Results of interviews with 16 study participants grouped into five themes: identity, family and community, violence, systemic racism/colonialism, social networks/supports, and resiliency and integrity.
Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 39, no. 7, 2016, pp. 1242-1260
Description
This study discusses the need for more personal contact between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to reduce both old and new racism in urban settings.
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.
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.
Research conducted with 82 participants and involved in-depth interviews, sharing and discussion circles, and individual sharing of life stories. Criteria was household income over $40,000, not employed in the social services sector, and coming from a diversity of backgrounds. Information collected about demography, perceptions of home and community, Aboriginal cultures in the city, racism and internal discriminations, supports and challenges in professional life, economic and political relations, defining success and future aspirations.
Argues that practice of "carding" i.e. stopping, questioning, and demanding proof of identity, promotes racialized policing which in turn leads to over-incarceration of Aboriginal peoples.