Corrections & Healing

Looks at penal publications by Aboriginal inmates and lived experiences of genocide within Aboriginal storytelling traditions.

Psychological Foundations in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Victoria, 1999.

Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2005.

Examines trajectories of Aboriginal youths under a probation sentence in Manitoba, and compares them to those of non-Aboriginal juvenile probationers.

Discussion of programs offered by the Lodge which are meant to enhance womens' chances of success upon release; follows principles outlined in the Creating Choices Report.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1999.

Explores how social control is maintained in Muskrat Dam First Nation through holistic and traditional methods.

Argues that implementing the crime bill will reverse restorative justice programs and will have a negative impact on Aboriginal People.

Statistics include demographic information, most serious offences and charges, sentence length, responses to geographic questions, mobility patterns, and conclusions. National results as well as provincial and territorial.

Snapshot and sharing circle results and discussion of information gathered. Compares 2000 and 2003 Snapshots to determine changes in absolute numbers in custody over three-year period.

Describes the thinking behind Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College's educational outreach program for incarcerated individuals.

Discusses incarceration rates, offense type, risk factors in Indigenous women and girls lives, and law enforcement.

Reviews ten sentencing decisions to better understand how s. 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code and R. vs. Gladue 1999 are interpreted by sentencing judges. Criminology Honours Thesis (B.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2017.

Literature review includes topics of colonialism, socio-economic marginalization, culture clash, systemic discrimination in policing, courts and corrections, and initiatives such as Gladue courts and changes to sentencing policy. Identifies gaps in efforts to reduce overrepresentation and suggests ways to improve the situation.

Analyzes data on prisoner numbers, imprisonment rates, age, sentence length, offense type and recidivism. Also looks at physical and mental health and role as mothers.

Looks at the Eagle Woman's Lodge transition house which offers educational and training opportunities for Aboriginal women who are coming out of provincial corrections facilities, federal prisons, and drug treatment centers.

Article describes the Pathway to Hope (PTH) program, an indigenous approach which encourages multigenerational healing.

Includes: description of the Centre, profile of residents, experiences of staff and residents, evaluation of outcomes, and analysis of strengths and challenges.

Describes how restorative justice is used to deal with conflict to the benefit of the victim, offender and the community as a whole. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Looks at the idea of restorative justice as healing and the importance of Indigenous ways of teaching. Scroll down to page 29 to read article.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 1998.

Reviews the research project developed to examine the attitudes of both incarcerated Aboriginal youth and senior management on the issue of racism in British Columbia's youth correctional facilities.

Philosophy Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2002.

Argues that changes to the justice system in Nunavut have been superficial and have not produced substantive results.

Counselling Psychology Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of British Columbia, 2008.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2003.

Chapter 12 of: Reclaiming Indigenous Voice and Vision, edited by Marie Battiste.

Documentary looks at treatment centre in St. Albert, Albert, the despair of addiction as well as the strength, courage and healing that takes place. Duration: 29.27.

Describes a healing lodge in Cypress Hills designed to rehabilitate Aboriginal women.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of Manitoba, 2001.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 2001.

Discusses observations relating to advocacy work and concerns voiced to Children's Advocate Office by youth in custody.

Examined the characteristics, institutional behaviour (disciplinary charges, random urinalysis testing, time spent in segregation, and institutional incidents), and post-release outcomes for two offender populations: in-custody and under community supervision on April 1, 2012.

Profile confirms importance of providing appropriate programming for Aboriginals both within federal facilities and upon release to communities.

Provides a snapshot of the typical incarcerated female.

Study drew data from case files in order to compare socio-demographic, case needs and criminal offence/history characteristics of offenders from each group.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 1999.

Inventory compiled by Research Branch of Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) lists all adult and youth institutional and community programming in federal and provincial/territorial jurisdictions.

"Part of a series of guides for planning, designing and constructing adult and juvenile correctional and detention facilities on Tribal Lands".

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2008.

Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2012.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2004.

Author states that Canadian and American legal law systems are built on a relationship of superiors to inferiors; are premised on punitive measures, whereas most Indigenous societies are by consensus and equality-based. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.