Family & Kinship

Makes suggestions for promoting involvement through support, communication, training, and parents' committees.

Comments on ways to communicate information to the media in a clear and confident manner.

Documentary chronicles the life of a residential school survivor. Duration: 55:03.

Book reviews of: The Torres Strait: People and History by John Singe. Torres Strait Islanders: Custom and Colonialism by Jeremy Beckett. Review located by scrolling to page 232.

Identifies themes which emerged from the evaluation of the short and long-term impacts of the reconciliation process aimed at improving child welfare outcomes.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Manitoba, 1991.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2006.

Participants of the Ahikaa programme shared stories of hope and reported the programme as both life-changing and healing.

Looks at anti-racist mothering for mothers of white-inscribed children as well as for mothers whose children are racially and/or culturally marginalized.

Cultural and Educational Policy Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Loyola University Chicago, 2010.

Researcher describes the practice that has helped to protect the children of Indigenous communities. Duration: 29:32.

Speaker describes process of building and applying the model which guides the Nenan Dane ẕaa Deh Zona Family Services Society in its attempts to see that children are not removed from their families and sent into care. The Society operates in the Peace River area of British Columbia. Duration: 24:46.

Investigates traditional Zulu attire, whether it confers status, differentiates between clans, and serves particular purposes. Paper presented at the Indigenous Knowledge Conference 2001 held at the University of Saskatchewan.

An examination of ethnographic material and published life histories to assess the quality and quantity of information regarding Navajo women's traditional roles and significance in Navajo society.

Samples of teachings and life stories by Elders from Plains Cree, Dakota, Dene, Nakota and Saulteaux First Nations of Saskatchewan taken from the full length videoTraditional Teachings: A Journey From Young Child to Young Adult. Duration: 9:37.

Results indicated mother's association with traditional values improved school outcomes for her children, while the father's association had no appreciable effect.

Comments on the projects which are supporting individuals and communities on their journey of healing.

Describes how elements from these novels serve as a mirror of hybridity theory with an emphasis on stories and the idea of journeys for true cultural unity.

"Examines the cultural basis of social support offered by grandmothers in issues of substitute parenting."

Discusses the Circle of Courage resilience model for positive development and intergenerational trauma.

Comments on violence and how to break the cycle.

Looks at letters written by Dakota prisoners from Camp Kearney and Camp McClellan and observations in missionary letters written by Stephen Riggs and Thomas Williamson.

Looks at experiences by a group of indigenous parents, family members and early childhood educators in the Aboriginal Head Start program.

Discusses the transracial adoption controversy.

[Social Work] Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 1997.

Looks at the similarities and differences between First Nations and Settler Mennonite communities.

Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.

Looks at narratives outside of the official Truth and Reconciliation Commission, such as oral histories and Inuit art and film, for aspects of the colonial trauma and the impacts of history.

Reports on student engagement sessions and the development of a trauma-informed school toolkit.

Reviews existing research of alcohol and illicit drug treatments and looks at two integrated treatment programs for Aboriginal women, New Choices and Sheway.

Book review of: Treaty Promises, Indian Reality by Harold Lerat with Linda Ungar.

Educational Leadership Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Montana, 2011.

Professional Communication Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2011.

Looks at the beginning of the reconciliation process, the people, the events, and the aspirations.

Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--The University of British Columbia, 2007.

Part of: University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, vol. 12, (pp219-248).

Tuktu, a fictional elder, recalls a fishing trip to the ancient stone weir. Duration: 14:13.

Explains Inuit practices when addressing or identifying their relatives/friends.

Describes the perspectives of community-based stakeholders on their experience in designing, implementing, and evaluating care for pregnant and parenting Aboriginal women and families.

Episode 61: Michael talks to Harold R. Johnson about his book Clifford, a text that Johnson describes as "a memoir, a fiction, a fantasy." Duration: 28:49

Examines the success, and associated factors, of offenders who have turned their lives around to become law-abiding citizens.

Report includes the following papers: Report of the Director by J. W. Powell The Zuñi Indians: Their Mythology, Esoteric Fraternities, and Ceremonies by Matilda Coxe Stevenson