BMC Health Services Research, vol. 14, May 1, 2014, p. article no. 196
Description
Surveyed 187 women. Key issues included high rates of stressful life events during pregnancy, low levels of choice in place of birth and model of care, and limited options to carry out cultural practices. High levels of confidence in ability to parent were also reported.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 26, no. 3, Fall, 2014, pp. 1-24
Description
Examines the various forms of humor that Sarah Winnemucca Hopkins uses to disrupt non-Native expectations of Indigenous identity.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 1.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 95, no. 3, September 2014, pp. 463-465
Description
Book review of: Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny and Brenda MacDougall.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review, scroll to p. 463.
BC Studies, no. 184, Winter, 2014/2015, pp. 140-141
Description
Book review of Contours of a People edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda Macdougall.
Entire book review section on one PDF. To access review scroll to p. 140.
A copy of illustration: "Escape of the McKay family through the ice to Prince Albert", from souvenir number of CANADIAN PICTORIAL & ILLUSTRATED WAR NEWS, 4 Jul 1885. It depicts Metis rowing boat through ice as his wife and children huddle in back. McKay was a farm instructor near Battleford. Incident described p.21.
Comments on three aspects to the act of witnessing: an effective response, an intellectual engagement, and an ethical responsibility to the narrative and its narrator.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 7.
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence) ; no. 56
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Haworth-Brockman
Project (Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence)
Description
Examines some of the steps taken, and the successes and challenges of making midwifery care available to women, particularly for those who live outside of Winnipeg.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 61, no. 3, 2002, pp. 254-259
Description
A five-year study found in participants aged 35 and over, that First Nations males and pregnant females were twice as likely to be hospitalized as other males and other pregnant females.
Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, vol. 23, no. 2, 2002, pp. 135-149
Description
Argues that there are American Indian authors, writers, and poets, often unrecognized, and that there are very few courses to take that cover their works.
Looks at Canadian government response towards inquiry, how public inquiry should be addressed and prevention of further disappearances.
Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2014.
Looks at why Aboriginal women and girls are most susceptible to trafficking, what Canada is doing in response and current policies. Also provides recommendations and argues for decriminalization of prostitution.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 26, no. 6, November-December 2002, p. 10
Description
Reports on a project that provides a culturally safe environment where women could recover from mental illnesses and substance abuse by employing art therapeutically.
Book review of:
Dreams and Thunder by Zitkala-Sa.
Native American Women's Writing 1800-1924 edited by Karen L. Kilcup.
Sarah Winnemucca by Sally Zanjani.
Mount Royal Undergraduate Humanities Review, vol. 2, December 2014, pp. [20]-37
Description
Discusses government's and churches' goals for female students, and their failure to achieve them. Focuses on schools located in Fort Qu'Appelle and North Battleford, Saskatchewan, and High River, Alberta.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. i-iii
Description
Introduces the articles in this specially themed issue.
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 46, no. 1, 2014, pp. 121-144
Description
Looks at the scope of social inequity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations as well as within the Métis and Inuit populations over a five year period.
Inuit Art Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 1, Kenojuak Ashevak, 1927-2013, Winter, 2014, pp. 34-37
Description
Comments on the artist Kenojuak Ashevak, who was the first Inuit woman to have her artwork grace a Canadian Postal stamp.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 34.
Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Catherine Fillmore
Colleen Anne Dell
Jennifer M. Kilty
Description
Presents innovative model of participatory action research (PAR) based on five central partnership principles.
Chapter 2 in book: Demarginalizing Voices: Commitment, Emotion, and Action in Qualitative Research edited by Jennifer M. Kilty, Maritza Felices-Luna and Sheryl C. Fabian.
Project's objective was to build research capacity. Phase one consisted of on-line survey to establish baseline information. Phase two consisted of case studies conducted in four communities; involved interviews with 39 entrepreneurs and focus group discussions with 40 non-entrepreneurs.