Hu, Min http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7839-2812
Hajizadeh, Mohammad http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4591-8531
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Nova Scotia Establishment Grant program (1017)
Article History
Received: 31 October 2021
Revised: 16 March 2022
Accepted: 4 April 2022
First Online: 5 May 2022
Declarations
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: We accessed the Aboriginal Peoples Surveys through Statistics Canada’s Research Data Centre Network. Studies conducted at the RDC are exempted from research ethics board review based on the <i>Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS2) article 2.2 (a)</i>. Furthermore, this study is part of a successful funding application entitled: “The dynamics of health inequalities faced by indigenous populations in Canada: What factors account for the inequality”, which has already been granted ethics approval by Dalhousie University (REB No: 2017-4295). This research grant was approved by the Research Nova Scotia in 2017.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.