Domestic Violence

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Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile, 2015

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marta Burczycka
Shana Conroy
Juristat, vol. 37, no. 1, February 16, 2017, pp. [1]-77
Description
Statistics from the General Social Survey, Incidence-based Uniform Crime Reporting Survey and its Trend Database, and the Homicide Survey.
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Final Report: Profile of the State of Indian Children and Youth in Support of the Domestic Policy Council Workgroup on Indian Youth

Alternate Title
Profile of the State of Indian Children and Youth in Support of the Domestic Policy Council Workgroup on Indian Youth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael H. Trujillo
Leo J. Nolan
Deborah Melton
Walter Hillabrant
Judy Earp ... [et al.]
Description
"The goal of this study was to collect and organize existing information and to develop a set of recommendations to assist in the development of coordinated Federal policy."
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Final Report: Strengthening the Circle to End Violence against Aboriginal Women

Alternate Title
Strengthening the Circle: Summit III to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women
Summit III to End Violence Against Aboriginal Women ; 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres
Description
Comments on a summit held February 17-19, 2009 based on the need to address the high rates of violence perpetrated against Aboriginal women.
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First Nations Communities at Risk and in Crisis: Justice and Security

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wanda D. McCaslin
Yvonne Boyer
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 5, no. 2, First Nations Communities in Crisis, November 2009, pp. 61-87
Description
Looks at the stressors such as poverty, child welfare, youth gangs, policing and domestic violence and suggests that a realistic plan must be developed to foster healthy communities.
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First Nations Women Make Wellness First Priority

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Tanis Doe
Herizons, vol. 7, no. 1, April 30, 1993, pp. 10-[?]
Description
Highlights the First Nations Women and Wellness Conference in Vancouver, B.C. that began to identify wellness in a radical, new way.
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Gender Issues

Alternate Title
Arctic Human Development Report
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Karla Jessen Williamson
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Gunhild Hoogensen
Ann Therese Lotherington
Lawrence H. Hamilton ... [et al.]
Description
Excerpt from AHDR: Arctic Human Development Report .
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Generations of Betrayal: Mishkeegogamang, Called `Mish' by Those Who Live There, Is a Community That Sums Up All That Is Wrong with Canada's Treatment of Native People

Articles » General
Canada and the World Backgrounder, vol. 67, no. 6, May 2002, pp. 20-3
Description
Social and health problems of the Ojibway of northwestern Ontario in Treaty 9 territory, due in a large part to dams causing flooding of traditional hunting, fishing and trapping lands, and the peoples' subsequent move to reserve.
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Getting It Right: Assessing and Building Resilience in Canada's North

Alternate Title
Report (Conference Board of Canada) ; May 2012
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 12-294]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stefan Fournier
Description
Provides four recommendations: recognize the inherent resilience of these communities, encourage sustainable investment, understand the sources of risk, and ensure that assessment processes follow key principles.
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Getting Real

Alternate Title
Getting Real: A Northern Violence Prevention Drama
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ryan McCallion
Jessica Hall
Patti Flather
Description
Fictional account of a teenage northern Aboriginal girl who learns to detect and prevent signs of violence in her life. Duration: 28:00.
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"The Grandmothers Are With Us": Indigenous Theoretical Perspectives Towards Healing from Family Violence

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Donna Lester-Smith
Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, vol. 3, no. 2, Mothering, Fathering and a Culture of Peace, Fall/Winter, 2012, pp. 49-65
Description
Comments on a community agency, WAVS, that leads the way in family violence awareness, healing intervention and prevention.
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Healing and Empowering: First Nations Clients

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sara Joy David
BC Psychologist, Psychological Services for First Nations, Spring, 2012, pp. 14-17
Description
Offers some guidelines for non-First Nations therapists working with First Nations clients. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 14.
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Healing Is

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T.S. La Pratt
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 26, no. 3-4, Indigenous Women in Canada: The Voices of First Nations, Inuit and Metis Women, Winter/Spring, 2008, p. 13
Description
Poem.
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Health of Alwyn Peter

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Des Sturgess
Frank Brennan
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, March 1982, pp. 42-47
Description
Describes the impact of hearing loss on one young man which contributed to a tragic loss of life.
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Hearing about the Realities of Intimate Partner Violence in the Northwest Territories from Frontline Service Providers: Final Report

Alternate Title
Northwest Territories Research Project Report for Territorial Stakeholders: Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Report for Territorial Stakeholders
Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Heather Fikowski
Description
Study focused on identifying the needs of women, gaps and associated challenges in service provision, and strategies for developing non-violent communities. It took place over the course of five years and involved individual interviews and focus groups with RCMP, community health nurses, shelter and victim services workers, counsellors and social workers.
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Help for Missing American Indian and Alaska Native Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John F. Clark
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 5-20
Description
Outlines the benefits of using the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and AMBER Alert systems to help protect and recover abducted Indigenous children. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 5.
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Highway to Healing Drives Native Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rachel Thompson
Herizons, vol. 18, no. 3, Winter, 2005, p. 8
Description
Reports on the Native Women's Association of Canada launch of Sisters in Spirit campaign to fight violence against women.
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