Colonial "Reformation" in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892-1995

Colonial "Reformation" in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892-1995. Albert Schrauwers. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2000. 279 pp.     

Writing and Colonialism in Northern Ghana: The Encounter between the LoDagaa and the "World on Paper."

Writing and Colonialism in Northern Ghana: The Encounter between the LoDagaa and the "World on Paper." Sean Hawkins. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. 468 pp.     

VISUAL ANTHROPOLOGY

"Pictures Bring Us Messages" Sinaakssiiksi aohtsimaahpihkookiyaawa: Photographs and Histories from the Kainai Nation . Alison K. Brown and Laura Peers, with members of the Kainai Nation. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006. 280 pp., 32 plates, and 13 figures.     

Seroprevalence of and risk factors for HIV-1 infection in injection drug users in Montreal and Toronto: a collaborative study.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of antibodies to HIV-1 and risk factors for HIV-1 infection among injection drug users. DESIGN: Questionnaire survey. A venous blood sample was taken for HIV-1 antibody testing. SETTING: Montreal and Toronto. PARTICIPANTS: A total of 810 subjects who had used injection drugs in the previous 6 months recruited mainly from treatment centres and from the street in Montreal (425 subjects) and from treatment centres in Toronto (385 subjects) between September 1988 and September 1990. The overall participation rate was 82%. OUTCOME MEASURES: HIV-1 seropositivity, sociodemographic and behavioural risk factors for HIV-1 infection. RESULTS: The overall seroprevalence rate of HIV-1 infection was 4.8% (95% confidence limits [CL] 3.5 and 6.5). In Montreal the rate was 8.2% (95% CL 6.0 and 11.2), and in Toronto 1.0% (95% CL 0.4 and 2.6) (p < 0.001). Seropositive subjects were significantly older (p = 0.041) and were more likely to have a history of imprisonment (p = 0.006) than seronegative subjects. In univariate analysis seropositivity was associated with the following behaviours: more frequent cocaine use (p < 0.001), injecting drugs in "shooting galleries" (p = 0.002), sharing equipment with a person known to be HIV-1 seropositive (p = 0.006), "booting" fresh blood (p = 0.004), homosexual or bisexual orientation (p = 0.006), engaging in prostitution (p < 0.001) and, for men, number of male sexual partners in the previous 6 months (p = 0.007). In multivariate analysis the determinants of HIV-1 seropositivity were Montreal as the city of recruitment (odds ratio [OR] 6.7, 95% CL 2.32 and 19.42), engaging in prostitution (OR 2.13, 95% CL 1.01 and 4.75), a history of imprisonment (OR 3.51, 95% CL 1.33 and 9.29) and sharing equipment with a person known to be HIV-1 seropositive (OR 4.43, 95% CL 1.43 and 13.74). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show that HIV-1 is circulating among injection drug users in Montreal and Toronto and that both drug use and sexual behaviours are implicated in the transmission of infection in the populations studied. Adapted preventive programs should be developed to prevent further spread of HIV-1 infection in this population.     

Quaqtaq: Modernity and Identity in an Inuit Community

Quaqtaq: Modernity and Identity in an Inuit Community. Louis-Jacques Dorais. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997.132 pp.     

Making It Their Own: Severn Ojibwe Communicative Practices

Making It Their Own: Severn Ojibwe Communicative Practices. Lisa Philips Valentine. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995. 252 pp.     

Tournaments of Value: Sociability and Hierarchy in a Yemeni Town

Tournaments of Value: Sociability and Hierarchy in. Yemeni Town. Anne Meneley. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1996. 216 pp.     

The Legacy of Shingwaukonse: A Century of Native Leadership

The Legacy of Shingwaukonse:. Century of Native Leadership. Janet E. Chute. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. 1998. 359 pp.     

Ghosts and Shadows: Construction of Identity and Community in an African Diaspora.

Ghosts and Shadows: Construction of Identity and Community in an African Diaspora. 2nd edition. Atsuko Matsuoka and John Sorenson. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001. 261 pp.     

