Global Health Action, vol. 4, no. s1, Vulnerable Populations in the Arctic, 2011, p. article 8452
Description
Reports that environmental factors are responsible for a large number of global child deaths and efforts should be made to reduce the risk for the next generation.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 3, 2011, pp. 266-273
Description
Assessment involved four steps: scoping to describe local conditions, surveying to collect data, analysis, and planning. Goal was to improve response capacity of vulnerable communities.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 34, no. 3, 2011, pp. 229-248
Description
Study argues that historical consequences of colonialism have diminished Aboriginal youth's ability to get a higher education and employment. Also discusses current initiatives and solutions to problem.
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, vol. 58, no. 1, Indigenous Health, Well-Being, Social and Economic Inclusion-Closing the Gaps, February 2011, pp. 17-24
Description
"This article presents current issues in practice and education with First Australians and makes recommendations for the future".
List of French and English publications includes project profiles, items in pamphlet series, research highlights, and research reports published between 1957 and 2011.
Examines reasons for supporting Aboriginal participation in the management and development of surrounding land and resources for the economic sustainability of Aboriginal communities.
Presents new archaeological discoveries about when the first humans entered the new world.
Episode of The Nature of Things which was broadcast January 13, 2011.
Duration: 45:13
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 35, no. 4, June 2011, pp. 14-15
Description
Concludes that the sexual health of young people living on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland is an issue to more than one group of health care professionals.
Key themes included community involvement, holistic approach to programs and services, empowerment, relationship building, leadership, need for national strategy, and accessibility.
Human Organization, vol. 55, no. 3, Fall, 1996, pp. 324-333
Description
Argues that the generalist approach of an anthropologist is an advantage when conducting urban research and illustrates the point with five involvements: needs assessments, participation in social planning, health promotion, indicators of immigrant/refugee adaptation and informational needs of the visually impaired; all projects were carried out in Saskatoon.
Discusses how Crown and Indigenous governments can engage with each other on the basis of a nation-to-nation relationship to develop regimes for management of resources which ensure mutually beneficial outcomes.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, vol. 12, no. 2, 2011, pp. [125]-145
Description
Describes vocational education programme offered to participants with elementary and lower secondary school education. Opportunities and challenges for industry, academia and community are discussed.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 54, no. 1, 2017, pp. 22-31
Description
Discussion of how members of this Russian group choose to relay stories about events surrounding Soviet confiscation of reindeer herds during the collectivization period.
Article describes the ways that colonial governments identified and signaled out “criminal tribes” in India, how the identity, language and culture of these tribes was stigmatized and consequently diminished. Describes present-day efforts to protect and revitalize these languages and cultures and provides commentary on the effectiveness of these efforts.
Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling: Four Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
Description
Looks at the effects of personal and collective trauma through a political lens.
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Chapter from Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health Counselling edited by Suzanne L. Stewart, Roy Moodley, and Ashely Hyatt.
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Opinion piece in which the author works to document their efforts to close the spatial distance between researcher and researched through a series of vignettes, and later reflects on the results of their work.