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Aboriginal Children's Hurt & Healing (ACHH) Initiative
John R. Sylliboy
Margot Latimer
Sharon Rudderham
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [12]
Description
Links to short video which discusses the ACHH's research on helping healthcare professionals to understand pain and hurt from a Mi'kmaw perspective. Research done in collaboration with Artist Alan Syliboy, illustrates how participants think about and express pain.
ACHH Initiative
Duration 5:03
Acknowledging and Promoting Indigenous Knowledges, Paradigms, and Practices within Health Literacy-Related Policy and Practice Documents across Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gordon Robert Boot
Anne Lowell
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study assesses policy and practice documents relating to health literacy in three different countries to assess how Indigenous knowledge has been integrated into healthcare systems. Results showed that active integration and promotion of Indigenous health knowledge is limited.
Building on the Definition of Social and Emotional Wellbeing: An Indigenous (Australian, Canadian, and New Zealand) Viewpoint
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stewart Sutherland
Michael Adams
ab-Original, vol. 3, no. 1, 2019, pp. 48-72
Description
Article reframes the discussion surrounding mental health recognizing that Indigenous peoples have a holistic view of health that encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and environmental spectrum of wellbeing. Notes implications for government policy and for frontline practice.
Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kent Roach
no. 3
Civilized, Roughly: Gender, Race, and the politics of Leisure in Colonial British Columbia, 1860-1871
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alice Gorton
BC Studies , no. 200, 50th Anniversary, Winter, 2019, pp. 273-299
Description
Article examines the construct of white masculinity in the interior of British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush; discusses how the intersection with the settler-colonial agenda created a socially enforced code of behavior that demanded that men both subscribe to Victorian values, but also present with a roughness or heartiness about their person. Also illustrates how this construct of white masculinity justified violence towards women and racialized persons.
Colonial Legacies and Collaborative Action: Improving Indigenous Peoples’ Health Care in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloy Wylie
Stephanie McConkey
Ann Marie Corrado
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Research uses qualitative interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous health care and social services providers to examine the barriers that Indigenous people face when accessing healthcare; suggests possible strategies to improve responsiveness.
Colonial Trauma: Complex, Continuous, Collective, Cumulative and Compounding Effects on the Health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Beyond
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 74-94
Description
Authors examine colonial traumas—Indigenous separation from land, culture, and relations—which occur as a result of ongoing and neo-colonial practices, as a determinant of Indigenous peoples’ physical and mental health.
Community Setting as a Determinant of Health for Indigenous Peoples Living in the Prairie Provinces of Canada: High Rates and Advanced Presentations of Tuberculosis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria J. Mayan
Rebecca Jayne Gokiert
Tristan Robinson
Melissa Tremblay
Sylvia Abony
... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Paper uses qualitative description to examine the way that community settings act as determinants on tuberculosis (TB) detection and rates among Indigenous peoples. Researchers found delays in diagnosis and misdiagnosis to be high in urban centers, while issues of shame and stigma were prominent in rural and remote communities, low levels of TB knowledge were present in all communities.
Cultural Humility and Elder Story-Telling: A Locally Developed, Best Practice Informed Intervention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kathy Sanderson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 169-192
Description
Looks at the development of a cultural humility with Indigenous peoples, requiring self-reflection and a changing of attitudes and behaviours.
Cultural Safety and Humility Case Study Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marcia Nickerson
Description
Produced as part of the evaluation of the British Columbia Tripartite Framework Agreement on First Nation Health Governance. Study consists of a combination of literature review and interviews with those playing key roles within the First Nations Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Provincial Health Services Authority, BC Regional Health Authorities, BC Coroners Service and BC Patient Safety and Quality Council, which were conducted between July 2018 and January 2019.
