Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aviva Elman
Meghan Etter
Kimberly Fairman
Susan Chatwood
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
This review uses the First Nations Mental Wellness Continuum (FNMWC) Model’s Continuum of Essential Services to collect, organize, and assess data on mental wellness services in the NWT. The findings highlight current services and gaps, and guide communities coordinating a full range of services.
Métis Perspectives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and LGBTQ2S+ People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak = Women of the Métis Nation
Mino Kaanjigoowin: Program Evaluation
Alternate Title
Evaluation of the Mino Kaanjigoowin Program at Na-Me-Res: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of an Indigenous Holistic Housing Support and Mental Health Case Management Program in Downtown Toronto
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle Firestone
Teyohate Brant
Jessica Syrette
Description
Assessment of Native Men's Residence (Na-Me-Res), a Housing First initiative for Indigenous men who are experiencing homelessness and dealing with mental health challenges and/or substance use. Uses both quantitative (client administrative data) and qualitative (focus groups and key informant interviews) sources to evaluate the program delivery model and the Indigenous approach to providing culturally safe, relevant, and sustainable supports and services.
Narratives of Inuit Inmates: Crime, Identity and Cultural Alienation
Theses
Author/Creator
Kate J. Burkhardt
Description
Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 2000.
Native American Women and Coerced Sterilization: On the Trail of Tears in the 1970s
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sally J. Torpy
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, 2000, pp. 1-22
Description
Examines the abuse of Native American women's reproductive rights in the 1970s.
New Video Resources
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, March/April 2000, p. 25
Description
Brief description and review of, Big Shame and Who's the Loser?, two resource videos depicting child abuse for health and community workers.
No Easy Answers to High Native Suicide Rates
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jon Ferry
Lancet, vol. 355, no. 9207, March 11, 2000, p. 906
Description
Discusses high suicide rates among Canadian aboriginals.
Northern Québec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
Alternate Title
Northern Quebec James Bay Cree Regional Health Governance in Support of Community Participation: Honouring the "Butterfly"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martine C. Lévesque
Susan Law
Jill Torrie
Robert Carlin
Lucy Trapper ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 4, October 21, 2019
Description
Discusses the revelations of studies conducted by the Quebec regional health and social services agency on community engagement in healthcare planning. Highlights the nuanced differences between Cree perspectives and non-Indigenous perspectives and the need for models based in the recognition and elevation of community knowledges and viewpoints.
Nunavut Justice Issues: An Annotated Bibliography
Alternate Title
Research Report (Department of Justice Canada) ; 2000-7e
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Naomi Giff
Description
Report provides collection of articles addressing social issues, crime, and justice issues in the North and the nature and results of community-based justice projects in Canada.
"Unrevised".
Operation Water Spirit
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Safe Drinking Water Foundation
Description
Collection of K-12 thematic units and lesson plans which focus on Aboriginal culture and perspectives on water and water quality issues faced by reserves.
Oranga and Māori Health Inequities, 1769–-1992
E-Books
Author/Creator
Fiona Cram
Beverly Te Huia
Tracee Te Huia
Melissa Matutina Williams
Nathan Williams
Overdose Response Project Knowledge Translation Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (MVAEC)
Description
Report highlights insights gathered from focus group discussions with youth, men and women and summarizes recommendations in the areas of response, harm reduction, culture as treatment, and accessing services for each group.
Paths to Wellness: A Gathering of Communities Addressing Sexual Offending Behaviour
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Peoples Collection ; [APC 19 CA (2000)]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Lawrence Ellerby
Jacqueline Bedard
Aboriginal Peoples Collection
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
E-Books
Author/Creator
West Coast LEAF
Pathways in a Forest: Indigenous Guidance on Prevention-Based Child Welfare
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Elba Bendo
Sharnelle JenkinsThompson
Isabelle Busby
Emily Beier
Description
Focuses on seven topics: eight principles of Indigenous child welfare, understanding the overrepresentation of children in care, legal context, root causes, discrepancies in delivery of services, current approaches and recommendations in the area of family violence, current approaches and recommendations in the area of substance use, and improving financial supports for families.
