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Human and Social Development Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2004.

Looks at racism and marginalization of Indigenous women and lack of access to services and support to get away from violence.

Examines various reasons for non-disclosure from distrust of the law and justice system to issues at the community and personal level, and makes suggestions in terms of services, training and education and local responses.

Editorial asserts that missing and murdered aboriginal women should not be just labeled a law enforcement problem, but also a health and societal problem.

Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

Looks at child welfare statistics, the role of the child protection worker and how the system works for Aboriginal children.

English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Himachal Pradesh University, 2009. Focuses on Lee Maracle's Daughters Are Forever and Ravensong, and Beatrice C. Mosionier's In Search of April Raintree and In the Shadow of Evil.

Interview with organizers regarding the Stop the Violence March. Scroll down to page 29 to read article.

Reflections on interpersonal relations and the importance of one's perspective and family ties.

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

Describes abuses suffered by children in residential schools, the settlement process and the system for "grading" abuses in determining reparations.

Physical Education and Recreation Thesis (M.A.)--2016.

Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Toronto, 1993.

Reports on responses to 13 questions about experiences of Indigenous girls, consultations with community members about what is happening, and what is needs to be done, and concludes with four recommendations based on research.

Report includes the following: an environmental scan of existing literature, a literature review of child welfare and violence against women, a consultation report and recommendations of future directions.

Webcast of the keynote speaker from the Patterns of Health and Wellbeing Symposium, Beverly Cook, who speaks on child sexual abuse and the ACE program (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Duration: 31:58.

Comments on the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and families in statutory child protection services across Australia.

Book review of: Our Greatest Challenge by Hannah McGlade. Scroll down to page 179 to read review.

Documentary on the Ojibwa community of Pauingassi, Manitoba. Duration: 59:29.

Personal narratives gathered during a First Nations' inquiry into high number of suicides in Northern Ontario.

Case involved a three-year-old who suffered physical and emotional abuse and neglect at the hands of her grandparents. She had initially been under the care of British Columbia's Ministry of Children and Family Development, but subsequently became the responsibility of a First Nations agency and the Saskatchewan Dept. of Social Services.

Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Queen's University, 2007.

Short video discusses the fact that Oprah Winfrey broke the silence on childhood sexual abuse which was helpful to so many. Duration: 3:15.

Related material: Overview Report.

Years of neglect by professionals and the social care system led to the death of a young Aboriginal woman from a drug overdose in Vancouver's downtown eastside. This report is her story. Related documentary A Life Discarded.

Chapter uses an "interview" with Lateral Violence to explore its effects and reports what members of the Woorabinda Aboriginal community had to say about the problem. Excerpt from Aboriginal Narrative Practice: Honouring Storylines of Pride, Strength and Creativity by Barbara Wingard, Carolynanha Johnson, and Tileah Drahm-Butler.

[Social Work] Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Warwick, 2003.

Looks at an evaluating system that will fit the needs of children in protective services and provide consistency in child raising practices.

Looks at data from the National Violence Against Women Survey and explores barriers around reporting rape to the police in American Indian communities.

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

Largely composed of personal narratives, but also includes section on recommendations and possible solutions.

Argues that to address root causes it is necessary to foreground the knowledge of affected communities and support researchers and policy processes that focus on Indigenous world views. Uses case study of the experiences of a girl living on a small reserve who has been sexually abused by a relative. Chapter from An Intersectionality Based Policy Analysis Framework edited by Olena Hankivsky. Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 133.

Study results reveal that the higher the proportion of investigations of Aboriginal children, the more likely placement would occur.

Looks at a large sample of Aboriginal children and family services to find out what influences the decision to place a child in foster care at the end of a child maltreatment investigation.

"This paper examined the relative influence of clinical and organizational characteristics on the decision to place a child in out-of-home care at the conclusion of a child maltreatment investigation."

Provides statistics and discusses some of the underlying risk factors that contribute to violence against women.

Discusses how stories and poems by residential school survivors, who have suffered in silence, must be told in order for wounds to heal. The article includes a poem The Bell by Brian Tuesday.

Overview of the Aboriginal women's support centre, Minwaashin Lodge, a holistic treatment facility for victims of family violence and the residential school system.

Presents results of the study on the physical, sexual, or psychological harm of violence by a partner and the related socioeconomic and demographic variables.