Violence Against Women, vol. 21, no. 3, March 2015, pp. 313-329
Description
Studied trends of assault and associated risk factors in cohort of 259 participants living in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, between 2003 and 2010.
Looks at why Aboriginal women and girls are most susceptible to trafficking, what Canada is doing in response and current policies. Also provides recommendations and argues for decriminalization of prostitution.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 25-40
Description
Examines how this novel about sexual abuse against Native women disrupts readers and scholars' expectations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 25.
"Topics discussed include why gender and sexuality matter to Indigenous law, and what Indigenous feminisms bring to the conversation".
Duration: 10:23.
Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 77, no. 1, 2014, pp. 69-104
Description
Looks at the play The Ecstasy of Rita Joe by George Ryga and Manawaka Cycle by Margaret Laurence showing people were thinking about violence against Indigenous women fifty years ago.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, 2015, pp. 46-56
Description
Looks at incarceration rates for Aboriginal men and women, the RCMP report on missing and murdered Indigenous women, and statistics from Canada's Homicide Survey.
[Patterns of Health and Wellbeing: An Intercultural Symposium ; 02]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Beverly Kiohawiton Cook
Description
Webcast of the keynote speaker from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium, Beverly Cook, who speaks on child sexual abuse and the ACE program (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
Duration: 31:58.
Reviews human rights issues around social and economic conditions, truth and reconciliation, missing women and girls, self-government participation and partnership, treaty negotiation and resource development. Provides recommendations.
Advance unedited version.
Contrasts British male colonial attitudes to women in general and Indigenous women in particular to their status in traditional Indigenous societies; traces the development of stereotypes about both men and women; looks at the impacts of government-church alliances, the role of contemporary media and incidence and types of violence perpetrated against Indigenous women; and argues that restoring safety will mean recognizing and attempting to correct harms done by non-Indigenous societies, and decolonization of communities so that they may heal from historic trauma.