Discusses the oppressive nature of child welfare systems as they relate to the criteria for "good" mothers imposed by dominant, Western cultural values.
Gender Equality in the Arctic: Current Realities, Future Challenges, Akureyri, Iceland, October 30-31, 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Embla Eir Oddsdóttir
Már Siguròsson
Sólrún Svandal
Description
Conference highlighted the importance of diversity in gender, social realities, education, economics and cooperation between public and private sectors and living conditions of men and women in the Circumpolar North.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 24, no. 3, Fall, 2012, pp. 115-137
Description
Author looks at her formative years, living with her parents and living in a Children's Home.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 115.
First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in & Community Gathering
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lee Maracle
Description
Writer/activist looks at the relationships between the land, other living beings and each other and suggests advise to reconnect.
Presents a video lecture, from First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering, given by a teacher and activist.
Duration: 54:47.
Sport in Society, vol. 15, no. 7, Indigenous People, Race Relations and Australia Sport, September 2012, pp. 987-996
Description
"This article examines the complexities of the Australian Aboriginal sporting experience including long entrenched racist barriers that denied Aboriginal participation on the sporting field".
Looks at how issues surrounding the request for a national inquiry were represented in The National Post, Canadian Broadcasting Centre (CBC), The Vancouver Sun and the Canadian Television News (CTV) between 2010 and 2014.
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, vol. 15, no. 1, January 2015
Description
Looks at usability testing for a shared decision making (SDM) tool, the Ottawa Personal Decision Guide (OPDG) for use between the client and health care provider with Aboriginal women at the Minwaashin Lodge.
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 8, Indigenous Social Work Practices and Theories, August 2012, pp. 129-142
Description
Comments on the need for all social workers to be knowledgeable about the oppressive issues facing Aboriginal peoples and to understand cultural differences between Western and Indigenous societies.
Book review of Cultural Grammars of Nation, Diaspora, and Indigeneity in Canada edited by Christine Kim, Sophie McCall, and Melina Baum Singer.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 139.
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 17, no. 6, November/December 1993, pp. 15-17
Description
Looks at alcohol abuse and violence in Aboriginal communities and how some communities are using community shelter for women, rehabilitation, fewer liquor outlets and night patrols to deal with it.
[Dancing on Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence and a New Emergence]
[First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in & Community Gathering]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Leanne Simpson
Description
Talks about rebuilding nations from inside out as sovereign beings as indigenous women have been doing for centuries.
Book launch and reading presented at First Voices! First Women Speak! A Teach-in and Community Gathering
Duration: 35:08.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18383
Description
Article examines 72 peer-reviewed articles resulting in several thematic areas: infectious disease, environmental exposure, nutrition, birth outcomes, tobacco, chronic disease, health care policy, human resources, interventions, social determinants, mental health, genetics, injury and dental health.
Outlines steps in the process of dehumanizing "the Other" and discusses the techniques Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars have used to counteract Eurocentric practices. Brief discussion of the matriarchal character in Maracle's works.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p. 182.
Includes NWAC and personalized action plan, diabetes information and resources, tips on healthy living, food selection, shopping and preparation, and recipes.
Section one describes consultation process, section two provides excerpts of participants' contributions, and section three provides synthesis of recommendations.