An overview of the social work practice and spirituality literature on recent peer-reviewed publications, since 2004, illustrating the current topics, areas, and work being conducted in this field.
Objectives of study were to explore practices within healthcare that were perceived to be stigmatizing, develop design to eliminate these practices, and describe process to re-align services to reflect this design.
Education Canada, vol. 47, no. 1, Making Space For Critical Reflection: Dreams & Solutions For Aboriginal Children, Winter, 2007, pp. 48-51
Description
Through the author's experiences, looks at how power and privilege spills over into the classroom setting through oppression that is related to gender, race, class and sexual orientation.
Deviant Behavior, vol. 28, no. 3, 2007, pp. 219-246
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Tests Robert Agnew's general strain theory to explain suicide in minority groups. Results shows how coercive parenting, caretaker rejection, and negative school attitudes contribute to youth suicide.
Indigenous Affairs, no. 4, Social Suffering, 2007, pp. 16-21
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Explores consequences resulting from ethnic discrimination, racism, sexism, exploitation, poverty and political violence.
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Describes and compares the politics of land, sovereignty, labour, race relations and law enforcement enacted in the two countries by settler governments. Details general practices and events which illustrate the politics described.
Presents results of six weeks of fact-finding conducted from January to July 2016, interviews and correspondence with police, and complaint mechanisms from August 2016 to January 2017.
Summary of views on the federal policy approach by First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities that took part in the engagement process under the Canada Action Plan on Consultation and Accommodation. Emerging themes include continued engagement and collaborations, broad interpretations and clear standards, and mutual understanding of Indigenous perspectives.
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 4, December 2017, pp. 256-265
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Uses two vignettes reflecting Maori students composite experiences where perceived or actual power imbalances took place. Includes nine strategies to use when supervising Indigenous students researching Indigenous peoples.
Examines the relationship between Aboriginal self-esteem and educational attainment and the connection between the physical, emotional/mental, intellectual and spiritual domain.
Explores the many contributions made by Indigenous peoples to North and South American societies and the long history of settler exploitation of the land, resources, and people of the two continents.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 79-95
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Looks at the activities undertaken by Thessalon First Nation in the development of a social safety net to deal with the inter-generational effects of the residential school system on the family and community.
Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, vol. 100, no. 3, Fall, 2007, pp. 268-278
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Comments on dysconscious and systemic racism which justifies inequality as natural and deserved and cultivates a distorted way of thinking in institutions of mass media and education.
Looks at the history of the Brandon Friendship Centre and the women who made the establishment possible by raising awareness on the issue of racism and providing help for Native peoples.
Due to a negotiated settlement, the victims of residential schools will soon receive compensation. This article argues that it is now time to look to the future.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 3, Autumn, 2017, pp. 601-6035
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Article draws on royal commission reports and Supreme Court decisions to articulate and examine the perceptions, motivations and discourses surrounding reconciliation in Canada. Discusses the disparity between Indigenous and state understandings of the concept and the considers the political and constitutional implications of reconciliation based relationships with Indigenous communities and with Quebec.
Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, vol. 25, no. 1, March 2007, pp. 27-41
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Assesses the strengths of the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board and the Environmental Assessment process to determine the weaknesses of the Environmental Assessment process, especially in the context of resource developments affecting Aboriginal peoples.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, Resistance and Resiliency: Addressing Historical Trauma of Aboriginal Peoples, March 2007, pp. 97-120
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Looks at a community development model that focuses on traditional knowledge and cultural practice to assist Aboriginal communities to heal from historical and ongoing trauma, and for the restoration of health and well being.
Journal of the Association for Research on Mothering, vol. 9, no. 2, 2007, pp. 20-30
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Looks at anti-racist mothering for mothers of white-inscribed children as well as for mothers whose children are racially and/or culturally marginalized.
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide
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Travis Hay
Kristin Burnett
Lori Chambers
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Looks at media coverage of the Declaration of Emergency which was issued for the housing crises in the communities of Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Fort Albany in 2012, with particular attention to the backlash that occurred against Chief Teresa Spence's hunger strike.
Chapter six from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.