Women

Looks at the lives of two aboriginal women whose past experiences in residential schools have influenced their present literacy practices.

History Thesis (M.A.)--The University of Manitoba, 2002.

Portrait of unidentified Aboriginal woman holding an object in her right hand.

Portrait of unidentified Aboriginal woman smoking a pipe.

A photograph of an unidentified young woman with long heavy braids. She is dressed in Indian costume, with a beaded, fringed garment only partially visible. Image has theatrical quality; may not be authentic. Edges are blurred in a vignette. This may be a print.

Describes issues such as missing and murdered women, education, health care, and over-representation in the criminal justice system and gives statement of action required by Canada to address each problem.

Atlantic Canada Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2012.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Manitoba, 2009.

Provides critical analysis of Erdrich’s novel which examines the high rates of sexual assault of Indigenous women as a metaphor for colonization, and draws parallels between the aftermath of an assault and the state and status of Ojibwe culture.

Focuses on policies which discriminate against Indigenous women and their offspring by denying them status and treaty rights.

Looks at the dislocation and suffering of Native Americans through the spiritual journey of Angel Jensen.

Public Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 2014.

Data from the 2011 Australian Census shows that a high proportion of caring activities are being undertaken in regional and remote areas of the country.

Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Iowa, 2013.

Looks at bereavement in two cultures and two healing traditions.

Book review of: Unsettled Pasts edited by Sarah Carter.

Book review of: Unsettling Encountersby Gerta Moray.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Oregon, 1996.

Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Regina, 2014.

Collection of commentaries based on excerpts from works such as Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, What Does Justice Look Like, Indians 'R' Us: Culture and Genocide, The Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology and Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide.

Conversation with the author of the 2010 Hampton University Read-In selection, the first time a novel by a Native American was chosen.

Data from two previous studies looks at prevalence and implications.

Chapter eleven from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

Looks at criminal jurisdictional hurdles that are being addressed with the Tribal Law and Order Act and Violence Against Women Act and the need for enforcement of legislation by Native government.

[Arts and Social Sciences] Thesis (Ph.D.)--[University of Technology Sydney], 2016.

Looks at how factors such as involvement in the child welfare system, systemic poverty and racism, and trauma have contributed to sexual violence experienced by Indigenous women and girls

Comments on the workload, conditions of the home, and the treatment of the young Aboriginal girls.

Reprinted from Trahant Reports, March 29, 2017.

Discusses positive changes in the lives of Aboriginal women through higher education and changing attitudes.

Looks at the movement between reserve and city (labelled as 'churn') and the concerns submitted to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People and the Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study.

Study focused on: demographic and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to children, youth, and women, racism, health, and income and poverty. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 288 respondents.

Study undertaken to provide information for development of strategic resource allocation, understanding of current policy approaches and legislative frameworks, and on-going issues faced by the population in the cities of Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Barrie/Midland/Orillia, Sudbury and Kenora.

Study focused on: education, income, employment, housing, culture and identity, racism, health, issues specific to youth, women and men and provision of social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 280 participants 96 percent of whom were Aboriginal.

Study focused on: education, culture and identity, political representation, housing, economic development, racism, health, economically successful residents, youth issues, and gaps in social services. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 340.

Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, culture and identity, service delivery, racism, health, housing, income and employment, and issues specific to youth and women. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 441 respondents; 182 participated in qualitative component and 259 participated in quantitative component.

Study focused on: demographics and mobility patterns, service delivery, culture and identity, issues specific to youth and women, racism, and health. Research conducted through key informant interviews, life histories, focus groups and community survey. Sample size of 425.

Study based on positive and negative experiences of women during marital breakdown.

Chapter eight from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

Provides an overview of law and social issues related to real property on-reserve when marital breakdown has occurred.

Discusses the results of interviews with twenty survey participants; five themes emerged: concern about care recipient contracting the virus, increased caregiving intensity and medical care issues, changes to personal health behaviors, and support during the pandemic.

Educational Administration and Foundations Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Manitoba, 1997.

Focuses on women who are strong, but low key activists, who extend many services to other urban community members and play many different roles to the people around them.

Health Sciences Thesis (M.S.)--University of Lethbridge, 2009.

Uses cases studies from Nicaragua and South Africa to compare colonization and imperialistic practices and how these experiences helped with the formation of what the author describes as Indigenous internationalist feminism.

Book review of: Us Women, Our Ways, Our World edited by Pat Dudgeon, Jeannie Herbert, Jill Milroy and Darlene Oxenham.

Identifies barriers to breast health as being access to information, screening, economics, follow-up, and protecting women

[Arctic and Northern Studies Program] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2014.

Looks at three communities which worked virtually to discuss and act on culturally safe and gender specific services for Northern women experiencing homelessness, and mental health and substance use concerns.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2014.