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.
The Psychological Impact of White Settlement on Aboriginal People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pat O'Shane
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 24-29
Description
Paper given at the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 30th Congress held in Cairns, Queensland, May 1994. Discusses the issue of dispossession,
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
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary 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
Quantification of Interplaying Relationships between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal Peoples in Remote Australia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosalie Schultz
Stephen J. Quinn
Tammy Abbott
Sheree Cairney
Jessica Yamaguchi
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, June 25, 2019
Description
Study examines the priorities that Indigenous people living in remote communities in Australia have for defining their own well-being and how they rank those priorities in their own understandings of health.
The Rationale for Developing a Programme of Services by and for Indigenous Men in a First Nations Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie George
Melody Morton Ninomiya
Kathryn Graham
Sharon Bernards Samantha Wells
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 158-167
Description
Article summarizes the results of the mixed-methods research conducted in Kettle & Stoney Plain First Nation that focused on the mental health needs of Indigenous Men. Research examines the factors that contribute to mental health issues, the experience of men seeking supports and services, and identifies ways to address mental health in this community.
Rebuilding Our Future: A Cross Cultural Training Video
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Rose Ellis
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, March/April 1995, pp. 2-3
Description
Comments on video dealing with Aboriginal community members, Aboriginal health workers and non-Aboriginal health workers views on the lack of health services use by Aboriginal people.
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
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).
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.
Results of a Culturally Relevant, Physical Activity-Based Wellness Program for Urban Indigenous Women in Alberta, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sonja Wicklum
Megan Sampson
Rita Henderson
Shelley Wiart
Grace Perez ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 169-204
Description
Study evaluates the impact of an eight week wellness program designed to support Indigenous women’s efforts to increase physical activity levels, improve nutrition, and develop support systems for improved health. Results show that program was well-received and has potential for wider implementation.
The RIPPLES of Meaningful Involvement: A Framework for Meaningfully Involving Indigenous Peoples in Health Policy Decision-Making
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alycia J. Fridkin
Annette J. Browne
Madeleine Kétéskwēw Dion Stout
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Study interviews 20 Indigenous and non-Indigenous medical leaders in health and health policy to determine what constitutes meaningful involvement of Indigenous peoples in health policy making. Results suggest that attention to the underlying power dynamics and decolonization of the system itself is a necessary step. Authors use the results to develop a framework for meaningful involvement.
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.
The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees
Alternate Title
[Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
James Mooney
Description
Pages 301-398 from the Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886
Season of Birth, Stillbirths, and Neonatal Mortality in Sweden: The Sami and non-Sami Population, 1800-1899
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lena Karlsson
Erling Häggström Lundevaller
Barbara Schumann
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study uses digitised parish records from the Demographic Data Base at Umeå University to compare how the season of birth affected the neonatal and stillbirth risk among the Sami and non-Sami in Swedish Sápmi during the nineteenth century.
Seeds of a Community Healing Process
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Hollow Water First Nation
Justice as Healing, Winter, 1995, p. [?]
Description
Excerpt from Appendix 3 of the Interim Report of the Hollow Water First Nations Community Holistic Circle Healing describing their activities from 1993-94.
Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.
Self-Location and Ethical Space in Wellness Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Peltier
Louela Manankil-Rankin
Karey D McCullough
Megan Paulin
Phyllis Anderson
Kanessa Hanzlik
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 39-53
Description
Authors discuss the need for researchers to acknowledge and examine their own positionality in relation to health and wellness narratives; suggest that being mindful about the privilege implicit to the position of “researcher” is essential in working respectfully and reciprocally within the community.
The Sexual Health of Indigenous Gay Men and Transgender People
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Bruce Forrest
Aboriginal and islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 3, May/June 1995, pp. 12-13
Description
Reports Western mainstream health services are not meeting the need of Aboriginal people. First published in Venerology: The Interdisciplinary, International Journal of Sexual Health, Volume 8, Number 1, February 1995, pp. 13-14.
Sixties Scoop, Historical Trauma, and Changing the Current Landscape about Indigenous People
Theses
Author/Creator
Shandel Valiquette
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of Windsor, 2019.
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.
Social Isolation of Indigenous Seniors
E-Books
Author/Creator
Sandra Ngo
Alexa Byrd
Heather Curtis
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.
Solution Model for Enhancing the Experiences of Urban First Nations and Métis Patients Accessing and Navigating the Health System for Inflammatory Arthritis Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cheryl Barnabe
Jean Miller
Sylvia Teare
Casey Eaglespeaker
Brenda Rolan ... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Researchers work with Indigenous patients to record and examine their experience of seeking and receiving care for inflammatory arthritis in an urban Alberta community; make recommendations for improving patient care and patient experience.
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.
Standing with Our American Indian and Alaska Native Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People: Exploring the Impact of and Resources for Survivors of Human Trafficking
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenna P. Stumblingbear-Riddle
Ann K. Burlew
Daniel Gaztambide
Michelle R. Madore
Helen Neville
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 1
Description
Authors use an intersectional and trauma-informed approach to engage with the consequences of human trafficking for Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirit people; they then consider resiliency factors, and make culturally informed recommendations to assist psychologists in working with survivors of trafficking.
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
Stumbling, Not Falling: Reviewing Cultural Competency in Fall Prevention Among Older Indigenous People
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Jack
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, Fall, 2019
Description
Reviews the 2011 study Healthy Aging through Fall Prevention among Older Aboriginal People: From Many Voices to a Shared Vision using a lens of cultural competency. Author highlights problematic elements of the study and suggests frameworks that can be used to improve the quality of research.
