Abuse

American Indian Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Arizona, 2015.

Psychology Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2000.

Short article discussing the 500 Aboriginal women who have gone missing in the past 25 years, a number disproportionate to the general population.

Discusses issues involved with violence against Aboriginal women, presents nine case studies of murdered and missing women and makes recommendations for policies to ensure the safety these women.

Documentary focuses on missing and murdered women from British Columbia. Duration: 17:18.

Comments on the poor health conditions experienced by Indigenous people on a global scale, compared to non-Indigenous.

Description and evaluation of healing and training project which involved weekly talking circles for women and girls, workshops, individual counselling, and on-the-land camps. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation Process Evaluation Survey, key informant interviews with healing team and service providers, and documents and data collected by community support coordinator.

Description and evaluation of project conducted in the communities of Opitciwan, Manawan, and Wemotaci, Quebec. Involved training of workers and counsellors, establishment of support network, awareness and education of the legacy of residential schools, and healing. Sources of information include project files, interviews conducted with members of project team and service providers, and other documents and data.

Brief comment on a study which revealed links between intergenerational trauma and the rates of HIV and Hepatitis C in young Aboriginal people in British Columbia.

A study that focuses on Indigenous female drug using sex workers in British Columbia to discuss the culture of violence and its ties to both historical and ongoing colonization.

Studied trends of assault and associated risk factors in cohort of 259 participants living in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, between 2003 and 2010.

Public Health Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2009.

Discusses the social standing of circus performers and the proportion of Aborigines compared to the total population.

A short fictional story.

Article chronicles differences between neglect and abuse and the various forms of each.

Compares findings from previous research about child maltreatment and examines data from the national data archives.

Brief discussion of risks factors, data sources, and government acts.

Statics show that the occurrence of violence in Indigenous communities is disproportionately high in comparison to the rates in the Australian population as a whole.

Guide and workbook developed for local Child Protection Teams or multi-disciplinary teams to help expand protocols for responding to child abuse and child sexual abuse.

Looks at intervention and prevention focusing on population and individual level risk and protective factors. Includes suggestions.

Annotated list of material published between 1978 and 2016.

Explores intricacies of making a report as well as implications for policy and practice.

Looks at a study that identifies the differences between various child maltreatment cases and suggests the development of neglect intervention programs.

Rally held on March 9, 2008 in Toronto for children who died in Indian residential schools and how supporters would like to know where some of the children are buried. (5 minutes.)

Resource sheet for children involved in child protection and out-of-home care.

Reports on the elevated risks stemming from abuse cases and factors such as larger youth populations among Indigenous peoples.

Discusses child abuse in the United States in general, abuse on reservations, the federal government's obligations, and further steps needed to protect Native American children.

Reports on the relationship between child sexual abuse and youth suicide in Nunavut which has a suicide rate nearly 10 times greater than the rest of Canada.

Looks at tribal area cases and other area cases to determine if there are any differences. Reports cases are similar in most respects but did find some statistically significant variances.

Reviews legislation and services provided in Canada, United States, Australia and New Zealand, and suggests new approaches to family and community well-being.

Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2001.

Based on survey on health and living conditions, study reports on chronic adult pain, number of pain sites, and pain strength.

Discusses the issues surrounding solvent abuse.

Looked into allegations of child abuse in remote South Australian Aboriginal communities which had come to light during the course of the Children in State Care Commission of Inquiry (CISC Inquiry). Part I: The Inquiry. Part II: Child Sexual Abuse on the Lands.

Diocese of Cariboo may declare bankruptcy after found negligent in sexual abuse case at Lytton B.C. residential school.

Church leaders appear before the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) regarding charges of abuse and cultural genocide. Duration: 2:04.

Brief overview of government policies aimed at eradicating Native Americans, discussion of how schools fit into achieving these goals, and possibilities for achieving redress through litigation.

Uses judicial decisions to examine how plaintiffs have fared in tort actions focusing on three issues: credibility, damage assessment and vicarious liability.

Article examines the construct of white masculinity in the interior of British Columbia during the Cariboo Gold Rush; discusses how the intersection with the settler-colonial agenda created a socially enforced code of behavior that demanded that men both subscribe to Victorian values, but also present with a roughness or heartiness about their person. Also illustrates how this construct of white masculinity justified violence towards women and racialized persons.

Provides clarification of the Canadian law of class actions and gives guidance for anyone considering a class action suit regarding residential school abuse.

Proposes a generic framework for interventions aimed at reducing and eventually eliminating family violence and abuse from Aboriginal communities.

Video version of graphic novel. Duration: 15:01.

Graphic novel. Video version.

Outlines detailed recommendations on ways to improve the Aboriginal child welfare system.

Recommends culturally appropriate definitions be developed and that government provides resources to implement data tracking and reporting systems.