IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 165-178
Description
Talks about two new courses offered at Penn State University: Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing in the Great Lakes Region and Exploring Indigenous Ways of Knowing Among the Ojibwe.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, The Future of Traditional Knowledge Research: Building Partnership and Capacity, May 2015, pp. 1-25
Description
Defines traditional knowledge, how it can be validated among parties with different interests, and implemented in policy-making arenas.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 6, September/October 2015, pp. 382-387
Description
Studies links between racial discrimination and substance abuse finding that over 80% of Canadian Aboriginal adults had experienced recent racial discrimination.
International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership 2015
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Carol Hopkins
Description
Looks at transforming the mental health systems and services using Indigenous knowledge and culture, to benefit Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Presentation from the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership meeting held September 21-22, 2015 in Vancouver, B.C.
Duration: 19:06.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 52, no. 2, 2015, pp. 139-149
Description
Introduction to articles from conference about the merging of evidence based practice and cultural competence held at the University of Michigan with anthropologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, and social work researchers.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, The Future of Traditional Knowledge Research: Building Partnership and Capacity, May 2015, pp. 1-13
Description
Contends that future policy regarding collaboration between non-Indigenous academics and Indigenous communities should look at the lessons learned from the work of Franz Boas, George Hunt and other Indigenous field workers.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, The Future of Traditional Knowledge Research: Building Partnership and Capacity, May 2015, pp. 1-15
Description
Documents the ways Indigenous communities and research teams are benefiting from two-eyed seeing, the compilation of Indigenous and Western ways of knowing.
BC Studies, no. 188, Winter, 2015/2016, pp. 108-111
Description
Book reviews of: Return to the Land of the Head Hunters edited by Brad Evans and Aaron Glass.
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To read this review scroll to p. 108.
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 1, no. 2, 2015, pp. 32-64
Description
Looks at best practices involved in conservation of protected areas, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) as a legitimate knowledge system, and co-management governance structures.
Contends that in order to achieve student success, access to traditional knowledge and access to contemporary knowledge through a culturally responsive and relational pedagogy is necessary.
Nancy Cattleman-Ermineskin, an Neyaskweyahk Elder, answers questions regarding protocol, ceremony and women in their moon or menstrual cycle.
Duration: 9:13.
Teepees and Trademarks: Aboriginal Peoples, Stereotypes and Intellectual
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Vanessa Udy
Description
In webinar, lawyer discusses ways that Canadian Indigenous peoples have used intellectual property law to promote their cultural heritage and protect it from appropriation and negative stereotypes.
Duration: 44:28.