Social Denial: An Analysis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Rebecca Bychutsky
Description
Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Gives background to the issue, discusses the reports produced by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, Human Rights Watch, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and reports on the response of the federal and provincial governments.
Looks at the mental and emotional toll of trauma-based research for Indigenous researchers and provides a pathway for copying.
Discusses how colonialism has created behavioral patterns and attitudes which serve to legitimize violence against Indigenous women and perpetuate racism and discrimination
Describes role of the Hopi Women's Health Program located on the Hopi Indian Reservation in northern Arizona.