Social Policy Thesis (M.A.)--Massey University, 2014.

Author reminisces about relationship with traditional healers and the traditional system of healing.

Book review of: Healing Histories: Stories From Canada's Indian Hospital by Laurie Meijer Drees.

Book review of: Healing Histories by Laurie Meijer Drees. Scroll down to page 174 to read review.

Book review of: Healing Histories by Laurie Meijer Drees.

Brief history of the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide movement, from Maggie Hodgson's lobbying efforts to a global movement holding Gatherings every four years.

Briefly discusses how post-secondary institutions are attempting, through research and programming, to address the mental and physical health issues faced by Native Americans.

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.

Reports on bias in healthcare provider's assessment interfering with effective pain care for Indigenous patients and the need for improvement in cultural awareness.

Discusses the Nimkee NupiGawagan Healing Centre's program for youth who abuse solvent. Includes results of 15 interviews with male and female participants and six staff, review of facilitator and staff reflections, participants' journals, and observations of the program.

Articles reviewed dealt with United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and focused on viewing addictions from a socio-cultural standpoint and enhancing community empowerment.

Discusses historical trauma and ways to address the past so that Aboriginal peoples health will improve in the future.

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.

Synthesis of literature review, insights about context gained from a gathering of Elders as well as five further meetings with community members and service providers focused on consensus-building. Results are discussed under the themes of colonization and trauma, systems and services, and community centrality.

Discusses the holistic healing process used in therapeutic sessions given through Ganohkwásra Family Assault Support Services.

Study found that healing was facilitated when connections were made with family, community, culture, nature and spirituality

Discusses use of traditional language to help heal at a therapeutic retreat offered by Ganohkwásra Family Assault Support Services.

Focuses on programs and developing strategies launched through the Healing Trail program to promote diabetes awareness within Aboriginal communities.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.21.

Goals of review were to develop a population and health status profiles, review existing resources, recommend new services, and develop an implementation and evaluation plan.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2006.

Related Material: Interim Report. Final Report Executive Overview. I

Brief guide to the role that systemic racism can play in patients' clinical experiences, and what physicians can do about it.

Curriculum module designed to give healthcare providers an understanding of specific cultural, racial, ethnic and tribal influences on wellbeing of elders. Topics include information about the population, patterns of health risk, culturally appropriate doctor-patient communication and assessment, access and utilization of healthcare, and instructional strategies.

Curriculum module designed to give healthcare providers an understanding of specific cultural, racial, ethnic and tribal influences on wellbeing of elders. Topics include information about the population, patterns of health risk, culturally appropriate doctor-patient communication, assessment, and delivery of care, access and utilization of healthcare, and instructional strategies, and learning activities.

Curriculum module designed for health care providers discusses demographics, patterns of health risk, and cultural competency in assessment and treatment.

1st edition. Second edition titled The Health Status of and Access to Healthcare by Registered First Nations People in Manitoba.

Speech to the Symposium on Circumpolar Health: Populations in Transition at the University of Toronto on February 27, 2004.

Examines the types of health and support services provided by Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act and compares this with the characteristics and service utilization patterns other ethnic groups receive.

Comments on how the environment that people live in has an impact on people's overall health. Article states that the World Health Organization's (WHO) definition of health is not just the absence of disease, but complete physical, mental and social well being.

Looks at health status, community environments, healthy growth and development, physical environment, health services, and disease and injury prevention. Identifies areas where significant health benefits can be made. Related material: Pathways to Health and Healing (Second Report).

Looks at data for parental perceptions of health from unique communities and environments in seven states and presents indicators in the family environment that may support or threaten families and children.

Aims to use routinely collected data to better understand health and well-being outcomes for children and youth who are currently, or have been, in government care.

Reports from British Columbia's five regional health authorities.

Shows how a social justice perspective can help nurses understand the relationship between inequities in health access to poorer health outcomes.

Comments on the priorities of a health care workshop including fostering new working relationships and partnerships to generate ideas for improving health services in the north.

Discusses unique health care challenges facing status and non-status seniors and recommends considerations in 4 areas; socioeconomic conditions, under use of health services, jurisdiction and elder abuse.

Discusses health care among the Puyallup Native Americans using a system researched in Taiwan.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2006.

Describes Alaska Native Health Care delivery program and historical influences that shaped it.

Lists the outstations and why Aboriginal people live there.

Argues that contemporary medical treatment must integrate traditional culture and practices.

Looks at disparities in health care practices across circumpolar countries and regions.

Book review of: Health Care Issues in the Canadian North edited by David E. Young. From Special Issue on Indian Health, Saskatchewan Indian Federated College Journal 4(1), 1988, edited by Jean Cuthand-Goodwill and Joel Demay

Report on renewal priorities identified in the 2003 First Ministers' Accord. Provides recommendations.