Archives of Women's Mental Health, vol. 11, no. 2, June 2008, pp. 109-115
Description
Compared results of First Nations women living on reserve to those from the National Population Health Survey (NPHS) and found higher rates of depression but lower rates of alcohol consumption.
Participants consisted of members of Assembly of First Nations' Elder's, Youth and Women's Councils. and representatives from the National Association of Friendship Centres. Provides summary of discussions held over two days of sessions.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 3, May/June 2010, pp. 196-201
Description
Looks at a community-based study in Igloolik, Nunavut on food insecurity, and how it is influenced by social, economic, political and environmental conditions.
Purpose of project was to inform development of Canadian Government's National Food Policy, which focused on four themes: access of affordable foods; improving health and food safety; conserving soil, water, and air; and growing more high-quality food. Reports on results gathered from roundtable discussion, grassroots engagement sessions and social media and online survey.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 236-237
Description
Book review of:
The Future of Women's Rights edited by Joanna Kerr, Ellen Sprenger and Alison Symington.
Journal of Indigenous Voices in Social Work, vol. 1, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 1-18
Description
Summarizes lessons learnt from a project that facilitated the discussion on issues of survival in the academy and social work programs; and discusses experiences of personal and collective healing.
Reports discrimination remains in the registration provision of the Indian Act and is found in the second generation cut-off rule which was not looked at in the McIvor case.
Health & Place, vol. 16, no. 4, July 2010, pp. 638-645
Description
Study, through the use of interviews and surveys, assessed women's attitudes about the impact of having to travel outside the community to deliver their babies.
International Feminist Journal of Politics, vol. 10, no. 2, 2008, pp. 216-233
Description
Discusses violence against Indigenous women resulting from global economic restructuring based on two cases: missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, and the death of Private Piestewa, a Hopi woman.
Based on information gathered from Grandmothers in research circles. Participants were asked about traditional practices, what was happening in their communities, and what was needed to move forward.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 4, no. 1, Aboriginal Womens Health, January 2008, pp. 72-83
Description
Examines the physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional benefits of Aboriginal women's hand-drumming practices, with many participants reporting a sense of holistic healing.