and education grants, 167; tobacco control legislation, 271; water fluoridation trial, 274

Canada Assistance Plan, 121, 126, 345

Canada Health Act, 197t, 202

Canada Health and Social Transfer plan, 126

Canada’s Food Guide, 314

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 124

Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 242t, 244

Canadian Institute for Health Information, 9–10

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 168–169, 171, 180t

Canadian Journal of Public Health, 3, 192, 366, 407–428

Canadian National Railway, 114, 325–326

Canadian Public Health Association: awards, 367, 372, 373, 375, 376; on core elements of public health, 5, 322; on ecological determinants of health, 260–261; on equity, 29

“Canadian Public Health Under Siege” (Potvin), 8

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, 328–329

Canadian Union of Public Employees, 285

cancer: in leading causes of death, 65, 66, 70; policy attention, 44, 50, 53, 121, 354; reduction efforts, 78; registry, 63, 74; research on water fluoridation, 277–278

cancer organizations, 271–272

Cancer Treatment and Prevention Act, 73

Cao, Wayne, 310

carbon levy, 243t, 249t, 254–258

cardiac rehabilitation, 53–54

cardiovascular illnesses, 45

care facilities, 211

Carlson, Debby, 249t, 251–252

Carney, Bill, 119; Public Health: People Caring for People, 3

Carstairs, Catherine, 277

Castaldi, C.R., 274

Centre for Health Promotion Studies (University of Alberta), 167, 180t, 376, 387

A Century of Public Health Services in Alberta (Reichwein), 3

charity and charitable organizations, 119, 139, 257, 258, 341

Charity and Relief Branch, 120

chief medical officer of health. See medical officers of health (MOH)

Child and Family Services authorities, 141

childcare programs, 357–358, 399

children: compulsory medical inspections, 109t; health defined for, 302; and mothers’ allowances, 307–308; parental leave and health outcomes, 309–310

Children’s Protection Act, 139

Child Transportation Safety Act, 81

Child Welfare and Mothers’ Allowance Branch, 120, 343, 344t

child welfare clinics, 303–306

Chinese immigrants, 22–23, 281

Chretien government, 126, 253

Christenson, Susan, 221

chronic disease prevention, 52

Chrysler Corporation, 76

Church, John, 126

cities and communities. See Calgary; Edmonton; Lethbridge; municipalities

Citizens Plus (aka Red Paper, Indian Association of Alberta), 196t, 203

city engineers, 114, 116, 122

Clark, Elizabeth, 24

Clark, Greg, 249t, 258

Clarke, C. K., 25

Clarke, G., 274

Clean Air Act, 244

Clendennan, A.E., 95t, 115

climate change: adaptation vs. mitigation, 260–261; historical milestones, 241–243t; and Industrial Revolution, 243; in legislature debates, 248–259, 260, 392; public discourse on disasters, 332, 335; in public health context, 240, 395

Climate Change and Emissions Management Act, 249t, 251–254

climate justice, 240

Climate Leadership Implementation Act, 249t, 254–259

coal miners and mining, 280, 281, 321

Coggon, John: What Makes Health Public?, 21

Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada (Romanow Report), 198t

communicable diseases: controls and treatment, 109t, 372–373; as leading causes of death, 65–70, 71–73; in Public Health Act, 63, 117; in throne speeches, 39–40, 49, 52–53

Communicable Diseases Regulation, 63

community: in cancer prevention, 78; in emergency responses, 330–331; in health promotion strategy, 299; in preventive social services, 349, 350. See also First Nation community experiences

Community Health Representatives program: accreditation and deployment, 208–210; concept and development, 197t, 204–205, 206–207; Ella Arcand’s reflections on, 210–211

Community Health Sciences (University of Calgary), 165, 166, 171, 173, 180t

community health services, 350

Community Medicine specialty, 165, 180t

Comparative Agendas coding scheme, 34

comprehensive school health approach, 314–315, 379

Constitution Act (1982), 197t

construction workers, 281, 285

contact tracing, 80

Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation party, 282

corporate sponsorships, 271

Corriveau, Andre, 101t

Council on Education for Public Health, 169, 170

COVID-19 pandemic, 6, 93–94, 286–287, 309, 393, 396–397, 399, 402

Cowan, Kevin, 220, 223

Crawford, Neil, 98t, 347

Cross, Wallace Warren, 96–97t, 144, 145, 275, 276

cultural loss, 194, 224

Cyr, Scott, 249t, 256, 257

D

dairy industry, 119, 124–125

data collection and analysis, 394

Dawson, Angus, 20

deaths. See diseases and deaths

Declaration on Promotion and Prevention, 400

Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 198t, 199t

deinstitutionalization movement, 346

Dental Association Act, 118

dental health and services, 70, 215–217, 273, 399

Department of Agriculture (1905-1917), 62–63, 95t, 114–115, 117, 324

Department of Community & Occupational Health (1986-1989), 99–100t, 344t, 351

Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, 199t

Department of Education, 312–313

Department of Environment (Alberta), 245t, 246–247, 259–260

Department of Environment (Canada), 244

Department of Family and Social Services, 351

Department of Health (1967-1971, 1989-2000, 2012-2014, 2017-2019): annual reports, 351; jurisdictions with Welfare, 146–147; leadership and administration, 98t, 100–101t, 101–102t, 301–302, 344t; and school curricula, 312–313

Department of Health Act, 345–346, 351

Department of Health (Canada), 7

Department of Health & Seniors (2015-2016), 102t

Department of Health & Social Development (1971-1975), 98t, 110t, 343, 344t, 345–349

Department of Health and Welfare (Canada). See Department of National Health and Welfare

Department of Health & Wellness (2000-2012), 101t, 301–302, 355, 356

Department of Hospitals and Medical Care, 344t, 349–350, 351

Department of Indian Affairs (Canada), 202

Department of Indigenous and Northern Affairs (Canada), 199t

Department of Indigenous Services Canada, 199t

Department of Labour, 353

Department of Municipal Affairs (1918-1919), 95t, 116, 324, 334

Department of National Health and Welfare (Canada), 27–28, 196t, 202, 207, 274

Department of Neglected Children, 70

Department of Provincial Secretary (1918), 95t, 116

Department of Public Health (1919-1967): annual reports, 11, 304; disease branches, 68; drug distributions, 72; establishment and organization, 7, 40, 63, 117–118, 120–121, 259, 307, 343, 344t; eugenics program, 19, 20; historical accounts, 3; and immigrants, 23–24; leadership, 95–98t; mental health, 70; nutrition division, 74; and school curricula, 313; in throne speeches, 38; on tuberculosis in Indigenous population, 28; water fluorine and tooth decay research, 273

