Accessing Indigenous Foods in Urban Northwestern Ontario: Women’s Stories of Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Resistance to Policy
Public Health Thesis (MSc) -- University of Waterloo, 2021.
Public Health Thesis (MSc) -- University of Waterloo, 2021.
Reports results of literature search and qualitative and quantitative survey data from 29 women living in Arviat, Salluit, Inuvik, and Baker Lake. Study's focus was sexual violence and harassment in the workplace, and identifying gaps, opportunities and recommendations to ensure women's safety and economic security.
Related material: Literature Review.
Statistics from various sources.
Uses data from the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business' surveys conducted in 2010, 2015, and 2019.
Includes three case studies: Ininew Friendship Centre, Cochrane, Ontario; St. David Catholic Elementary School, Sudbury, Ontario; Ohero:kon (Under the Husk) at Six Nations of the Grand River; and N’Amerind Friendship Centre, London, Ontario.
Looks at cultural relevant programs, such as the RED Path project, to address Sexually Transmitted Blood Borne Infection (STBBI) prevention.
Examines the importance of Métis Aunties and how Métis women's participation in research helps to better understand this role.
Reprint of a contracted report including recommendations, based on 1997-1998 interviews in the Springhill Institution, Prison for Women, the Regional Psychiatric Centre (Prairies) and the Saskatchewan Penitentiary. Report notes significant drop in percentage of Aboriginal women incarcerated during period of report writing.
Looks at the underlining causes of and recommendations to address the forced or coerced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada.
Intersectional analysis of key literature and research projects.