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.
Ryan McMahon travels across Ontario talking to Indigenous leaders, lawyers, historians, researchers and policy makers about the building of roads and the effects on Indigenous people and their land. Includes stories about isolation from people of Shoal Lake 40.
Duration: 44:07.
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 11, no. 1, Wellness-Based Indigenous Health Research and Promising Practices, 2016, pp. 50-74
Description
Comments on a palliative care model which reduces the disparities in access to quality palliative home care and is grounded in community values and Indigenous culture.
Journal of Global Indigeneity, vol. 2, no. 2, Global Solidarity Symposium, 2016
Description
Presentation, by the Director of the Aboriginal Education Research Centre, University of Saskatchewan, at the Global Solidarity Symposium, State University of New York, November 7, 2016.
Duration: 37:07.
Research Project Report (Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network) ; 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John R. Sylliboy
Tuma Young
Description
Through 20 in-depth interviews project gathered information on socio-cultural context, state of mental health and well-being during process, and supports which were relied upon.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 1981, pp. 141-149
Description
Describes the Canadian Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) process for distributing its research funds. Advocates changes to be more relevant to Indigenous needs.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 3, Series 2, Fall, 1991, pp. 39-44
Description
Commentary includes:
From the Secretary-Treasurer by Elizabeth H. McDade
From the Editors by Helen Jaskoski & Robert M. Nelson
1992 ContinuedCall for Creative WorkUpdate on "Returning the Gift"Opportunity for BenefactorsInvitation to ReviewersDirectory of American Indian WritersAICA Tour
Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 3, no. 4, Series 2, Winter, 1991, pp. 41-46
Description
Presents commentary from the editors and also includes:
More Grizzly Women by Dell Hymes, with a response by Craig Thompson
Call for Creative WorkCall for Papers on Critical Approaches to American Indian Literatures
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Searched conducted for articles and reports published between August 2015 and January 2017 using PsychINFO, Embase, CINAHL and Medline. Identified 14 items of strong and moderate quality with content pertaining to the U.S., New Zealand, and Australia.
Reports on findings from literature search and key informant interviews to assess feasibility of adopting the model of open air traditional food markets.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, Spring, 2017, pp. 520-532
Description
Article examines non-fiction texts about the search for the Northwest Passage to illustrate the contributions of Inuit people and communities to Arctic exploration.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 2, 2017, pp. 142-163
Description
Based on analysis of transcripts of Hirsekorn case in which judges had to render a decision on the Métis identity of the accused and his membership in a rights-holding Métis community.
Reports on issues raised by Indigenous clients themselves and discusses features of Aboriginal varieties of English and how linguistic prejudice may affect interactions between lawyer and client and court outcomes.
Provides guidance to government employees when conveying information face-to-face, in print, online, by television, video, and radio, and through images.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 5, 2016, pp. 1-14
Description
Data for study was collected from the 2012 Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS). Sedimentary activities reported include watching TV or videos, playing video games and using the internet, and reading during leisure time.
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research, vol. 8, Winter, 2016, pp. 22-42
Description
Identifies and summarizes 34 scholarly articles with a focus on five research areas: epidemiology; health service delivery and continuum of care; health and wellness outcomes; psychosocial issues and barriers to treatment; and knowledge translation.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, 2016, pp. 1-20
Description
Comments on how an inner-city university has used internal policies and programs to help support the self-determination of Indigenous peoples and provides an overview of the positive outcomes of these initiatives.
Native Studies Review, vol. 7, no. 1, 1991, pp. 53-80
Description
Discusses the Development Indicators Project, detailing a system that was developed to assist Indian communities with managing their own socio-economic and cultural revitalization.