Department of Public Welfare, 120, 146–147, 324, 343

Department of Social Services & Community Health (1975-1986), 98–99t, 343, 344t, 349–351

Department of Welfare. See Department of Public Welfare

detoxification centres, 221–222

Diachuk, Bill, 99t

Diefenbaker High School (Calgary), 277

Dinning, Jim, 99–100t

disabilities facilities, 44

disaster response and recovery, 321–335; events and losses, 323t; floods, 333–334; forms and contexts, 321; ministerial administration, 324; process effectiveness, 334–335; as public health function, 322; tornados, 327–328; train collisions, 325–327; wildfires, 329–333

diseases and deaths: classification system, 66; non-communicable, 70; reporting processes, 62–63; resolutions of Alberta Public Health Association, 143, 149–150; trends, 65t. See also communicable diseases

district health nurses, 366, 368–369. See also public health nurses and nursing

Doan, Clifford, 78

doctors. See medical officers of health (MOH); physicians

Dominion Health Grants, 145

downstream drift, 393–394

drugs: antibiotics distribution, 72, 80; commissions against abuse, 49; harm reduction advocacy, 385–386; opioid crisis, 219–220, 223, 384, 385–386; Salk vaccine trials, 73; vs. traditional methods of healing, 211

drug users: depictions of Chinese immigrants as, 23

du Maurier (tobacco company), 271

Dutton, Daniel, 11

Dyck, Erica, 24, 25

E

economic supports, 306–308. See also social assistance programs; welfare

economy: and carbon levy, 257; downturns, 140, 284–285, 340; and quality of life/lifestyle, 253, 254; and reliance on non-profits, 140; and well-being, 149, 279–281, 286–287, 398–399; World War I era, 281–282, 306

ecosystems as determinant of health, 322, 395

Edmonton: Black Friday tornado, 327–328, 329, 375; health administration, 113–114, 118; smoking and tobacco control legislation, 268–270; waste management, 381; water fluoridation, 276

Edmonton Academy of Medicine, 117

Edmonton Board of Health, 70, 120, 342, 344t, 371, 372, 384

The Edmonton Bulletin, 23

Edmonton Dental Society, 117

Edmonton Journal, 117, 124

Edmonton School Board, 312

education: Community Health Representatives training, 208, 210; community partnerships, 223; and health equity, 124; Indigenous Health Care careers program, 377; junior high health curricula, 312–314; public health training schools and grants, 38, 47. See also schools; university education programs

emergency alert systems, 328–329

emergency management: administration, 324; lessons learned, 330–331, 332–334

emergency preparedness, 322

emissions reductions, 244, 253

employment insurance program, 308, 309

employment/unemployment, 282, 308, 348

engineers (municipal), 114, 116, 122

English poor laws, 341

entomology, 121

environmental policy: in Alberta Public Health Association focus, 146; eras in Canada, 243–244; milestone events, 241–243t; on pollution, 245–248; separation from public health, 259–260

Environment Conservation Authority, 245t, 248

environments: early immigrants’ jobs, 280–281; for health promotion and protection, 239–240, 299

Epp, Jake, 271

equity: debates, 257–258, 260; in Ottawa Charter for Health Policy, 299. See also inequalities and inequities

Esping-Andersen, Gøsta, 341–342

Esquao Awards, 377

eugenics programs, 19, 20, 24–26, 71, 118

evacuations, 329–330, 332, 333

Evans, Iris, 101t

Ever Active Schools, 315

F

facilities, 44–45, 211

Factory Act, 282

Famuyide, Temitayo, 297

Fanning Binder, Anne, 27, 377–378

Farm Women’s Union of Alberta (formerly United Farm Women of Alberta), 25–26, 76, 117

farmworkers and farming, 281, 283

Farran, Roy, 78, 348

fathers and husbands, 306–307

Federal Government Indian Health Policy (Government of Canada), 196t

Fee, Elizabeth, 164

fentanyl crisis, 384, 385–386

Final Report of the Legislative Commission on Medical Health Services (Hoadley), 110t

Findlay, William T., 95t, 115

Finkel, Alvin, 247; Working People in Alberta: A History, 280

fires. See wildfires

First Nation Chiefs of Alberta, 203

First Nation community experiences, 191–226; Alberta map, 225f; Community Health Representative program, 204–211; historical overview, 193–199; Kottakinoona Awaahkapiiyaawa “Bringing the Spirits Home,” 217–224; Métis settlements and communities map, 226f; Mistassini Nehewiyuk (Bigstone) experience, 212–217; and Residential School System, 199–200; Treaty Right to Health, 201–204; Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, 191–193

First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB), 199t, 202, 203, 211

First Nations Information Governance Centre, 216

First Nations – MSB Alberta Region Envelope Co-Management Agreement, 198t

fitness, 49, 148

floods, 333–334

fluoridation. See water fluoridation

fluoride supplement program (Calgary), 276, 277

Foisy Commission, 325, 334

food handling and service establishment, 144

food safety and reporting, 63, 181t

food security, 140, 153

Foothills health unit, 119

Forsyth, Heather, 352t, 356

Fort Edmonton, 113

Fort McMurray wildfire and evacuation, 332, 385

Foster, Jason, 285

Framework for Reform: Report of the Premier’s Advisory Council on Health (Mazankowski), 112t

Francescutti, Louis Hugo, 166, 382–383

Frank Slide, 321

Friesen, Brent, 278

funds and funding: for emergency recovery, 331; federal transfers, 126; Klein government cuts, 126–128, 140–142; non-insured health benefits and treaty obligations, 203–204; per capita, 9–10; and tobacco-related morbidity, 271

G

Galabuzi, Grace-Edward, 21

Gall, Grant, 172

Galt mine (Lethbridge), 281

Gariépy, Wilfrid, 95t

garment industry, 283

Gerein, Nancy, 207, 209, 210

Gereluk, Winston, 284

Getty government (1985-1992): policy reforms, 285; public service funding, 126, 127; reliance on non-profits, 140; response to Rainbow report, 111t; seat belt legislation, 82; throne speeches, 49, 53