Patterns and Predictors of HIV Risk Among Urban American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karina L. Walters
Jane M. Simoni
Curtis Harris
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 9, no. 2, 2000, pp. 1-21
Description
Survey shows a high proportion of the participants reported domestic, physical or sexual assault by a family member.
Petrol Sniffing in Aboriginal Communities: A Review of Interventions
E-Books
Author/Creator
Peter d'Abbs
Sarah MacLean
"Point of Death," HIV/AIDS and IV Drug Use: Youth Awareness Video Project
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gary Adkins
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, HIV/AIDS: Issues within Aboriginal Populations, September 2000, pp. 93-97
Description
Discusses the history and production of a video by and for youth, stressing the dangers of HIV transmission and injection drug use.
The Politics and Process of Partnership: A Case Study of the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy
Theses
Author/Creator
Suzanne Dudziak
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2000.
Profiles in Indigenous Health: A Life Long Journey of Learning
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 2, March/April 2000, pp. 3-9
Description
A pioneer in Indigenous health in Australia, Kathy Abbott recalls her career path which started out a laundress in Alice Springs at the age of 17.
Promising Practices and Strategies to Reduce Alcohol and Substance Abuse Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Documents & Presentations
Description
Study focuses on three types of policy initiatives: (1) control of alcohol within tribal jurisdictions; (2) education and treatment (3) social and environmental risk factors.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat: NIPSPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Psychiatric Assessment? Don't Despair! - A Simple and Effective Approach For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Mental Health Workers
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Charanjit Singh
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 4, July/August 2000, pp. 7-9
Description
Discusses how the mental health assessment model was modified to ensure cultural appropriateness for the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander society.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
A Qualitative Study on Stigma and Discrimination Experienced by Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV or Having TB at Work
E-Books
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN)
Secretariat of the International Indigenous HIV and AIDS Working Group
Rations, Coexistence, and the Colonisation of Aboriginal Labour in the South Australian Pastoral Industry, 1860-1911
Alternate Title
Rations, Coexistence, and the Colonization of Aboriginal Labour in the South Australian Pastoral Industry, 1860-1911
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Foster
Aboriginal History, vol. 24, 2000, pp. [1]-26
Description
Looks at the systematic distribution of rations and the protection of Aboriginal customary rights on pastoral lands.
Re-Imagining Aboriginality: An Indigenous Peoples’ Response to Social Suffering
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Naomi Adelson
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 37, no. 1, March 2000, pp. 11-34
Description
Explores "the pain of being Aboriginal", specifically Cree and from Whapmagoostui, Quebec.
Reclaiming Power and Place: Executive Summary of the Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1b
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reconciliation, Social Equity and Indigenous Health
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra J Eades
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 3-4
Description
Reports on a whole range of health and societal yardsticks that influence health inequities for Indigenous Australians.
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
Regional Consultation Process on the Reform of the Income Assistance: Final Report: Quebec Region
Alternate Title
Placing Client Wellness at the Heart of Services
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
Report on Trends in First Nations Communities, 1981 to 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Services Canada
Description
Looks changes in the Community Well-Being (CWB) index, which is comprised of four components (education, labour force activity, income and housing).
The Residential School Project
Alternate Title
Pressure Point
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brad Newcombe
Bob Joseph
Shane Pointe
Sharon Thera
Description
Discussion on the history of residential schools and the impact of the abuse on the children, their families, and the community.
Duration: 27:38.
Responding to Intimate Partner Violence: Challenges Faced Among Service Providers in Northern Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa A. Wuerch
Kimberley G. Zorn
Darlene Juschka
Mary R. Hampton
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, vol. 34, no. 4, February 2019, pp. 691-711
Description
Discusses results from interview with focus group of services providers in northern Saskatchewan. Identifies lack of safe shelters, transportation, and available services as barriers affecting women survivors.
