title: "Too much moving...there's always a reason": Understanding urban Aboriginal peoples' experiences of mobility and its impact on holistic health.
abstract: Urban Indigenous peoples face a disproportionate burden of ill health compared to non-Indigenous populations, and experience more frequent geographic mobility. However, most of what is known about Indigenous health is limited to rural, northern, or in the case of Canada, reserve-based populations. Little is known about the complexities of urban Indigenous health, and the differential impacts of residential mobility and urban migration remain poorly understood. Drawing upon interviews with Aboriginal movers and service providers in Winnipeg, Canada, we apply a critical population health lens, informed by holistic health, to examine these impacts. The results demonstrate mobility is an intergenerational phenomenon, influenced by colonial practices. While migration can contribute to positive health experiences, residential mobility, which is largely involuntary, and linked to stressors such as neighborhood safety, results in negative health effects.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: marcie.snyder@mail.utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Marcie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.affiliation: Department of Geography, University of Toronto Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Road North, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: kathi.wilson@utoronto.ca.
authors.forename: Kathi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006694:Holistic Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012424:Rural Population; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014504:Urban Health / Q000208:ethnology; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aboriginal; Canada; Holistic health; Migration; Mobility; Residential mobility; Urban; Urban health