Cultural Safety Training for Health Professionals Working with Indigenous Populations in Montreal, Quebec
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Victor
Melissa Shouting
Chelsey DeGroot
Les Vonkeman
Mark Brave Rock
Roger Hunt
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 42-59
Description
Evaluates a Montreal based program focused on developing empathy and competency around the provision of culturally safe healthcare services. Identifies challenges related to the political will of healthcare practitioners to participate in decolonizing services.
Decades of Doing: Indigenous Women Academics Reflect on the Practices of Community-Based Health Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Anderson
Jaime Cidro
Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, vol. 14, no. 3, 2019, pp. 222-233
Description
Two Indigenous research interview academic colleagues to
discuss some of the challenges researchers may encounter adhering to the OCAP principles.
Decolonizing Motherhood: Exampining Birthing Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Nova Scotia
Theses
Author/Creator
Kayla Rose McCarney
Description
Sociology Thesis (MA) -- Acadia University, 2019.
Developing a Cultural Safety Intervention for Clinicians: Process Evaluation of a Pilot Study in the Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Edohai Blondin Hall
Developing a Policy to Address Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle J. Buchholz
Description
Public Policy Thesis (MPP)--Simon Fraser University, 2019.
Discrimination Against First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs in Manitoba: The Case of Pinaymootang First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luna Vives
Vandna Sinha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, January 14, 2019
Description
Article presents findings of a research conducted in collaboration with Pinaymootang First Nation between 2015 and 2017; researchers use formal and informal interviews to detail the barriers and subsequent impacts faced by First Nation children with special needs and their caregivers in seeking healthcare services.
Evaluation of the Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Safety Courses among a sample of Indigenous Services Canada nurses
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michelle Rand
Amanda J. Sheppard
Sehar Jamal
Alethea Kewayosh
Angela Mashford-Pringle
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 1, Physical Activity and Cultural Safety, May 28, 2019, pp. 29-41
Description
Study uses a survey and a focus group to assess the effectiveness of the Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Safety (IRCS) courses mandated for Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) nurses; and the online, modulated format for its delivery.
The Examination of News Media Representation of Indigenous Murder Victims in Canada: A Case Study of Colten Boushie’s Death
Theses
Author/Creator
Latasha VanEvery
Description
Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Wilfrid Laurier University, 2019.
Expectancy-Value Theory of Achievement Motivation: How Perceived Racial Prejudice Can Influence Ability Beliefs, Expectancy Beliefs and Subject Task Value of Métis Post-Secondary Students
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leon Myles Ferguson
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, October 28, 2019, pp. 25-46
Description
Study of 165 Métis post-secondary students examines the interaction between the factors of Métis identity, perceived racism, and motivation and their combined result on participants' expectations of success and their actual task performance.
Gitxsan Phrase Book for Health Care Providers Volume II
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Northwest East Aboriginal Health Improvement Committee
Description
Includes greetings, anatomical terms, pain scale, and health phrases.
Volume 1.
Homicide and Indigenous peoples in North America: A structural analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lisa Monchalin
Olga Marques
Charles Reasons
Prince Arora
Aggression and Violent Behavior, vol. 46, 2019, pp. 212-218
Description
A discussion about the link between violence against Indigenous women and embedded colonialism within social structures.
Honouring Sacred Relationships: Wise Practices in Indigenous Social Work
Alternate Title
Honoring Sacred Relationships: Wise Practices in Indigenous Social Work
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
University nuhelot’įnethaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills
Description
Information arranged under eight themes: spirituality, ceremony and culture; relationships; ethical space; identity, lived experience and knowing; circles; protocol and policy; lifelong learning; and becoming an ally.
['I Honoured Him Until the End': Storytelling of Indigenous Female Caregivers and Care Providers Focused on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD)]
Alternate Title
'I Honored Him Until the End': Storytelling of Indigenous Female Caregivers and Care Providers Focused on Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD)
Theses
Author/Creator
[Danielle E. Alcock]
Description
[Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Western University, 2019.]
