Placement Stability of Canadian Aboriginal Children
Theses
Author/Creator
Norman Rusty Whitford
Description
Based on interviews with five veteran foster parents who had 48 years combined experience dealing with youth with complex behaviours.
Social Work Major Paper (M.S.W.)--University of the Fraser Valley, 2016.
Tina Keeper: Healing Though Truth and Art: Sharing Stories
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tina Keeper
Katie O'Connor
Steve Paikin
Description
Associate producer of Going Home Star: Truth and Reconciliation speaks about the production performed by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet which was based on stories told by survivors.
Duration: 14:03.
Examines truth commissions in general and specifically the Truth and Reconciliation and states that compensation will only work if the government is open to alternative context-specific forms of justice.
BC Studies, no. 204, (Un)Settling the Islands: Race, Indigeneity, and the Transpacific, 01 09, 2020
Description
Op-ed piece republished from The Tyee, discusses what the BC Legislature passing Bill 41, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, might mean for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples and communities in the province.
Extrapolation, vol. 57, no. 1-2, 2016, pp. 221-228
Description
Personal essay in which the author articulates the relationship between her practice of the traditional West African religion Ifa and her practice as a science fiction writer.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 44, no. 3, Summer, 2020, pp. [279[-301
Description
An examination of the not well documented use of tattoos by female students attending schools in the South West. Discusses why, how and what the tattoos represented for the Indigenous students.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 9, no. 1, 2020, pp. 1-18
Description
Author describes the Indigenous research methodology they developed for investigating phenomena in between Indigenous and Western worldview. Framework draws on Indigenous story work, Euro-western autoethnography, memory work, and collective biographical methods.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-based HIV/AIDS Research , vol. 8, Winter, 2016, pp. 3-20
Description
Authors explore the use of Indigenous methodologies, Community-Based Research and the integration of the Sharing Circle, weekend retreats and the incorporation of cultural and ceremonial activities into their research activities.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 1, no. 1, Healing Our Spirit Worldwide, The Seventh Gathering, August 2016, pp. 43-52
Description
Reports on qualitative interviews held with 30 participants. Several themes emerged: the covert nature of violence, relationship between racism and violence, and effect on identity and wellbeing.
Making the Leap: The Poetry of Cesar Vallejo and Ralph Salisbury
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Crystal K Alberts
Transmotion, vol. 6, no. 1, Ralph Salisbury, June 21, 2020, pp. 69-96
Description
Literary criticism article in which the author examines and compares the works of César Vallejo and Ralph Salisbury in the context of the authors’ relationships to Imagist and Surrealist movements, and their individual lived experiences and cultural backgrounds.
Investigates experiences of students in four institutions in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies, Saskatchewan Polytechnic, First Nations University of Canada, and the University of Saskatchewan. Eight factors are discussed: socio-political and cultural, programming and support services, educational infrastructure, financial, and family and community support. Data collected through nine focus groups and 13 one-on-one semi-structured interviews.
Metis-Astute Social Work: Shining the Light on Some Helpful Practices
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson/Kinewesquao
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. [82]-99
Description
Argues that Métis children are both unrecognized and over-represented in provincially managed child welfare systems throughout Canada; critiques social work practices that marginalize families and explores issues of identification, identity, and advocates for social work practices which dignify, rather than further alienate Métis families.
The National Centre for Collaboration in Indigenous Education
Description
Website includes links to stories about Indigenous education, maps, resource library with searchable catalogue, Indigenous languages, teaching resource centre, and knowledge space featuring interviews with Elders and leaders, and video and audio playlists on various topics.
Northern Review, no. 50, Law in the Canadian North, April 07, 2020, pp. 191-193
Description
Author’s personal reflections and commentary on the practice of Canadian law in Northern communities. Discusses issues of dislocation from local languages and peoples, and the general transience of law professional working in the North.