Substance Abuse and Aboriginal Domestic Violence
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Major Sumner
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, March/April 1995, pp. 16-17
Description
Discusses the work of the Aboriginal Sobriety Group in getting Aboriginal people away from self-destructive behaviours connected to alcohol and drug abuse.
Substance Misuse
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Scott Wilson
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 19, no. 2, March/April 1995, pp. 12-14
Description
Talks about development of the Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council (ADAC) strategies to provide better delivery of services, and enable stronger ties to the Aboriginal community and to government agencies.
Substance Use Patterns of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Women Offenders
Alternate Title
Research in Brief (Correctional Service Canada) ; RIB-19-08
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Correctional Service Canada
Research in Brief (Correctional Service Canada)
Description
Uses statistics from the Women’s Computerized Assessment of Substance Abuse (W-CASA) with a sample of 908 federally sentenced women for the period between November 2016 and January 2019.
Suicide Among Aboriginal People: Royal Commission Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Nancy Miller Chenier
Description
An overview of RCAP findings about suicide, the extent of occurrence, contributing factors, prevention initiatives, barriers and solutions.
Summary Findings of an Exploratory Data Gathering Exercise on Māori Suicide in Te Waipounamu
Alternate Title
Summary Findings of an Exploratory Data Gathering Exercise on Maori Suicide in Te Waipounamu
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendy Dallas-Katoa
Varona Golda
Maire Kipa
Raniera Dallas
Helen Leahy
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 4, no. 1, Digital and Data Sovereignty, July 28, 2019, pp. 49-60
Description
Presents the results of a data collection by health organizations on Te Waipounamu (New Zealand’s South Island). Whānau (families) that were interviewed noted the need for a culturally appropriate approach that included Whānau was needed for not only preventing suicide, but for mental healthcare generally.
A Syllabus for History after the TRC
Alternate Title
A Syllabus for History After the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Historical Association
Description
Goal of document is to "gather together materials on Indigenous history in and around Canada that might be useful for people teaching, researching, writing history or working in public history".
Current as of 2019.
Symposium on “Parental Education” at the ICCH17
Alternate Title
17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Ingemann
Siv Kvernmo
Helle Møller
Pertice M. Moffitt
Shirley Tagalik ...[et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Summary of the presentations included in the Symposium on Parental Education at the 17th International Congress of Circumpolar Health (ICCH17).
Systems Thinking and Indigenous Systems: Native Contributions to Obesity Prevention
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ihirangi Heke
David Rees
Boyd Swinburn
Tuikaki Waititi
Albie Stewart
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 22-30
Description
Describes two approaches to obesity prevention that are grounded in Mātauranga Māori (Māori worldview), both are systems-centered rather that person-centered. Uses Systems Thinking tools to “translate” Mātauranga Māori systems.
Te Iti Me Te Rahi = Everyone Counts: Māori Health Workforce Report 2018
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Kahu McClintock]
[Terri Huriwai]
[M. Baker]
[S. Baker]
[S. Stephens]
Description
Survey conducted from July to October, 2018.
Tobacco, Alcohol and Marijuana Use among Indigenous Youth Attending Off-reserve Schools in Canada: Cross-sectional Results from the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Sikorski
Scott Leatherdale
Martin Cooke
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, vol. 39, no. 6/7, June/July 2019, pp. 207-215
Description
Compares responses from 1700 Indigenous and 22,800 non-Indigenous students in Grades 9-12 who participated in the 2014/15 survey.
Toward Peace, Harmony, and Well-Being: Policing in Indigenous Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kimberly R. Murray
Jimmy Sandy Akavak
Harley Crowshoe
Mylène Jaccoud
Laurence J. Kirmayer … [et al.]
Towards Indigenous Social Work Practice: Addressing Professional Challenges in Working with Homeless Greenlanders in Aalborg, Denmark
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lone Krogh Kjær-Rasmussen
Lisarb Valéria Montes D’Oco
Jordanne Edwards
Gashaye Melaku Tefera
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 8, no. 1, 2019, pp. 19-34
Description
Examines contemporary social work practice in relation to homeless Greelanders and suggests an Indigenous social work model as a culturally relevant alternative that roots interventions in cultural competency, recognition, and participatory action.
Towards Understanding and Supporting Marginalized Children and Youth in Ontario: The Case of Growing Up Indigenous
Alternate Title
Supports for Success
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Elliott
Malaika Hill
James Iveniuk
Rumaisa Khan
Angela Mashford-Pringle
Emma Ware
Description
Presents evidence gathered from focus groups involving youth, parents, service providers and community leaders, as well as statistical information, program inventory, and social network analysis. Focuses on indicators related to education, employment, health and mental health, and sense of belonging.
A Transdisciplinary Approach is Essential to Community-Based Research with American Indian Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jessica Heinzmann
Anna Simonson
DenYelle Baete Kenyon
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 26, no. 2, The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health’s Partnership River of Life, 2019, pp. 15-41
Description
Authors stress that there is a need for interdisciplinary and collaborative community-centered approaches to research and healthcare programming in Indigenous communities. Article notes that transdisciplinary research is one of the three core values of the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health, and stress the relevance of the social determinants of health.
Truth Respect and Recognition: Addressing Barriers to Indigenous Maternity Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Wanda Phillips-Beck
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 8, February 25, 2019, pp. E209-E215
Description
In response to the study “Prenatal Care among Mothers Involved with Child Protection Services in Manitoba.” Authors note several biases in the study including: failure to discuss negative stereotypes resulting in differential care, and a disregard of resurgent community-led models of care.