Family Violence and Aboriginal Communities: Building Our Knowledge and Direction through Community Based Research and Community Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
L. Jane McMillan
Description
Study conducted over five years consulted with over 150 Mi'kmaq through interviews, focus groups, and community forums in order to develop strategies to address violence.
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 282-295
Description
Argues that current interventions into child welfare are a continuation of past patriarchal attitudes and actions which in turn have produced unhealthy families and communities.
Native Studies Review, vol. 11, no. 2, 1996, pp. 51-88
Description
Uses example of schools in British Columbia to illustrate that while children's health education was used as a method of assimilation, children were undernourished and conditions were unsanitary encouraging the spread of disease.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, 2012, pp. 1-17
Description
Focus group discussions indicate level of trust is key in accepting social support in order to achieve better educational outcomes and Aboriginal well-being.
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.