Review of Reports and Recommendations on Violence Against Indigenous Women in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pippa Feinstein
Megan Pearce
Description
Compilation of recommendations from reports dealing with missing and murdered Aboriginal women and assessment of actions taken in response to them.
Related documents:
Master List of Recommendations.
Executive Summary.
Legal Strategy Coalition on Violence Against Indigenous Women (LSC)
Description
Argues that methods of keeping and gathering statistics on crime may cause the nature of violence against Aboriginal women to be misunderstood and that the numbers continue to underestimated.
Manual designed to help Indigenous women and service providers address key aspects of violence, as well as understand Indigenous women’s legal rights on matters related to leaving a violent relationship.
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Asserts that spirituality is central to Aboriginal approaches to social work and discusses four aspects of the relevance of other-than-human animals in spirituality: as part of kinship systems, sources of wisdom and protection, ceremonial significance and historical importance. Considers the Judeo-Christian focus of most scholarship on spirituality in social work and calls for a more decolonial, anti-oppressive practice.
Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program: A Joint Initiative of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre and Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority: Research Compilation, vol. 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
Description
Material is full text of peer-reviewed literature.
Anishinaabe Bimaadiziwin Research Program: A Joint Initiative of Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre and Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority: Research Compilation, vol. 3
Community-Based Emergency Care: An Open Report for Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority
Description
Material is full text of peer-reviewed literature.
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing: Te Mauri - Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 3, December 2017, pp. 90-104
Description
Three themes emerged in interviews with seven Indigenous women: personal empowerment and confidence; wellbeing for themselves, family and community; and the importance of group mentorship. Author argues that they are applying the concept of gwesayjitodoon indo bimaadiziiwin, transforming oneself into a better life.
Briefly reviews recent history, describes geography and current demographics of Nunavut, discusses traditional knowledge and its importance in Inuit society, and makes recommendations for future actions.
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2; Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. [23]-42
Description
Contends that the film creates an intersection or "frontier" where the Aboriginal and the non-Aboriginal worlds meet, and in so doing subverts commonly held perceptions and attitudes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.