Ghali, Bill, 173

Giles, Wayne, 173

Gill, John, 63

Gleason, Mona Lee, 313

Globe and Mail, 8, 372

Gloeckler, Wally, 269

Goldblatt, Ann, 301

Goldsand, George, 377

gonorrhea, 68, 72, 80

Gotfried, Richard, 249t

Greenfield government (1921-1925), 46

Green Party of Canada, 244

Grekul, Jana, 19

Greyhound bus lines, 214

Grey Nuns, 139

Grimsrud, Karen M., 100–101t, 102t, 384–385

Group Against Smokers’ Pollution, 268–270, 388

Guyon, Ak’ingabe, 8

H

Hagen, Les, 268, 271, 272–274, 387–388

Haines-Saah, Rebecca, 21

Haley, Carol, 352t, 355

Hancock, Dave, 101t, 352t, 357–358

Hancock, Trevor, 8, 261

Harper government, 198t, 199t, 243t, 244

Harrison, Trevor, 141

Harvey, Michael, 176–177

Hawe, Penny, 171

Hawkins, H.B., 202–203

Hawthorn, Harry B.: A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies, 196t

Hayden, John, 352t, 355

health: conflations with health care, 355–356, 392, 400–401; definitions, 61, 299

health care policy and programs, 39, 50

Health Co-Management agreement, 203

health districts, 117, 119

health education in schools, 312–315

health equity, 339–340, 394–395. See also inequalities and inequities

Health Equity through Intersectoral Action (World Health Organization), 359

health field concept, 5, 233n116

Health for All Albertans (Alberta Public Health Association), 152

Health Goals for Alberta: A Progress Report (Alberta Government), 151

health impact assessments, 355–356

health imperialism, 146, 345

health-in-all-policies approach, 310, 335, 340, 351, 358, 359, 392, 398

Health Insurance Act (1935), 110t, 120, 140

Health Link, 375

health outcomes and social spending, 10–12

health policy. See health-in-all-policies approach; healthy public policy

Health Professions Act, 216–217

health promotion: lifestyle drift, 123; movements, 122; in reports and recommendations, 112t; research and education programs, 167; resolutions of Alberta Public Health Association, 143–144, 147–148. See also maternal and child health promotion; Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Health Promotion and Protection Directorate (later Health Promotion Branch), 301

health protection: and climate change debates, 255–258; resolutions of Alberta Public Health Association, 143, 149; scope and priorities, 239–240, 260–261

Health Quality Council of Alberta, 355–356

health records, 120

health regions: establishment, 126; legislation, 125, 152, 275t, 279; proposals and implementations, 110t, 111t, 112t; reforms, 151–152. See also health districts

Health Sciences Council, 167

health services: remote communites, 215–216; reorientation to health promotion, 299, 305–306

Health Unit Act, 40, 121

Health Unit Association of Alberta, 3, 124–125, 152

health units: in Alberta Public Health Association resolutions, 146–147; board replacements, 126; establishment of, 109t, 119, 121, 366, 369; health promotion approaches, 301; in throne speeches, 39, 45, 47, 49, 53

Health Units of Alberta (Shartner), 3

Healthy Futures Act, 355–356

healthy public policy: defined, 306; examples, 315–316, 351–352; opposition to, 395–396; in Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, 299; parental leaves as, 309–310; professional courage for, 381; and social determinants of health, 340

Healy, Bonnie, 219

heart disease, 65–66, 70, 74

Henderson, James, 98t, 346

Herard, J.A. Denis, 344t, 352t

Hidden Arguments: Political Ideology and Disease Prevention Policy (Tesh), 5

Highway Traffic Act, 77, 81

Hill, William H., 120, 144, 274

Hillcrest mine disaster, 321

Hincks, Clarence, 25

Hinshaw, Deena, 102t

Hinton train collision, 325–327, 334

HIV-AIDS, 63, 80

Hoadley, George, 96t; Final Report of the Legislative Commission on Medical Health Services, 110t, 140

Hodkinson, Roger, 270, 271

Hoffman, Sarah, 102t

Ho Lem, George, 77

Horne, Fred, 101–102t, 352t, 356

Horner, Hugh, 78, 347

Hosgood, Chris, 173–174

hospitals: cuts and closures, 127; expenditures, 9–10; “Indian,” 27–28; “isolation,” 109t; in throne speeches, 40, 44, 48; user fees proposal, 81

hospital services, 345–346

Hospitals Ordinance, 118

housing, 153, 330, 343, 348

Howell, James, 114, 270, 371–372

human rights and protections, 82, 123–124, 195, 300, 376

Hunley, Helen, 98–99t

husbands and fathers, 306–307

hygiene: concepts of, 22, 23, 24; mental, 25–26

Hyndman, Lou: The Rainbow report: Our Vision for Health, by the Premier’s Commission on Future Health Care for Albertans, 111t

I

immigrants: attitudes toward, 21–24, 304; eugenics targets, 26; job environments, 280–281; refugee services, 375

immunization: programs, 372–373, 385; record-keeping and reporting, 125; resolutions of Alberta Public Health Association, 150; school board participation, 120; in throne speeches, 49, 52–53

Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, 244

incomes: guaranteed annual income trial, 148; minimum wages, 282, 283, 285, 286; public sector, 285–286; World War I era, 281–282

Indian Act, 194–195, 195t, 197t, 199t

Indian Agents, 196t, 205

Indian Association of Alberta: Citizens Plus (Red Paper), 196t, 203

Indian Health Policy (Government of Canada), 197t, 203, 210–211

Indian Hospitals, 27–28, 229n38

Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, 198t

Indigenous Health Care careers program, 377

Indigenous Health Indicators (Alberta First Nations Information Governance Centre), 193

Indigenous Health Transformational Roadmap (Alberta Health Services), 201

Indigenous Peoples: advocates, 376–377; brief history, 191–192, 193–200; in colonial health care structure, 201–204, 300; as eugenics targets, 26; and Ever Active Schools, 315; global movements, 378–379; sovereignty, 400; and tuberculosis, 27–28, 377; and western approaches to illness, 211. See also First Nation community experiences

