Pimatziwin: A Journal of Indigenous and Aboriginal Community Health, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter, 2003, pp. 173-177
Description
Brief history of the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide movement, from Maggie Hodgson's lobbying efforts to a global movement holding Gatherings every four years.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
Description
Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
The Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilians
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Betty Bastien
Jürgen W. Kremer
Rauna Kuokkanen
Patricia Vickers
Description
Looks at three geographical areas and several groups including Sami, Tsimshian, and Niisitapi and where initial colonial violence has given way to other forms of violence.
Chapter from The Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilians edited by Stanley Krippner and Teresa M. McIntyre.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
Study conducted in collaboration with Anishnawbe Health Toronto involved six men and ten community healers. Discusses social constructions of masculinity and how they affect help-seeking behaviours and mental health outcomes.
Suggests that mental health promotion which focuses on youth and community empowerment is likely to have
a large effect on health and wellbeing in Aboriginal communities.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including, Keeping Her Family Strong by Barbra Nahwegahbow.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles, including Traditional Parenting Skills in Contemporary Life by Shelley Goforth
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 168, no. 6, March 18, 2003, p. 661, 663
Description
Discussion of the cost difference between Northern communities and the rest of Canada plus the First Minister's accord on health care renewal in February, 2003.
BMJ, vol. 327, no. 7412, August 23, 2003, pp. 445-447
Description
Looks at the research initiatives which resulted from a 2002 tripartite memorandum of understanding between Canada, New Zealand and Australia dealing with Indigenous health.
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 15-25
Description
Discusses the Healthy Nations Initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which focuses on early prevention, intervention, pubic awareness and cultural values.
Northwest Territories Research Project Report for Territorial Stakeholders: Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Report for Territorial Stakeholders
Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Heather Fikowski
Description
Study focused on identifying the needs of women, gaps and associated challenges in service provision, and strategies for developing non-violent communities. It took place over the course of five years and involved individual interviews and focus groups with RCMP, community health nurses, shelter and victim services workers, counsellors and social workers.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 17-39
Description
Examines the portrayals of Native Americans in films, arguing that although recent films attempt to counteract previous stereotypes, more accurately portray history and culture, and tend to be more sympathetic to political claims they still fall short and appear assimilationist in tone.
BC Studies, no. 138/139, Native Geographies, Summer/Autumn, 2003, pp. 184-186
Description
Book review of: The Heavens are Changing: Nineteenth-Century Protestant Missions and Tsimshian Christianity by Susan Neylan.
To access this review, scroll to page 184.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 62, no. 2, 2003, pp. 130-141
Description
Results show that individuals from the inland community had a diet based on traditional foods which the coastal community did not have but both groups had a high intake of sugar and fat.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 94, no. 3, May/June 2003, pp. 176-179
Description
Study found rates twice as high as in the general population and attributed it to overcrowding and poor infrastructure in terms of water treatment and sewage disposal.
Project investigated ways to improve student achievement in language arts and mathematics through block scheduling. Took place at a community school located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Prairie Forum, vol. 15, no. 2, Fall, 1990, pp. 235-262
Description
Discusses Alberta's heritage conservation accomplishments and the various ways of restoring the past, including museums, heritage parks and archaeological site preservation.
Medical Education, vol. 37, no. 10, 2003, pp. 861-868
Description
Evaluation of cultural competency training in a Swedish hospital found areas where it was present, absent or hidden; proposes curriculum changes to address inadequacies.
Explores how teachers engaging with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, teach about residential schools, how students understand themselves as Canadians while learning the history, and how classrooms can become a space for reconciliation.
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.
Investigation into the disappearance and murdered women on highway 16 in northern British Columbia known to the locals as the highway of tears.
Duration 39:12.