“I would prefer to have my healthcare provided over a cup of tea any day”: Recommendations by Urban Métis Women to Improve Access to Health and Social Services in Toronto for the Métis Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Renée Monchalin
Janet Smylie
Cheryllee Bourgeois
Michelle Firestone
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 3, September 2019, pp. 217-225
Description
Reports on recommendations made by urban Métis women for improving access to health and social services in Toronto. Recommendations include: Métis presence, holistic interior design, Métis specific or informed service space, welcoming reception/front desk, and culturally informed service providers.
The Impact of Indigenous Cultural-Safety Education Programs: A Literature Review
Theses
Author/Creator
Shantelle Medel
Description
Public Health Project (M.P.H.)--Simon Fraser University, 2019.
Indigenous Engagement and Cultural Safety Guidebook: A Resource for Primary Care Networks
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cultural Safety Attribute Working Group
Description
Focuses on four components: building relationships and partnerships with communities and Indigenous health service organizations, policies and mechanisms to promote culturally safe care, education, training and performance review, and obtaining feedback from patients.
Indigenous Health: Applying Truth and Reconciliation in Alberta Health Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kienan Williams
Melissa L. Potestio
Val Austen-Wiebe
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. Suppl 1, December 2019, pp. S44-S46
Description
Article examines how Alberta Health Services (AHS) can work to address the health disparities faced by Indigenous peoples in the province. Focuses on collaborative community engagement, relationship building and Indigenous self-determination.
Indigenous Health Primer
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Health Writing Group of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon
Indigenous Health Research and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 34, August 26, 2019, pp. E930-E931
Description
Author discusses the role that healthcare and health research can play in reconciliation. Stresses the need to attend to the Truth and Reconciliation Commissions’ Calls to Action and to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to participate in disrupting systems of whiteness and colonial violence, and building explicitly antiracist systems of care.
Indigenous Health Values and Principles Statement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Health Writing Group of the Royal College
Description
Documents the competencies required for improved Indigenous health outcomes in each of the CanMEDS (a framework for improving patient care through enhanced physician training) roles: medical expert, communicator, collaborator, leader, health advocate, scholar and professional.
2nd edition.
Indigenous History: A Bibliography
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Shekon Neechie
Description
Lists works written by Indigenous authors published between 2000 and 2018. Focuses on substantial books, articles and book chapters on original primary historical research, research methodology and historiography.
Indigenous Peoples and Dementia: New Understandings of Memory Loss and Memory Care
E-Books
Author/Creator
Wendy Hulko
Jean E. Balestrery
Danielle Wilson
Star Mahara
Gwen Campbell-McArthur
Jean William
Cecelia DeRose
Estella Patrick Moller ...
Karen Pitawanakwat
Carrie Bourassa ...
Mere Kepa ...
Sophie ""Eqeelana Tungwenuk" Nothstine ... [et al.]
Indigenous Trauma Is Not a Frontier: Breaking Free from Colonial Economies of Trauma and Responding to Trafficking, Disappearances, and Deaths of Indigenous Women and Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annita Hetoevėhotohke’e Lucchesi
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, Indigeneity, Feminism, Activism, 2019, pp. 55-68
Description
Reflecting on her own personal experiences, the author challenges the popular stereotype of voiceless traumatized Indigenous females that is perpetuated by the media, academia and even Indigenous advocacy groups. She asserts that Indigenous women survivors can be empowered as a healing force for others.
LFMO Policy Statement on Forced and Coerced Sterilization
Alternate Title
Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak Policy Statement on Forced and Coerced Sterilization
Women of the Métis Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak = Women of the Métis Nation
Description
Brief discussion of the issue of forcing women to have tubal ligations and administering Depo-Provera shots before the contraceptive had general approval, ensuring informed consent, and raising awareness with healthcare providers.