Industrial Disputes Investigation Act, 281

industrial hazards and diseases, 39

industrial health, 121

Industrial Revolution and climate change, 243

inequalities and inequities: access to health services, 110t, 303; disaster vulnerabilities, 334; economic, 3, 280, 282, 283, 309; in Indigenous populations, 27–28, 224, 300; resolutions of Alberta Public Health Association, 149; smokers’ incomes, 268; structural drivers, 239

infant mortality, 303f, 307–308, 309

infectious disease control, 45, 68, 118

influenza, 66, 67–69

influenza epidemic (1918-1919), 39–40, 67–68, 116, 164, 306

infrastructure: data, 394; technology systems, 328–329, 335; in throne speeches, 44–45, 47–48, 53

injury prevention, 143, 149–150, 166, 382–383

inspectors and inspections, 23–24, 45, 109t, 116, 240, 307

Institute of Population and Public Health, 168, 171, 180t

insurance, 40, 48, 49, 73, 74f, 120, 121, 140

insured services, 111t

International Conference on Health Promotion, 300

Irving, L.E.W., 95t

Isley, Ernest, 249t, 250

J

Jamison, Ernest, 347–348

Jean, Brian, 249t

Jenkins, R.B., 96t

Johnson, Arthur, 249t, 254

Johnson, LeRoy, 310

Johnson, Shanthi, 170

Jones, Catherine M., 299

Jonson, Halvar C., 100–101t

Jorgensen, Lene, 220–221, 222

Junior High School Curriculum Guides, 312–314

Juzwishin, Donald W.M., 1, 93, 267, 321, 365

K

Kainai Nation (historically Blood Tribe), 113, 217–224

Kainayssini (guiding principles), 113, 217, 218

Kaler, Amy, 307

Kelm, Mary Ellen, 27

Kenney government (2019-2022), 259

kipohtakaw (Alexander First Nation), 205, 206

Klein, Ralph, 249t, 251, 252–253, 270, 352t

Klein government (1992-2006): environmental bills, 251, 252–253; and income inequality, 353–354; public spending cuts, 126–128, 140–141, 169, 285–286; and Rainbow report, 111t; throne speeches, 39, 40–41, 50, 53; tobacco control legislation, 272

Knowlton, Harry, 274

Koper, Janet, 81, 123

Kotani, Nancy, 301

Kottakinoona Awaahkapiiyaawa, “Bringing the Spirits Home”: The Blood Tribe Addiction Framework (Blood Tribe Department of Health), 217–218, 221

Kowalski, Kenneth R., 82

KPMG reports on emergency response management, 330–331, 332–333

Krahn, Harvey, 19

Kulig, Judith, 167

Kurbegović, Erna, 19

Kyoto Protocol (1997), 242t, 244, 251–252, 253, 381

L

Labonté, Ronald, 21

laboratories, 47, 74, 115, 118, 164, 273

labour organization and activism, 281–284, 285–286, 287, 353

Lac-Megantic rail disaster, 326, 335

Lagace, Naithan, 203

Laidlaw, W.C., 23, 95t, 96t, 118; Report of the Provincial Board of Health, 64

Laing, Lory, 170

Lakeside Packing Plant, 286

Lalonde, Marc: A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians, 77, 122, 147, 166, 214, 299, 349

land claims, 205, 212–213

Lawrence, Paul, 76

legal authority, 93–94, 124, 357

LeSage, Edward, 122

Lethbridge: Galt mine, 281; mobile medical units, 222; opioid crisis, 219

Lethbridge College, 223

Liberal governments, 307

Liepert, Ron, 101t

lifestyles: drift, 123, 176; healthy, 147–148, 253; in throne speeches, 40–41

literacy, 152

Littlechild, Wilton, 378–379

Liu, Qian, 309

living conditions, 114, 299

local boards of health: membership in, 116, 122, 393; replacement, 126; and school boards, 120

Longley, Hereward, 247, 251

Lougheed government (1971-1985): economic and social policy, 285; environmental policy, 247, 248; on health and social policy amalgamation, 347–348; labour legislation, 284; public health reforms, 122, 123–125, 165; reliance on non-profits, 140; throne speeches, 45, 49

Love, Ed, 166

Low, David, 172

Lucas, Jack, 33, 128–129

lung health campaigns, 271–272, 377–378

Lux, Maureen, 202

M

Macdonald, Mrs. Clyde, 117

MacIntyre, Don, 249t, 256

MacKay, Alexander G., 95t, 117, 118

MacLean, H.R. (dentist), 274

MacLean, R.R. (director of mental health), 145

Maloff, Bretta, 172, 379–380

Mandel, Stephen, 102t

Manning, Ernest, 76

Manning government (1943-1968): labour legislation, 283; relationship with non-profits, 145; throne speeches, 38–39, 40, 47–48, 54, 394

Many Grey Horses, Rebecca, 220–221

Mar, Gary, 101t, 153, 249t, 252, 272

Market and Health Committee (Calgary), 113

Marriage Ordinance, 118

Marrie, Tom, 170

Marshall, Duncan, 95t

Mason, Brian, 249t

Massé, Richard, 165, 168

maternal and child health promotion, 222, 223, 297–316, 366; addiction programs, 222, 223; alignment with Ottawa Charter, 298–300; health promotion services, 300–302; mothers’ allowances and parental leaves, 306–310; policy framework, 297–298, 315–316; preventive health services, 302–306, 366; school curricula and programs, 311–315

Mazankowski, Don: Framework for Reform: Report of the Premier’s Advisory Council on Health, 112t

McArthur, Helen G., 144

McCallum, Malcolm G., 98t

McClellan Shirley A.M., 100t

McCuaig, Katherine, 26

McGladrey, Margaret, 176–177

McGugan, A.C., 96–97t

McKeown, Thomas, 166

McLaren, Lindsay, 1, 33, 61, 93, 137, 163, 169, 191, 239, 267, 339, 391; Public Health Advocacy: Lessons Learned from the History of the Alberta Public Health Association, 3

media reporting, 8, 63

medical care: conflation with public health, 6, 163, 392, 400–401; prepaid services, 48

medical laboratory reporting, 74

medical officers of health (MOH): activities and responsibilities, 62–63, 109t, 114; authority and independence, 8, 93–94, 381, 393; local, 116, 118, 122; provincial appointees, 95–102t; in Public Health Act, 114–115, 119, 124, 125; public presence, 396

