Small, Northern and Wired
Focuses on Kuk-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations in Ontario, a project using information and communications technology to support Native communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.32.
Focuses on Kuk-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations in Ontario, a project using information and communications technology to support Native communities.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.32.
Study uses data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to measure income-related inequalities in the experience of psychological distress and suicidal behaviors in Aboriginal adults living off-reserve. Findings indicate that higher income and especially food security serve as a protective factor against mental health issues. Recommends policy that attends to these socioeconomic determinants of health.
Author has learned that Indigenous peoples can engage in dialogue in the universities and create their own intellectual, theoretical, and epistemological spaces rather than embracing only cynicism and suspicion of academia.