Healing Hidden Wounds

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nieves Gomez
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3, Reparations for Indigenous Peoples, Fall, 2007
Description
Comments on the necessity of a reparations program that will address the psychosocial affects of abuse, although the atrocities will never be forgotten.
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Healing Historical Trauma: Relocation of Aboriginal Communities: Case Study

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Studies ; 20
Peoples and Cultural Change Teacher Resource
Relocation of Aboriginal Communities: Case Study: The Mushuaua Innu and Davis Inlet
Walking Together: First Nations, Métis and Inuit Perspectives in Curriculum
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kanai Board of Education
Description
Teacher resource for Grade 11 Aboriginal Studies classes. Discusses the relocation of the Mushuaua Innu of Labrador which happened on three separate occasions: 1948, 1967 and 2002. Excerpt from Peoples and Cultural Change Teacher Resource by the Kanai Board of Education.
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Healing the Hurts (Uncut)

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Phil Lucas
Description
Looks at a culturally-based, healing process, for understanding and recovering from a traumatic experience. Duration: 59:40.
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Healing the Impact of Colonization, Genocide, Missionization, and Racism on Indigenous Populations

Alternate Title
The Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilians
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Betty Bastien
Jürgen W. Kremer
Rauna Kuokkanen
Patricia Vickers
Description
Looks at three geographical areas and several groups including Sami, Tsimshian, and Niisitapi and where initial colonial violence has given way to other forms of violence. Chapter from The Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilians edited by Stanley Krippner and Teresa M. McIntyre.
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Healing the "Red Forests" and One Another: Understanding the Socio-Cultural Impacts of the Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic on First Nations Communities in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Natasha Caverley
Native Studies Review, vol. 18, no. 2, 2009, pp. 105-120
Description
Looks at British Columbia’s mountain pine beetle infestation that threatens First Nation communities and the impact it will have on cultural values and livelihoods.
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[Healing Through Theatre]

Alternate Title
CBC Television News ; March 26, 1996
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Deborah Goble
Lisa Alexander
David Diamond
Colleen Jacob
David Terry
Description
Discusses how theatre is a new approach for residential school survivors to come to terms with their past. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 5:36.
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Healing Ways: Aboriginal Health and Service Review

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rhea Joseph
Description
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.
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Healing Winds: Aboriginal Child and Youth Health in Canada [Editorial]

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
J. Irvine
D. Kitty
G. Pekels
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 17, no. 7, Healing Winds: Aboriginal Child and Youth Health in Canada, Aug./Sept. 2012, pp. 363-364
Description
Introduction to special issue featuring articles on the causes and existence of disparities in health for Aboriginal children and youth.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 2, no. 1, Fall, 2000
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, resources and various articles, including Aboriginal Suicide is Different by Colin Tatz.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 4, no. 3, Fall, 2004
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 3, no. 3, Spring, 2002
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including an article entitled, Medicine Wheel: A Healing Beginning by Verna M. Wittigo.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 4, no. 2, Spring, 2003
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including, Keeping Her Family Strong by Barbra Nahwegahbow.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 1, no. 3, February 2000
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 2, no. 4, Summer, 2001
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including, Two-Spirited Youth Program by Julian F. Wilson
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 3, no. 2, Winter, 2001
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, interviews, poems and various articles, including Aboriginal Women: No Rights to Land or Children by Mabel Nipshank.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 1, no. 2, Summer, 1999
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains articles, letters, pictures, and biographical profiles.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 3, no. 4, Summer, 2002
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles including, The Story of my Childhood in the White Wilderness by Dan Ennis and Out from the Shadows by Liza Goulet.
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter, 2003
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, photographs, poems, and various articles, including Traditional Parenting Skills in Contemporary Life by Shelley Goforth
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Healing Words

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Healing Words, vol. 2, no. 3, Spring, 2001
Description
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, pictures, poems and various articles.
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Health and Society in Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne B. Kjeldsen
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 64, no. 3, 2005, pp. 257-259
Description
Speech to the Symposium on Circumpolar Health: Populations in Transition at the University of Toronto on February 27, 2004.
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The Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Workers: Results from a National Australian Survey

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ann M. Roche
Vinita Duraisingam
Allan Trifonoff
Amanda Tovell
Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, vol. 44, January 2013, pp. 17-26
Description
Findings highlight the importance of implementing workforce development strategies that focus on achieving culturally appropriate, equitable and supportive organizational conditions for Indigenous drug workers.
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Health Care Access as a Social Determinant of Health

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth McGibbon
Josephine Etowa
Charmaine McPherson
Canadian Nurse, vol. 104, no. 7, September 2008, pp. 23-27
Description
Shows how a social justice perspective can help nurses understand the relationship between inequities in health access to poorer health outcomes.
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Health Care Utilisation Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Programme to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis

Alternate Title
Health Care Utilization Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Program to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lily Ray
Bobbi Outten
Katherine Gottlieb
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1705048, December 20, 2019
Description
Study examines participation in Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) and whether it changes how Indigenous Alaskans use healthcare services. FWWI participants showed a 36% reduction in total system visits, a 70% reduction in substance use visits, and a 40% reduction in emergency department visits.
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Health Education In Port Augusta Region

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Author/Creator
Ralph Coulthard
Kingsley Coulthard
Anna Markey
Aboriginal & Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 1986, pp. 56-57
Description
Health workers in this South Australian community describe the training program for them which includes cultural awareness and preventative practices.
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Health in the Communities of Duck Lake and Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation: An Exploratory Study

Alternate Title
Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies, and Sustainable Communities
Research Report Series (Centre for the Study of Co-operatives) ; no. 13-01
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Julia Bidonde
Mark Brown
Catherine Leviten-Reid
Erin Nicolas
Research Reports Series (Community-University Institute for Social Research)
Description
Researchers interviewed 19 local residents to gather information about perceptions of health, access to programs, services and infrastructure, and suggestions on how to improve community well-being.
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Health Inequities in First Nations Communities and Canada's Response to the H1N1 Influenza Pandemic

Alternate Title
Population and Public Health Ethics: Cases From Research, Policy, and Practice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Donna Atkinson
Mona Shum
Chris Kaposy
Nicholas B. King
Description
Chapter in book: Population and Public Health Ethics: Cases From Research, Policy, and Practice by Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Population and Public Health. Scroll down to page 153 to read article.
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The Health of Cree, Inuit and Southern Quebec Women: Similarities and Differences

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudette Lavallée
Chantal Bourgault
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 91, no. 3, May/June 2000, pp. 212-217
Description
Research review findings include, higher proportion of young women in north; Aboriginal women had more responsibilities than other women; higher smoking rates among Inuit women; lower cholesterol, higher blood glucose among Cree women.
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The Health of Indians in Canadian Cities: A Challenge to the Health Care System

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chandrakant P. Shah
Carol Spindell Farkas
Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 133, no. 9, November 1, 1985, pp. 859-863
Description
Argues that Aboriginals migrating from reserve to urban centres face additional obstacles to health due to the stress of adapting to new environment, communication difficulties and lack of familiarity with urban health care systems.
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