Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
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Author/Creator
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Caroline L. Tait
Cori Simpson
Description
Chapter 1 from Healing Traditions: The Mental Health of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer and Gail Guthrie Valaskakis.
Chapter 1 located by scrolling to page 3.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 20-27
Description
Discusses some of the strengths and limitations of using mental health promotion as a prevention and healing tool for Canadian Aboriginal youth dealing with issues of suicide, and suggests placing traditional healers and community members at the centre of the healing process.
Saskatchewan History, vol. 61, no. 20, Glimpses of Métis Society and History in Northwest Saskatchewan, Fall, 2009, pp. 7-16
Description
Argues that most studies which examine poverty and government income supports to Métis and other Indigenous communities fail to consider Aboriginal systems of reciprocity, wealth distribution and social obligations. Compares Métis and Euro-Canadian conceptualizations of social welfare.
Entire Issue on one .pdf, scroll to page 7.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 9, September 2009, p. 10
Description
Looks at the annual elections of the Métis Women's Association which also included workshops, exercises in leadership and health and wellness activities.
Article located by scrolling to page 10.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: the Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 43-51
Description
Estimates mobility and migration rates, size and direction of Aboriginal population movements inter-provincially and on- and off-reserves using the 2006 Census.
Scroll down to page 43 to read article.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Knecht
Theresa Arevgaq John
Description
Looks at a distance-learning program that gives students an opportunity to earn a college degree while living in their home villages.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
Video on the Aboriginal Youth Video Project, which involved teaching 12 young people from Richmond, B.C. how to create a video story of their experiences of growing up in their community.
Resource for teachers of Grade 11 Social Studies. For use with the textbooks: Perspectives on Nationalism and Exploring Nationalism and Understanding Nationalism.
[International Conference of Canadian Studies ; 3rd, 2007]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Radka Sedláčková
Description
Discusses issues of identity and culture retention experienced by those who relocate to the city.
Chapter from Culture and Ideology: Canadian Perspectives edited by Jelena Novaković and Biljana Dojčinović-Nešić.
Scroll to p. 99 to access chapter.
Includes Saskatoon City Council minutes from a meeting on Tuesday, September 8, 1981 regarding an invitation by the Saskatoon Legal Assistance Clinic Society for City Council to partake in a conference on Native Child Apprehension on September 9, 10, and 11th in Saskatoon.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 7, July 2009, p. 22
Description
Looks at the opening of The Library on 20th Street in Saskatoon, the children's programming, and the content of the collection.
Article located by scrolling to page 22.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 3-4, Pastoralism, 2009, pp. 48-53
Description
Focuses on the Duroobe in Burkina Faso, the vulnerability of nomadic pastoralists and negative stereotypes and makes recommendations for improvement.
To access this article, scroll down to page 48.
Northern Senior Citizens Third Annual Jamboree at Beauval Residential School. Page one: two pictures, one of gift recipient, one of jigging. Page two: seven pictures, one of Beauval Native's Womens Group, one of boat ride, five pictures of people (portraits) in the senior citizens club. Note: the third page is from the next issue of Denosa that corrects an error made in this article.
European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 17, no. 2, February 2009, pp. 205-212
Description
Study identified a third immunological mutation in this isolated population, which points to the need for newborn screenings in this high-risk population.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, Spring, 2009, pp. 82-108, 263
Description
Discusses unresolved legal and political matters that question Canadian Arctic sovereignty and looks at different approaches to sovereignty by the Government of Canada, Arctic Indigenous peoples, and other Northerners.