Medical Profession Act, 118

Medical Services Branch (Canada), 196t, 198t, 202, 207, 213

Medicare, 140, 165

medicine: vs. prevention, 4; and public health education, 164–165

medicine chest clause, 201, 205–206

Medicine Hat College, 223

Meilicke, Carl, 165

Memorandum of Understanding for First Nations Education in Alberta, 199t

“mental deficiency,” 19, 23, 25–26

mental health: administration, 70–71, 121, 145; Blair Report, 346–347; community care, 349; in throne speeches, 44, 53

Mental Hygiene surveys, 25–26

Métis peoples, 195t, 196t, 200, 213, 226f, 376

Métis Settlements Act, 198t

midwifery services, 369

milk packaging, 144

milk pasteurization legislation, 119, 124, 148

Millennium Project (Alberta Public Health Association), 126, 152–153

Miller, Douglas, 348

Mills, Karen, 374–375

Ministry of Family and Social Services, 141–142. See also Department of Family and Social Services

Ministry of Health & Wellness, 153. See also Department of Health & Wellness (2000-2012)

Ministry of Human Services, 344t, 357–358

Ministry of Sustainable Resources Development, 330

Mistassini Nehewiyuk (Bigstone Cree Nation), 212–217

Mitchell, Charles R., 95–96t

Mitchell, Grant, 249t, 250

MNP reports on emergency response management, 333–334

mobile units: dental programs, 49; travelling clinics, 44, 47, 53, 91n104, 222, 305

Moloughney, Brent, 165, 168

Moms Stop the Harm, 385–386

Moore, Marvin E., 81

moral development, 313–314

moral orientation, 357

mothers: allowances, 306–308; health and mortality, 109t, 302–303, 305; parental leaves, 310. See also maternal and child health promotion

Mothers’ Allowance Act (1919), 139, 307

motor vehicles, 75, 253. See also seat belt legislation

Motor Vehicle Safety Act, 244

mottled tooth enamel, 273

Muir, James, 283

Muir, Leilani, 19–20

Mulroney government, 271

municipal engineers, 114, 116, 122

Municipal Government Act, 275t, 279

Municipal Hospitals Act, 116, 118

municipalities: and preventive social programs, 346; in public health governance, 116, 119–120; and public health legislation, 119, 148; and water fluoridation, 276–277. See also Calgary; Edmonton; Lethbridge

Murphy, Emily, 23

Musgreave, Eric, 269

Musto, Richard, 172, 173

Mykhalovskiy, Eric, 402, 403t

N

National Energy Program, 248

National Indian Brotherhood, 196t

National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, 199t, 377

natural resources: and quality of life, 247. See also resource extraction

Naylor, David: Naylor Report, 168, 181t

NDP government. See Notley government

neoliberal policies, 125–126, 129, 141, 239, 280, 284–285, 395, 402

A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians Report (Lalonde), 5, 77, 122, 147, 166, 214, 299, 349

New Zealand well-being budget, 399

Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Nation), 218, 220, 223

Nixon, Jason, 249t

non-insured health benefits, 198t, 203–204, 213–215

non-profit organizations: characteristics, 137, 138–139, 154; services, 139–142, 347–348. See also Alberta Public Health Association; charity and charitable organizations

Non-Smokers Health Act, 271, 272

Norman, T.J., 95t, 118

Noseworthy, Tom, 166, 173

notifiable disease reporting, 63, 68

Notley, Grant, 81, 310

Notley, Rachel, 249t

Notley government (2015-2019), 50, 128, 254–259, 286, 301–302

nurses and nursing: education, 145–146, 164, 373–374; in remote communities, 368–369; in throne speeches, 47; Victorian Order of Nurses, 140. See also public health nurses and nursing

nursing homes, 48

Nursing Homes Act, 49

nutrition, 74, 121, 305, 314, 379, 380

Nykiforuk, Candace, 169

O

obesity/overweightness, 314, 380

O’Brien, Gerald V., 25

O’Brien Centre for the Bachelor of Health Sciences Program, 171

O’Brien Institute for Public Health, 153, 173

occupational health, 148

Occupational Health and Safety Act, 284

Odynak, Dave, 19

oil and gas industry, 245t, 246, 247–248, 283, 284, 286

opioid crisis, 219–220, 223, 384, 385

O’Reilly, Bob, 172

Orr, Ronald, 250t, 255, 256

Ostermann, Connie, 99t

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion: conceptualization of health, 5, 122, 302, 305, 306, 397; critique of, 300; development and principles, 297–300; influence of, 166

outcome-based services, 357

P

Palmer, Roger, 170

pan-Alberta public health coalition, 172–173, 175–176, 181t, 182f

Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, 244

Pannekoek, Frits, 259

Pannu, Raj, 250t, 252

Paproski, Kenneth, 347

paramedics, 221–222, 223

parental leaves, 306, 308–310

Paris agreement, 244

Parkland Institute, 128, 353

parks creation, 241t, 243–244

Partners in Health: the government of Alberta’s response to the Premier’s Commission on the Future Health Care of Albertans (Betkowski), 111t

patient information, 39

patients, 123–124

Pattison, Chris: Report of the Inquiry into Systems of State Medicine, 109t

Pearson government, 121

Pembina Institute, 252

penicillin, 72

Penner Report (Report of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government), 197t

pension programs, 121

Perdue, Elva M., 74

Pernick, Martin, 24–25

personal development and skills, 299, 304, 313–314

pet ownership, 333

pharmaceutical systems, 41

philanthropy, 119, 171, 178

Phillips, G. Barry, 212, 213–217

Phillips, Shannon, 250t, 255

physicians: compensation, 41, 74; in public health leadership, 113, 117

Pine Lake tornado, 328, 329

pipelines, 245t, 246, 247

Pitt, Angela, 250t, 257

plebiscites, 148, 275t, 276–279

policy announcements and debates. See symbolic policy discourse; throne speeches

Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making (Stone), 5–6

poliomyelitis, 39, 44, 47, 70, 73, 74f

Poliomyelitis Sufferers Act, 70

pollution. See air pollution regulations; water pollution and waterworks regulations

