Dialogue of 120 community leaders identified shared principles and approaches to support injustices in Canadian society. Presents a speech by a holocaust survivor.
Duration: 15:11.
Study interviews engaged and non-engaged parents, teachers, and school administrators from six Saskatchewan high schools as well as national and international administrators. Concludes with recommendations.
Project consisted of analysis of print media coverage and interviews. Five topics came to the forefront: leadership, mothering, families and transitioning out of sex work, ethical and effective service, and the media.
CFCA (Child Family Community Australia) Paper ; no.25
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shaun Lohoar
Nick Butera
Edita Kennedy
Description
"This paper explores some of the characteristics of traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural practices that contribute to effective family functioning, and how these practices can have positive effects on children and communities."
Annual Review of Interdisciplinary Justice Research, vol. 4, Fall, 2014, pp. 182-210
Description
Overview of project that brought together university students, Aboriginal high school students and former gang members. Focuses on interconnectedness and kinship.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, Special Issue 2014: Revitalizing Education: in Inuit Nunangat, 2014, pp. 49-52
Description
Discusses two core suggestions taken from the National Strategy on Inuit Education 2011 report, investing in mobilizing parents and developing leaders in Inuit education.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 62-80
Description
Interview with Cherokee author who discusses personal, familial, cultural, social, literary, and popular expectations about American Indians.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 62.
Summer Institute in Indigenous Mental Health Research, Montreal, Quebec, June 2014
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Vanessa Currie
Description
Speaker describes process of building and applying the model which guides the Nenan Dane ẕaa Deh Zona Family Services Society in its attempts to see that children are not removed from their families and sent into care. The Society operates in the Peace River area of British Columbia.
Duration: 24:46.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1/2, Spring-Summer, 1982, pp. 11-33
Description
An examination of ethnographic material and published life histories to assess the quality and quantity of information regarding Navajo women's traditional roles and significance in Navajo society.
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 51, no. 3, Historical Trauma, June 2014, pp. 339-369
Description
Looks at narratives outside of the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission, such as oral histories and Inuit art and film, for aspects of the colonial trauma and the impacts of history.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 10, no. 1, [Sharing Knowledge Across Nations], December 2014, pp. 55-68
Description
Project involved interviewing participants from the communities of Igloolik and Qikiqtarjuaq. Common themes were: loneliness, romantic relationship problems, family problems, anger at family or romantic partners, hiding suicidal thoughts or distress, and youth copying each other.
Journal of Religion & Film, vol. 18, no. 1, 2014, p. Article 40
Description
Film reviews of:
40 Years Celebrating Wounded Knee directed by Christopher Marshall.
The Medicine Game directed by Lukas Korver.
Shouting Secrets directed by Korinna Sehringer.
Spirit in Glass: Plateau Native Beadwork.
Winter in the Blood directed by Alex Smith and Andrew J. Smith.
Yellow Fever: The Navajo Uranium Legacy directed by Sophie Rousmaniere.
Consists of an interview where Verna Patronella Johnston speaks of uses for traditional foods and medicines. She also gives an account of Grandma Jones, a storyteller.
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice, vol. 56, no. 4, Essays to Honour the Life and Work of Dr. Carol LaPrairie / Essais pour honorer ..., July 2014, pp. 417-446
Description
Discusses how the context of reserves affects viability of the process because communities are small and isolated, with interconnected populations. Issues include: coercion to conceal the problem, competing loyalties, lack of alternatives and resources, and keeping the family intact.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 38, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 2, Summer, 2014, pp. 144-151
Description
"Reviews concepts and approaches related to cultural responsiveness in the literature in the field of education, pointing out how these are parallel with or might further inform practices in communication sciences and disorders."
"You've Gotta Set a Precedent": Maori and Pacific Voices on Student Success in Higher Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David Tokiharu Mayeda
Moeata Keil
Hilary Dansey Dutton
'I.-Futa-Helu 'Ofamo'oni
AlterNative, vol. 10, no. 2, 2014, pp. 165-179
Description
Identifies family and university role modelling and support; indigenous teaching and learning practices, and coping mechanisms for racism as factors facilitating student success.