Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism: by Travis Hay, Winnipeg, University of Manitoba Press, 2021, 196 pp., CAN $27.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-88755-934-1.

As a contrast to Neel's approach to understanding diabetes, Hay turns in his next chapter to the work of Chief Josias Fiddler of the Sandy Lake Nation. Travis Hay has written a passionate indictment of the impact that the science of settler colonialism has had on Canada's First Nations communities. [Extracted from the article]