Ponoka Provincial Mental Hospital, 44, 367

poor laws, 341

population health trends, 61–82; data sources, 61–63; overview, 64–66, 82–83; 1910 to 1922, 66–68; 1923 to 1940, 68–71; 1941 to 1959, 71–74; 1960 to 1977, 75–78; 1985 to 2015, 78–82

populations: smokers, 268; vulnerable, 257–258. See also Indigenous Peoples; Métis Peoples; public in public health; seniors

Portage College (Lac La Biche), 208, 210

Porter, Dorothy, 5

Potvin, Louise, 8, 299

poverty relief, 139–140, 341–343

power: inequities, 281, 283; and priorities, 5–6

Predy, Gerald, 3, 149, 165

Prentice government (2014-2015), 344t, 352t, 358

prevention: primary and secondary, 53–54, 267, 287; in reports and recommendations, 110t; in throne speeches, 45, 47, 50–55, 394

Prevention of Youth Tobacco Use Act, 272

Preventive Health Services report, 344t, 345–346

preventive policy mobilizations, 267–287; community water fluordination, 273–279; primary and secondary activities, 267, 287; tobacco control, 268–273; workers’ health, 279–287

preventive services for mothers and children, 302–306

preventive social service programs, 344t, 346, 350–351

private sector supports and services, 111t, 112t, 124, 347–348, 349

The Promoter (Alberta Public Health Association), 149

Protocol Agreement on Government to Government Relations (Alberta), 199t

Provincial Archives of Alberta: An Administrative History of the Government of Alberta, 1905–2005, 94

Provincial Board of Health, 114, 115–116, 123, 349, 393

Provincial Emergency Social Services Framework, 332

Provincial Laboratory (ProvLab), 115, 118, 164, 273

provincial medical officers of health. See medical officers of health (MOH)

Pryce, Catherine, 277

psychosocial response to disaster, 333

public health: contours and functions, 4–6, 7, 94, 142, 397–399; definitions, 1, 192–193, 323; expenditures, 9–12; historical accounts and analyses, 2–4, 33; leadership, 365–366; perspectives, 1–2, 6–7, 8, 401–403; societal sectors in, 137; surveillance, 63, 80; in throne speeches, 45–49, 54–55; workforces in, 38, 143, 144, 145–146, 147, 168, 181t. See also Alberta Public Health Association; Public Health Act; public health education; public health governance

Public Health: People Caring for People (Carney), 3

Public Health Act: communicable and notifiable diseases, 40, 63, 93–94; historical overview, 7–8, 114, 115–116, 117, 119–120, 122–125, 392–393; milk pasteurization, 148; pollution, 245–247; regulations on unvaccinated pupils, 297–298, 311–312; in throne speeches, 49–50, 53; water fluoridation, 274–277

Public Health Advisory and Appeals Board, 123, 125

Public Health Advocacy: Lessons Learned from the History of the Alberta Public Health Association (McLaren, Lucyk, and Stahnisch), 3

Public Health Agency of Canada, 142, 168, 177, 181t, 279–280, 384–385

Public Health and Preventive Medicine residency program, 166

public health education, 38, 47, 163–182, 208, 210; Community Health Representatives training, 208, 210; critical perspective, 176–178; current programs overview, 163, 179t; inflection point, 168–169; state of public health discourse, 163; timeline of key events, 180–181t; 1905 to 1970s, 38, 47, 164–166; 1970s to 2000, 166–167; 2000s growth and expansion, 169–175. See also pan-Alberta public health coalition

public health governance, 93–129, 300–302; alignment with Ottawa Charter, 300–302; chronological overview, 82, 95–102t; commissions, task forces, and reports overview, 108, 109–112t; cross-jurisdictional patterns, 128–129; divisions and branches, 103–107t; early foundations, 113–114; value of studying, 93–94; 1905 to 1918, 114–116; 1919 to 1929, 117–118; 1930 to 1970, 119–121; 1970s to 1980s, 122–125; 1990s to present, 125–128

Public Health in Alberta: A Proposal for Action (Alberta Public Health Association), 153

Public Health in Alberta: Showcasing our Past; Creating our Future (Millennium Project, Alberta Public Health Association), 126, 152–153

Public Health Nurses Act, 118

public health nurses and nursing: activities, 24, 146, 303–305; training, 38, 164; workforce and organization, 46, 47, 110t, 116, 144

public in public health, 19–29, 61, 123–124, 329, 331, 333, 334; in disasters, 329, 331, 333, 334; equitable treatment of, 29; and eugenics movement, 24–26; immigrants, 21–24; inclusion and exclusion, 20–21, 26, 61; Indigenous Peoples and tuberculosis, 27–28; Leilani Muir, 19–20; patients’ rights, 123–124

public places and smoking legislation, 269, 270, 271, 288n12

public policy and social determinants of health, 339–341. See also health-in-all-policies; healthy public policy

Public Safety Canada, 333

public sector employees, 285–286

Public Service Employee Relations Act, 284

Q

quality of life, 247, 254

R

radiation hazard regulations, 47

railroads, 325–326, 334

railroad workers, 280, 281

Railway Safety Act review report, 326

The Rainbow report: Our Vision for Health, by the Premier’s Commission on Future Health Care for Albertans (Hyndman), 111t, 301

Raine, Kim D., 167, 169, 386–387

Raphael, Dennis: Social Determinants of Health, 21

Rawson, Bruce S., 98t, 349

Read, John H., 165, 270

Red Cross, 329, 330, 370

Red Crow College, 223

Redford, Alison, 352t

Redford government (2011-2014), 50, 356

Red Paper (Citizens Plus, Indian Association of Alberta), 196t, 203

refugee services, 375

regional health authorities. see health regions

Regional Health Authorities Act (1994), 125, 152, 275t, 279

Registered Nurses Act, 118

Reichwein, Baldwin, 140, 341, 342, 348; A Century of Public Health Services in Alberta, 3

Reid, Richard G., 96t

Reimer, Jan, 381–382

remote communities: medical transporation, 213–214; nursing services, 47, 368–369

Renner, Robert, 250t, 254

reporting on diseases, illnesses, and deaths, 62–64, 125

Report of the Advisory Committee on Indian and Inuit Health Consultation (Berger Report), 197t

