Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 40, no. 1, In-home and Community Care for Seniors / Le soin des ainés à la maison et dans la communauté, 2008, pp. 112-125
Description
Based on interviews with 103 women, study supports need for primary health professionals to offer postnatal screening for women who may be at risk for postpartum depression .
FORUM on Corrections Research, vol. 14, no. 3, Focusing on Aboriginal Issues, September 2002, pp. 10-12
Description
Examines the validity of the Scale given the tendency for Aboriginal women to be rated at higher security levels than non-Aboriginal women and its role in this systemic bias.
Statistics for sexual assault, maltreatment of Indigenous girls before the age of 15, spousal violence, injury, interpersonal violence after separation, and contact with victim services.
Discusses issues of human rights abuse towards Aboriginal women and children, and describes how various policies and practices have had a negative impact on many lives.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 10, October 2008, p. 28
Description
Discusses the annual Canadian Sisters in Spirit March which helps to raise awareness of violence against Aboriginal women and honour missing and murdered Aboriginal women.
Article located by scrolling to page 28.
Looks at women-centred care within Saskatchewan and Manitoba and compares findings with other women-centred models.
Published by the Prairie Women's Health Centre of Excellence.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 14, no. 2 & 3, Series 2, Summer/Fall, 2002, pp. 35-38
Description
Book review of: Voices of American Indian Assimilation and Resistance by Siobhan Senier.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 8, August 2008, p. 3
Description
Looks at a walk to raise awareness of a missing woman, the victim of a murder, and the statistics that suggest Aboriginal women are more likely to be victims of assault.
Article located by scrolling to page 3.
Women of the community go on a retreat due to feeling unappreciated and as a result bring the community closer together in episode 16 of a stop-motion animation series.
Accompanying material: Wapos Bay: Raven Power: Study Guide.
Duration: 24:02.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 2017, pp. 23-42
Description
Discusses the controversy surrounding Disney's casting of Depp in the role of Tonto and Comanche activist Ladonna Vita Tabbytite Harris's decision to customarily adopt the actor.
Article explores the posts and comments from three different Blogs by Indigenous women; examines how intersectional rhetoric is constructed and used in these spaces, and how it serves to defend Indigenous rhetorical sovereignty.
Focuses on selection, processing and management of plant materials used in construction, and uses this information to analyze the collection held in the White Rock Museum
Discusses the impact of colonialism and how empowerment strategies are the key to creating generational change and establishing functional communities.
Critical Race and Whiteness Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, The Border Politics of Whiteness, 2008, p. [?]
Description
Examines white foster/adoptive mothers of Indigenous children in Australia highlighting the problematic nature of research representing experiences that were never talked about.
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. 217-222
Description
Author reflects on the role of women in contemporary Aboriginal communities and more specifically her home community of Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 77-89
Description
Author describes the measures in place to ensure employment equity and the barriers still existing in the workplace.
Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS)
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3/4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 94-104
Description
Paper asserts that the state must take positive and progressive action to eliminate discrimination against marginalized women.
Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tina Hotton Mahony
Joanna Jacob
Heather Hobson
Description
Statistics on violent crime, criminal and violent victimization, childhood assault, spousal violence, homicide, and females charged with violent offences.
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: the Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, pp. 154-159
Description
Author describes how words define her and cannot be separated from the Aboriginal oral traditions and world view.
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.