Indigenous Health & Sport Inquiry Assignment (Choice) 25% Individually or with a partner, you will select one of the following options to complete this assignment: OPTION A: Indigenous Health Challenge Research Essay Choose one health-related topic that poses as a challenge for Indigenous people (you may select from the list below or choose your own) and complete a research essay that adheres to the following criteria: -Essay is 4-6 pages (excluding title page and references), double-spaced, size 12 font, APA formatting (7th edition) -Essay includes at least five references from at least three different mediums (ex: book, online article, website, podcast, news clip, personal communication, etcetera). -Essay highlights the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical impacts of the health challenge on Indigenous people -Essay explores the health challenge through the impact of colonization -Essay provides concrete suggestions and recommendations for improving the health challenge via Indigenous perspectives/worldview -Essay is professional, engaging, relevant and written at a university level Examples of Health Challenges: • Indigenous youth suicide Murdered and missing Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S) • • • • • • Police brutality Incarceration rates Disproportionate number of Indigenous children in foster care Residential school legacy and intergenerational trauma The 60's scoop legacy The Indian Act and/or other oppressive Canadian legislation Disproportionate rate of HIV/AIDS Disproportionate rate of Type 2 Diabetes Environmental violence and dispossession Indigenous sovereignty for childcare, land back, etcetera Impacts of loss of language and traditional ways of life *Note: If you have previously taken INHS 100 with me, you must select a different topic than what you completed your essay on this summer*. Remember, I have them all on record OPTION B: Indigenous Leaders in Sport - Choose one North American Indigenous Leader in sport – this can be an athlete, coach, broadcaster, etcetera – and create an essay that adheres to the following criteria: -Essay is 4-6 pages (excluding title page and references), double-spaced, size 12 font, APA formatting (7th edition) -Essay includes at least five references from at least three different mediums (ex: book, online article, website, podcast, news clip, personal communication, etcetera). -Essay highlights the leader's personal journey from childhood to adulthood (ex: where they are from, their family details, community details, how they got their "big break", etcetera). -Essay provides pertinent details of the leader's role in his/her/their sport -Essay explains why this person is a positive role model and leader in the sport world and for Indigenous people -Essay provides other information that is relevant and engaging about their selected person -Essay is professional, engaging, relevant and written at a university level Please stay away from the use of any form of Al. Plagiarism is a very serious offence also with a lot of academic misconducts cases going on around campus now, please be careful and site all external sources used in your assignment. Indigenous Health & Sport Inquiry Assignment (Choice) 25% Essay Logistics /10 - Essay is 4-6 pages (excluding title page and references), double-spaced, size 12 font, APA formatting (7th edition) /4 - Essay is professional, engaging, relevant and written at a university level /5 - Essay includes at least five references from at least three different mediums (ex: book, online article, website, podcast, news clip, personal communication, etcetera). /1 /15 Essay Content OPTION A - - - Essay highlights the mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical impacts of the health challenge on Indigenous people /5 Essay explores the health challenge through the impact of colonization /5 Essay provides concrete suggestions and recommendations for improving the health challenge via Indigenous perspectives/worldview /5 OPTION B Essay highlights the leader's personal journey /5 Essay provides pertinent details of the leader's role in their sport - Essay explains why this person is a positive role model and leader in the sport world and for Indigenous people 125 Feedback: