Family Health and Parenting in an Urban Inuit Community
Theses
Author/Creator
Kelly McShane
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Concordia University, 2006.
Scholarly, peer reviewed paper argues the idea that emphasis on "culture" will improve educational outcomes with urban Aboriginal youth is not working and that the issue of race is more important in the urban context.
Reports on leadership exchanges at the fifth global Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (HOSW) conference held in Edmonton that discussed healing initiatives, traditional solutions to health concerns, and aboriginal youth issues.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.12.
Recommendations developed as a result of feedback gathered in six Talking Circles composed of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous participants.