Presents Angela White, from the Indian Residential School Survivors' Society speaking on the history and impacts of residential schools.
Duration: 28:52
Part 1.
Part 2.
Presents part I of interview with the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, regarding the direction towards reconciliation for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
Duration: 19:46.
Presentation of Part II of an interview with the Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Commissioner for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, regarding the direction towards reconciliation for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians.
Duration: 17:22.
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Looks at the legacy of residential schools, colonization and how personal history of abuse could be a predictor to violent behavior.
On one pdf. Scroll down to page 19 to read article.
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report ; no. 8
Widening the Circle: Developing Partnerships for Aboriginal Mental Health Conference 1997
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Caroline Oblin
Laurence J. Kirmayer
Elisapie Tookalak
Laverne Gervais-Contois
Liesel Urtnowski ... [et al.]
Culture & Mental Health Research Unit Report
Description
Proceedings of conference which focused on assessment of current programs in communities, efficacy of program types and how research can improve services and prevention.
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.