Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp. 27-57
Description
Study focused on three questions: interpretations of health, social, visual and cultural contexts, and barriers and strengths. Sample was 20 individuals.
American Journal of Community Psychology, vol. 48, no. 3-4, 2011, pp. 426-438
Description
Presents a study which demonstrates that family life is essential to Inuit conceptions of well-being and that interventions for mental health promotion should be community-based and family centered.
Describes issues such as missing and murdered women, education, health care, and over-representation in the criminal justice system and gives statement of action required by Canada to address each problem.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18378
Description
Study attempts to calculate the lifetime occurrences of potentially traumatic events (PTDs) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and evaluate the relationship between them and sociodemographic factors.
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. 151-171
Description
Study of 56 Indigenous youth uses focus groups and a strengths based perspective to understand what gives them hope and how they demonstrate this hope to others in their community.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 2, 2011, pp. 35-46
Description
Looks at a description of moral courage in child protection, the authors experiences in the child welfare field, and stories of the uplifting effects on children when moral courage is displayed.
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 131-139
Description
Pasifika youth (aged 18-25) are interviewed in focus groups in which they express their distress about the diminishing presence of Indigenous language use and preservation, article notes that there is no comprehensive language policy to preserve these languages and that losing them has profound negative effects for the youth of culturally marginalized communities.
Discusses Indigenous family structures, factors unique to Indigenous children, contemporary examples, challenges faced by parents, and models of practice.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Study uses electronic medical records data to compare the weight status of Nuuk children beginning school with that of the rest of Greenland children born in 2011. An analysis of body mass index (BMI) data indicated a higher rate of obesity in the general population of children than in those living in Nuuk.
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 119-136
Description
Discussion, at the structural level, about the kind of education that is provided to Canada’s Indigenous peoples. The article also discusses a social activist, Shannen Koostachin, and her campaign to engage in social action in order to pressure the federal government to build a new school.
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Forum on Indigenous Child and Youth Rights, Vancouver, Canada, March 2-5, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Description
Submission presents evidence of failure to provide equitable and culturally based welfare and education on reserves, and outlines the complaint currently before the Tribunal and the government's response, which is aimed at preserving the status quo.
Annotated list of journal articles dealing with youth suicide prevention. Grouped into: systematic reviews of research literature, community-wide interventions, youth engagement, system-level change, creative partnerships, and culturally and socio-politically informed approaches.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH)
Description
Overview of two-day gathering of over 100 individuals to address social and cultural changes for Inuit, Mètis and First Nations men.
Accompanying documentary.
National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health
Arlene Moscovitch
Description
Documentary with Elders, fathers, and matriarchs on strengthening the role for First Nations, Inuit and Mètis fathers.
Accompanying Report.
Durations: 26:30.
Document aimed at developing workers' knowledge of world views, skill sets to deal with Aboriginal individuals and communities and ability to act as advocates of systemic change.
Summary of a survey on cultural planning, adoption and Aboriginal children, that looks at ways to keep children connected with their Indigenous identities.