Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, May/June 1999, pp. 5-6
Description
Describes the origins of the program which arose due to the large number of preventable health problems in the remote Australian Aboriginal community of Ntaria, Northern Territory.
Project involved organizing gathering of families in order to hear their stories and opinions, and interviewing front line workers and police officers working in Nunavik.
Five topics: police failure to protect women at risk, how discriminatory attitudes, biases and stereotyping undermined investigations, suppression of information about risk of a serial killer, and Crown counsel's decision to stay attempted murder charge against Robert Pickton in January 1997.
Focuses on the third objective of the report which is to engage Aboriginal women in setting priorities and set the direction for future work on Aboriginal women's issues in Yukon. Held October 13 and 14, 2012, Whitehorse, Yukon.