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University of Saskatchewan
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Sociology and School of Public Health
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Fornssler, Barb
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“I Got to Know Them in a New Way”: Rela(y/t)ing Rhizomes and Community-Based Knowledge (Brokers’) Transformation of Western and Indigenous Knowledge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Colleen Dell
Barbara Fornssler
Holly Mackenzie
Larry Laliberte
Carol Hopkins
Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies, vol. 14, no. 2, 2014, pp. 179-193
Description
Examines the ways to build community and improved open research relations practices between Indigenous and Western paradigms.
A Scoping Study of Cultural Interventions to Treat Addictions in Indigenous Populations: Methods, Strategies and Insights from a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo Rowan
Nancy Poole
Beverley Shea
David Mykota
Marwa Farag ... Laura Hall ... Barbara Fornssler
Colleen Anne Dell
Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, vol. 10, 2015, p. article no. 26
Description
Research looked at interventions and their effectiveness. Includes literature review, and consultations with 12 National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and Youth Solvent Addiction Program treatment centres through a series of focus groups Part of the three-year study Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addiction Treatment.
Honouring Indigenous Culture-as-Intervention: Development and Validity of the Native Wellness Assessment TM
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carina Fiedeldey-Van Dijk
Margo Rowan
Colleen Dell
Chris Mushquash
Carol Hopkins
Barb Fornssler
Laura Hall
David Mykota
Marwa Farag
Bev Shea
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, vol. 16, no. 2, 2016, pp. 181-218
Description
Discusses project undertaken to develop and measure effectiveness of culture-as intervention, specifically in the area of First Nation's alcohol and drug treatment programs and overall wellness. The study Honoring Our Strengths: Culture as Intervention in Addiction Treatment ran from 2012 to 2015 and data was collected in year three from 177 volunteer clients at 12 treatment centres.
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