Waldram, James
James Waldram
University of Saskatchewan, Psychology
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Introduction to Document One
Alternate Title
[Document One]: Sections Pertaining to Aboriginal Peoples in the Consensus Report on the Constitution [Charlottetown Accord] August 28, 1992
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1992, pp. 115-128
Description
Introduction and document on meetings with the federal, provincial and territorial governments as well as representatives of Aboriginal peoples, to recognize and identify First Nations’ powers of self-government and to reach consensus on a set of constitutional amendments.
Introduction to Documents Two and Three
Alternate Title
[Document Three]: Métis Nation Accord
[Document Two]: History and Background to Metis Nation Accord
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 8, no. 2, 1992, pp. 129-133
Description
Introduction and documents pertaining to the development of the Métis Nation Accord.
Latent and Manifest Empiricism in Q'eqchi' Maya Healing: A Case Study of HIV/AIDS
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Andrew R. Hatala
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 126, February 2015, p. 9–16
Description
Presents ethnographic case study which examines a traditional treatment system and the need for communication and compatibility between traditional medicine and biomedicine.
Manitoba's Hydro Employment Program For Native Northerners
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 1985, pp. 47-56
Description
Article examines the components of the employment policy compared to past construction practices and gives recommendations for future success
Native Health Research in Canada: Anthropological and Related Approaches
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John D. O'Neil
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 1-15
Description
Introduction to this special volume of the Native Studies Review, which focuses on research to address the health needs of Native people.
Native People and Health Care in Saskatoon
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Native Studies Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Native Health Research in Canada, 1989, pp. 97-113
Description
Examines the research project on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal use of western health care systems and summarizes the viewpoints and research on the utilization patterns.
Native People and Hydroelectric Development in Northern Manitoba, 1957-1987: The Promise and the Reality
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Manitoba History, no. 15, Spring, 1988, p. [?]
Description
Asserts that government promises of economic improvement have not been fulfilled and the displaced First Nations peoples have received little for the surrender of their land.
Physician Utilization and Urban Native People in Saskatoon, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 30, no. 5, 1990, pp. 579-589
Description
Through means of a survey involving 142 Aboriginal and 84 non-Aboriginal respondents, author compared frequency and type of physician service used. Analysis showed that socio-economic rather than cultural factors influenced behaviour.
Relocation and Social Change among the Swampy Cree and Metis of Easterville, Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 1980.
Relocation, Consolidation, and Settlement Pattern in the Canadian Subarctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Human Ecology, vol. 15, no. 2, 1987, pp. 117-131
Description
Highlights the problems associated with relocation when old settlement patterns are ignored in favour of southern, urban models; examines selected case material and the experience of one specific community.
Revenge of the Windigo: The Construction of the Mind and Mental Health of North American Aboriginal Peoples
Alternate Title
Anthropological Horizons
E-Books
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
The Efficacy of Traditional Medicine: Current Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 4, December 2000, pp. 603-625
Description
Examines the debate over the validity of traditional practices in the treatment of disease.
The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples: Proceedings of the Advanced Study Institute The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples McGill Summer Program in Social & Cultural Psychiatry and the Aboriginal Mental Health Research Team, May 29-May 31, 2000, Montreal Quebec
Alternate Title
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no.10
Proceedings of the Advanced Study Institute The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Gregory M. Brass
Caroline L. Tait
Ernest Hunter
Duncan Pedersen ... James Waldram ... [et al.]
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Reviews research on mental health; presents social issues underlying problems and some individual and community responses to these challenges. Argues cultural psychiatry can contribute to rethinking services and heath promotion.
The Narrative Challenge to Cognitive Behavioral Treatment [CBT] of Sexual Offenders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
Culture, medicine and psychiatry , vol. 32, no. 3, 2008, pp. 421-439
Description
Author argues that narratives developed in treatment are a product of the imposition of CBT in combination with dynamic group processes and this limits its effectiveness.
The Persistence of Traditional Medicine in Urban Areas: The Case of Canada's Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James B. Waldram
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 4, no. 1, Fall, 1990, pp. 9-29
Description
Explores the relationship of dual traditional and western medicine through data obtained in a recent study in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Widening the Circle: Collaborative Research for Mental Health Promotion in Native Communities
Alternate Title
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 8
Widening the Circle: Developing Partnerships for Aboriginal Mental Health Conference 1997
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Caroline Oblin
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Elisapie Tookalak
Laverne Gervais-Contois
Liesel Urtnowski ... [et al.]
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Proceedings of conference which focused on assessment of current programs in communities, efficacy of program types and how research can improve services and prevention.