English Literature Thesis (M.A.)--University of Northern British Columbia, 2017.
Focuses on Porcupines and China Dolls by Robert Arthur Alexie, Kiss of the Fur Queen by Tomson Highway, and Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese.
Presents evidence gathered from focus groups involving youth, parents, service providers and community leaders, as well as statistical information, program inventory, and social network analysis. Focuses on indicators related to education, employment, health and mental health, and sense of belonging.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 74, no. 10, May 2012, pp. 1560-1569
Description
Looks at inter-generational effects by investigating direct or indirect exposure to trauma experiences of two groups: community members who were residential schools survivors and community members who did not attend residential schools.
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.
Discusses Indigenous family structures, factors unique to Indigenous children, contemporary examples, challenges faced by parents, and models of practice.
Annotated list of journal articles dealing with youth suicide prevention. Grouped into: systematic reviews of research literature, community-wide interventions, youth engagement, system-level change, creative partnerships, and culturally and socio-politically informed approaches.
Focuses on the third objective of the report which is to engage Aboriginal women in setting priorities and set the direction for future work on Aboriginal women's issues in Yukon. Held October 13 and 14, 2012, Whitehorse, Yukon.