Returning to Reser
Articles » General
Author/Creator
John Lawler
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 24, no. 1, January/February 2000, pp. 23-25
Description
Focuses on agencies delivering housing to Indigenous Australians rather than the consumer. Housing is determined to be a significant factor in the occupant's physical and psychological health.
A Review of the Research on the Health of Low-Income Canadian Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Reutter
Anne Neufeld
Margaret J. Harrison
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 32, no. 1, 2000, pp. 75-97
Description
Looks at the higher risk of poverty for women than men and the even higher risk for First Nations women and visible minority women.
The Role of Traditional Healers in the Treatment of Aboriginal Sexual Offenders
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Lawrence A. Ellery
Jonathan H. Ellerby
FORUM on Corrections Research , vol. 12, no. 1, Aboriginal People in Corrections, January 2000, pp. 40-44
Description
Evaluation of program administered by Correction Service Canada which integrates Elders and traditional practices into the treatment of sex offenders.
Rural Women Economic Empowerment, Indigenous Fermented Milk Production, and the Challenges of Modernity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu
Nathan Taremwa
Vedaste Ndungutse
IK: Other Ways of Knowing, vol. 5, June 2019, pp. 119-142
Description
Study examines the potential opportunities and barriers for women living rurally in Rwanda to use their Indigenous knowledge around the production of fermented milk-based beverages as a means of economic empowerment.
Social Determinants of Indigenous Health and Indigenous Rights in Policy: A Scoping Review and Analysis of Problem Representation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emma George
Tamara Mackean
Fran Baum
Matt Fisher
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Scoping review of literature on Aboriginal health, rights, and health policy highlights issues including the impact of ongoing colonialism, the role of government in rights realization, tokenism, and policies of assimilation. Notes an ongoing failure to move from rights recognition to implementation.
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Psychological Distress and Suicidal Behaviours among Indigenous Peoples Living Off-reserve in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mohammad Hajizadeh
Amy Bombay
Yukiko Asada
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 12, March 25, 2019, pp. E325-E336
Description
Study uses data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey to measure income-related inequalities in the experience of psychological distress and suicidal behaviors in Aboriginal adults living off-reserve. Findings indicate that higher income and especially food security serve as a protective factor against mental health issues. Recommends policy that attends to these socioeconomic determinants of health.
Sources of Stress among Midwest American Indian Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica H. L. Elm
Melissa L. Walls
Benjamin D. Aronson
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 1, 2019, pp. 33-62
Description
Report uses an inductive/deductive analytical approach to analyze focus group transcripts from five tribal communities; constructs a Continuum of American Indian Stressor Model from categorization of nineteen stressor categories within four domains. Also identified poverty, genocide, and colonization as fundamental causes of contemporary stress and health outcomes and notes that stressors are generally experienced as chronic.
Sports System Works Against Aboriginal Athletes
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Joe Bailey
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 8, December 2000, p. 6
Description
Contends that graduates in the sports and recreational field do not learn what life is like in an Aboriginal community and so attempts to develop effective sports and recreation programs in the communities almost always fail.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.6.
The Spruces
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Steve Roe
Northern Review, no. 21, Summer, 2000, pp. 134-135
Description
Book review of: The Spruces by Rex Holmes.
State of the Inner City: Forest For the Trees: Reducing Drug and Mental Health Harms in the Inner City of Winnipeg
E-Books
Author/Creator
Erica Charron
Katharina Maie
Ellen Smirl
A Strength Based Approach: Responding to Violence Against Indigenous Women Case Study: North Point Douglas Women’s Centre, Winnipeg
Theses
Author/Creator
Juliana Coughlin
Description
Peace and Conflict Studies (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2019.
Study of Gender-based Violence and Shelter Service Needs across Inuit Nunangat: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada
Quintessential Research Group