Report of the Inquiry into Systems of State Medicine (Pattison and White), 109t

Report of the Provincial Board of Health (Laidlaw), 64

Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 198t

Report of the Special Committee on Indian Self-Government (Penner Report), 197t

Report of the Special Legislative and Lay Committee Inquiring into Preventive Health Services in the Province of Alberta (Somerville), 40, 110t

Research Council of Alberta, 275

research programs, 168–169, 173

residential schools, 191–192, 195t, 198t, 199–200, 235n144

resource extraction, 114, 244, 245t, 246, 247

restaurants and smoking legislation, 270

Revell, D.G., 115

risk factor epidemiology, 52

Roberts, Barbara, 24

Robinson Vollman, Ardene, 167, 172, 173

Rock, Melanie, 21

Rockefeller Foundation, 119, 121, 129, 164

Rodney, Dave, 250t, 256, 352t, 356

Rogers Pass avalanche, 321

Romanow Report (Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada), 198t

Rose, Patrick Blair, 98t

Ross, J. Donovan, 97–98t, 276, 368

Rossin-Slater, Maya, 309

Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 282

Royal North-West Mounted Police, 114, 281, 282

Ruhm, Christopher, 309, 310

Rutherford government (1905-1910), 46

Rutty, Christopher, 70; This is Public Health: A Canadian History, 3–4

Rymer, Sheila, 207, 210

S

Salk vaccine trials, 73

sanatoriums, 27, 44, 71, 144

sanitation, 116, 121, 144, 239

Santamaria-Plaza, Cristina, 239

Sasges, Benjamin, 19, 297

Saskatchewan Board of Health, 113

Saskatchewan laboratory sharing, 115

Sawridge First Nation, 331

Schartner, Adelaide, 372; Health Units of Alberta, 3

School of Public Health (University of Alberta), 168, 169–171, 181t, 376

schools: classroom activities, 223, 277; comprehensive school health, 314–315; First Nations operation, 196t; health curricula, 312–314; medical inspections and immunizations, 311–312; residential, 191–192, 195t, 198t, 199–200, 235n144; school boards, 120, 312. See also education

Scott, Duncan Campbell, 200

screening programs, 53–54

seat belt legislation, 75–78, 81–82, 395

Selby, Jim, 280–281

seniors, 44, 121, 211, 351–352, 382

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome pandemic, 168, 180, 181t

sewage systems, 114, 118, 119

sex education, 146, 313

Sexual Sterilization Act (Alberta), 19–20, 25, 118, 366, 394

Shah, Nayan, 22

Shandro, Tyler, 102t

Shiell, Alan, 169, 171

Short Stay Maternity Program, 375

Shredding the Public Interest (Taft), 127

Shulz, Petra, 385–386

Simmons, Helen, 147

Sinclair, Niigaanwewidam James, 203

Skans, Oskar N., 309

Skinner, Daniel, 176

Slater, Dennis, 239

Slave Lake: district nursing, 368; wildfire, 329–331, 335

Sloan, Linda, 352–353

smallpox, 22, 113, 311–312

Smith, Edward Stuart Orford, 370–371

Smith, George P., 95t, 116

Smoke-free Places (Tobacco Reduction) Amendment Act, 272–273

smoking and tobacco control, 150, 152

Smorang, Jackie, 277

Smylie, Janet, 21, 191–192

social assistance programs: concerns about abuse, 348; and health program administration, 146–147, 342–343; in history, 120–121, 341–342; non-profit delivery, 140–142; workfare, 126. See also preventive social service programs

social cohesion, 335

Social Credit (SC) governments: labour legislation, 282–284; social policy and services, 343, 345, 346; and universal health insurance, 120; water fluoridation, 275. See also Manning government; Strom government

social democracy, 402

social determinants of health: and disaster vulnerability, 334; early childhood, 302; and human intervention, 166; in Ottawa Charter, 122; political and economic factors, 4–5, 224, 256–257, 260, 280, 282; in public health education, 176–178; and public policy, 339–341, 349–351; and public spending, 10–12; resolutions of Alberta Public Health Association, 144, 148, 149, 153; and Social Policy Framework, 356–359; speeches and debates, 40, 352–356

Social Determinants of Health (Raphael), 21

social justice: vs. market justice, 258; and Notley government, 128; and public health, 5, 394–395; in Social Policy Framework, 357, 358; in Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, 193

social movements, 146

social policy and services administration, 146–147, 339–360; in Alberta Public Health Association resolutions, 146–147; early years, 342–343; milestone events, 344t; overview, 339–341, 359–360, 392; Social Policy Framework, 356–359; societal responses to poverty and need, 341–342; 1970s and 1980s, 342, 345–351; 1990s to 2010s, 351–356

social workers, 80, 357

Societies Act, 139

Somerville, Ashbury, 3, 97–98t, 367; Report of the Special Legislative and Lay Committee Inquiring into Preventive Health Services in the Province of Alberta, 110t

Speaker, Raymond, 348

Spencer, Harrison, 172, 174

Spirit of Healing initiative, 211

sports promotion, 378

Stachenko, Sylvie, 170

Stahnisch, Frank W., 1, 163; Public Health Advocacy: Lessons Learned from the History of the Alberta Public Health Association, 3

Stanley, George D., 68

Starblanket, Gina, 400

state medicine, 109t, 110t, 120

“Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy, 1969” (White Paper), 196t, 203

Stelmach, Ed, 250t, 352t

Stelmach government (2006-2011), 50, 128, 272, 355–356

Steve Fonyo Cancer Prevention Program, 78

Stewart, Charles, 23

Stewart, Miriam, 167

Stewart government (1917-1921), 39–40, 46

Stinson, Shirley M., 373–374

Stone, Deborah: Policy Paradox: The Art of Political Decision Making, 5–6

strikes, 282, 285–286

Strom government (1968-1971), 49, 247, 343, 344t

Sullivan, Sue C.: This is Public Health: A Canadian History, 3–4

surveillance, 63, 80

A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada: Economic, Political, Educational Needs and Policies (Hawthorn), 196t

surveys, 25, 74, 77

Suzuki, David, 272

Swann, David, 250t, 251, 254, 258, 352t, 356, 357–358, 380–381

symbolic policy discourse, 251, 252, 254

syphilis, 68

T

Taft, Kevin, 250t, 252; Shredding the Public Interest, 127

Tailfeathers, Esther, 221

Talbot, Jim, 102t, 383–384

Tanaka, Sakiko, 309

taxation, 272, 341

Taylor, Gordon, 76

technology systems, 328–329, 335

territiorial ordinances, 46, 113, 115

Tesh, Silvia Noble: Hidden Arguments: Political Ideology and Disease Prevention Policy, 5