Listening to First Nations Women’ Expressions of Heart Health: ‘mite achimowin’ Digital Storytelling
Alternate Title
Listening to First Nations Women’s Expressions of Heart Health: ‘mite achimowin’ Digital Storytelling
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lorena Sekwan Fontaine
Sarah Wood
Lisa Forbes
Annette S. H. Schultz
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Article examines a digital storytelling study which collaborated with First Nations (FN) Women in Manitoba to discuss many of the issues surrounding heart health management including: the relationship between FN and Western Medical knowledges, diet and lifestyle, related health conditions, experiences with healthcare system, residential schools, and relationships with children and grandchildren.
Métis Perspectives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and LGBTQ2S+ People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak = Women of the Métis Nation
Micro-Reconciliation as a Pathway for Transformative Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline Lily Tait
William Mussell
Robert Henry
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, October 31, 2019, pp. 19-38
Description
Authors describe Micro-Reconciliation as “a pervasive and transformative moral refashioning of everyday interpersonal interactions between First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples and Canada’s settler population.” They stress the need for micro-level changes in day-to-day operations to be linked to overall structural reform if they are to be sustainable.
Negotiation, Reciprocity, and Reality: The Experience of Collaboration in a Community-Based Primary Health Care (CBPHC) Program of Research with Eight Manitoba First Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wanda Phillips-Beck
Grace Kyoon-Achan
Josée G. Lavoie
Nicholas Krueger
Kathi Avery Kinew ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, October 21, 2019
Description
Articulates the lessons of a collaboration between the University of Manitoba, the First Nation Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba (FNHSSM), and eight First Nation communities in Manitoba.
Northern Québec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
Alternate Title
Northern Quebec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martine C. Lévesque
Susan Law
Jill Torrie
Robert Carlin
Lucy Trapper ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, October 21, 2019
Description
Discusses the revelations of studies conducted by the Quebec regional health and social services agency on community engagement in healthcare planning. Highlights the nuanced differences between Cree perspectives and non-Indigenous perspectives and the need for models based in the recognition and elevation of community knowledges and viewpoints.
Palliative Care for First Nations People in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Miranda Falk
Description
Nursing Thesis (MSN)--University of British Columbia (Okanagan), 2019.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Reclaiming Power and Place: Executive Summary of the Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1b
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
The RIPPLES of Meaningful Involvement: A Framework for Meaningfully Involving Indigenous Peoples in Health Policy Decision-Making
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alycia J. Fridkin
Annette J. Browne
Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Study interviews 20 Indigenous and non-Indigenous medical leaders in health and health policy to determine what constitutes meaningful involvement of Indigenous peoples in health policy making. Results suggest that attention to the underlying power dynamics and decolonization of the system itself is a necessary step. Authors use the results to develop a framework for meaningful involvement.
Self-Location and Ethical Space in Wellness Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Peltier
Louela Manankil-Rankin
Karey D McCullough
Megan Paulin
Phyllis Anderson
Kanessa Hanzlik
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 39-53
Description
Authors discuss the need for researchers to acknowledge and examine their own positionality in relation to health and wellness narratives; suggest that being mindful about the privilege implicit to the position of “researcher” is essential in working respectfully and reciprocally within the community.
Social Determinants of Indigenous Health and Indigenous Rights in Policy: A Scoping Review and Analysis of Problem Representation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma George
Tamara Mackean
Fran Baum
Matt Fisher
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Scoping review of literature on Aboriginal health, rights, and health policy highlights issues including the impact of ongoing colonialism, the role of government in rights realization, tokenism, and policies of assimilation. Notes an ongoing failure to move from rights recognition to implementation.
Stumbling, Not Falling: Reviewing Cultural Competency in Fall Prevention Among Older Indigenous People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Jack
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2019
Description
Reviews the 2011 study Healthy Aging through Fall Prevention among Older Aboriginal People: From Many Voices to a Shared Vision using a lens of cultural competency. Author highlights problematic elements of the study and suggests frameworks that can be used to improve the quality of research.