The Politics of the Past in an Argentine Working-Class Neighbourhood

The Politics of the Past in an Argentine Working-Class Neighbourhood. Lindsay DuBois. Toronto: Toronto Press, 2005. 283 pp.     

Creation of first malaria vaccine raises troubling questions about "intellectual racism". Interview by Kirsteen MacLeod.

Some of the problems caused by malaria, which places a huge roadblock in front of economic progress in the Third World, may be solved by a new vaccine created by Dr. Manuel Patarroyo, a Columbian physician and researcher. "Imagine how things would be if Canadians had malaria," he says. "Episodes last 10 days, then there are 10 days of recovering. This leaves only 10 days each month in which to do some productive work. Then imagine killing the population of Toronto each year, and you can see the huge toll in terms of the number of yearly deaths globally from malaria." His discovery also raises the issue of "intellectual racism" because of criticism of Patarroyo''s methods by Western scientists. Patarroyo, meanwhile, turned down a $60-million offer for his vaccine, and instead donated the patent to the World Health Organization.     

Mal'occhiu. Ambiguity, Evil Eye, and the Language of Distress

Mal'occhiu. Ambiguity, Evil Eye, and the Language of Distress. Sam Migliore. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997.160 pp.     

Polio vaccine: the first 50 years and beyond. Summary of the meeting and next steps.

A conference on "Polio vaccine: the first 50 years and beyond" was held in Toronto, Canada, June 2005. The purpose of the conference was to bring together regulators, manufacturers, academics and public health authorities to celebrate the accomplishments of the past 50 years, to consider the challenges of achieving and sustaining polio eradication and to review standardization and regulatory issues around existing and new polio vaccines. In the final session of the conference the following summary of the meeting was presented.     

Reenvisioning Boas and Boasian Anthropology

Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island, 1883-1884: Journals and Letters. Ludger Miiller Wille. ed. Translated by William Barr. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 298 pp.
Franz Boas: The Early Years, 1858-1906. Douglas Cole. Vancouver: Douglas and Mclntyre, 1999. 360 pp.     

Waiting list already 7 months long at Toronto's new Environmental Health Clinic

Following the head set by Nova Scotia, Ontario now has a clinic devoted to the treatment of patients with "environmental illness." It opened in Toronto last year, and patients must be referred by their family physician and complete a 16-page previsit questionnaire. They receive a 3-hour assessment in which their medical history is explored, plus a full physical examination and blood and urine tests. Dr. Frank Foley, who heads the Toronto clinic, says his patients have seen from 8 to 10 health care professionals in the 2 years before their visit and most have been told the problem is "in your head." He says they need to "have their symptoms validated and their distress acknowledged."     

Toronto centre hopes to cash in on growing demand for private health services

When the CMA held its 1996 annual meeting, part of the debate on the future of health care involved the "appropriate balance of the roles of the public and private sectors" in delivering health care. The King''s Health Centre in Toronto is now doing its own balancing act: providing publicly funded care to Canadians, and private care to non-Canadians and Canadians who can afford it. This article discusses some of the niche markets King''s is attempting to develop.     

Reflections on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State

The House of Difference: Cultural Politics and National Identity in Canada. Eva Mackey. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. 199 pp.
The White Man's Gonna Getcha. Toby Morantz. Mont-real: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. 370 pp.
Making Native Space: Colonialism, Resistance, and Reserves in British Columbia. Cole Harris. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2002. 425 pp.     

The significance of ethnicity in Canada

Raymond Breton, Wsevolod W. Isajiw, Warren E. Kalbach and Jeffrey G. Reitz, ETHNIC IDENTITY AND EQUALITY: VARIETIES OF EXPERIENCE IN A CANADIAN CITY, Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 1990, 342 pp., ca. $16 Cdn.     

The Health of Native Americans: Towards a Biocultural Epidemiology and Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives

The Health of Native Americans: Towards a Biocultural Epidemiology. T. Kue Young. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994 (cloth), ix + 275 pp.
Aboriginal Health in Canada: Historical, Cultural, and Epidemiological Perspectives. James B. Waldram, D. Ann Herring, and T. Kue Young. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1995 (cloth and paper), xii + 334 pp.