This is Public Health: A Canadian History (Rutty and Sullivan), 3–4

Thompson, Graham, 128

throne speeches, 33–55, 82, 247, 251, 343, 358, 393–394; analysis methodology, 34–35, 36–37t; on environment, 247, 251; on health and social services, 343, 358–359; on health topics, 37–41; insights, 33, 54–55, 393–394; on prevention, 50–54, 82; on public health, 45–50; responses to, 358; on subtopics of health, 41–45

Thurston, Billie, 167

tobacco control, 150, 152, 268–273, 388

Tobacco Control Act, 272

Tobacco Products Control Act, 271

Tobacco Reduction Alliance, 150, 272

tooth decay and fluoridation, 273–274

tornadoes, 327–329, 375

traffic safety, 89n71

train collisions, 325–327

transportation: railway safety, 326–327; and remote communities, 213–214

Transport Canada, 326

Travelling Child Welfare Clinics, 305

treaties: Alberta map, 225f; signing and implementation, 7, 195t, 200; Treaty 6, 205–206; Treaty 7, 218–219; Treaty 8, 212–213; Treaty Right to Health, 201, 206

treatment facilities and services, 44–45, 53

Treatment Services Act, 40

Trudeau (Justin) government, 199t, 243t, 244, 399

Trudeau (Pierre Elliot) government, 203, 248, 271

Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action, 191–193, 217, 223; on cultural genocide, 194; established, 198t; members, 379; report issued, 199t, 398

tuberculosis: administration, 121; hospitals, 44; leadership in, 368, 377–378; modes of exclusion, 26–28; statistics, 71

Tuberculosis Act (Alberta), 71, 366

Turner, Bob, 250t

U

Ukrainian immigrants, 24

unemployment insurance programs, 121

unions. See labour organization and activism

United Conservative Party government, 113, 128

United Farmers of Alberta governments, 307, 342–343

United Farm Women of Alberta. See Farm Women’s Union of Alberta

United Nations, 242t, 284

Université de Montréal, 164, 180t

University of Alberta: fluorine and tooth decay research, 273–274; nursing programs, 367, 369, 373–374; Provincial Laboratory, 115, 164; public health programs, 165, 166, 167, 179t, 180t, 383, 387; School of Public Health, 168, 169–171, 181t, 376

University of Alberta Hospital Foundation, 48

University of Calgary: health promotion centres, 167; public health programs, 165, 166, 171–173, 179t, 180t, 181t; veterinary programs, 169

University of Lethbridge: public health programs, 165, 166, 167, 168, 173–175, 179t, 180t, 181t; and School of Public Health, 172

University of Saskatchewan public health school, 170

University of Toronto: public health schools, 164, 170, 180t; water fluoridation research, 274

Upshall, Pearl, 151–152

user fees, 81

V

vaccines and vaccinations, 73, 311–312, 371, 385

van Dijken, Glenn, 250t, 257

Velez Mendoza, Rogelio, 33, 61, 93, 137, 163, 191, 267, 297, 365

venereal diseases, 63, 68, 72, 80

Venereal Diseases Prevention Act, 116, 118

Venne, Muriel Stanley, 376–377

Verweij, Marcel, 20

victim assistance, 329, 330

Victorian Order of Nurses, 140

violence protections advocacy and support, 377, 382

Vital Statistics Act, 7, 62, 118

vital statistics reporting processes, 62–63

W

wait times, 39, 111t

Walby, Sylvia, 402

Wales, Wellbeing of Future Generations legislation, 399

waste management, 381

water fluoridation, 119, 273–279, 395

water pollution and waterworks regulations, 119, 245–246

Waters, John, 99–100t, 101t, 372–373

Watson, Helen Griffith Wylie, 369–370

Weaselhead, Charles, 217, 218, 220, 223, 224

Webber, Neil, 99t

Weber, Barret, 141

Weingarten, Harvey, 171

Welch-Rose report (1915), 164, 180t

welfare, 339–342. See also social assistance programs

Welfare of Children Act (1925), 139–140

Wellbeing Economy Alliance, 398–399

Wellness Initiatives proposal, 354–355

Werry, Leonard, 347

Western Canada Medical Journal, 26

What Makes Health Public? (Coggon), 21

White, Fred: Report of the Inquiry into Systems of State Medicine, 109t

Whitelaw, Thomas H., 311

White Paper (Statement of the Government of Canada on Indian Policy), 196t, 203

Why are Some People Healthy and Others Not? The Determinants of Health of Populations (Evans et al), 214

wildfires, 329–333, 385

Wilson, Doug, 167, 169, 375–376

Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, 282

Winslow, Charles-Edward, 1, 4–5, 11

Winter Counts, 223

Wolfe, Ruth, 165

women: advocacy organizations, 76, 288n12; eugenics targets, 26; workers, 282, 283, 307

women’s shelters, 139, 382

Wood Buffalo wildfire, 329, 331–333, 335

workers: and childcare, 357–358; disparities, 121, 353; early immigrants, 280–281; health and political economy, 279–287; in public health sector, 38, 143, 144, 145–146, 147, 168, 181t; World War I era, 281–282

“workfare,” 126

working conditions, 39, 239, 279–280, 299

Working People in Alberta: A History (Finkel), 280

Workmen’s Compensation Act (1908), 139

World Health Organization: Commission on Social Determinants of Health, 339–340, 397–398; 1946 Constitution, 5; definition of health, 61, 299; framework conventions and studies, 256, 272; Health Equity through Intersectoral Action, 359

Y

Yanicki, Sharon, 174–175

Yassi, Annalee, 177

Yellowhead Tribal Council, 206, 211

Young, Kue, 170

YWCA, 139

Z

Zander, Rudolph, 78

Zaozirny, John B., 81

Zernicke, Ron, 171–172

Zwozdesky, Gene, 101t

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