Engaging and Empowering Aboriginal Youth

Engaging and Empowering Aboriginal Youth
Author: Claire V. Crooks
Publisher: Trafford on Demand Pub
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781426904295

"This toolkit presents a wide range of guidelines, strategies, templates and case studies for those who work with Aboriginal youth."--Page 4 of cover.

A Question of Commitment

A Question of Commitment
Author: R. Brian Howe
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Total Pages: 458
Release: 2009-07-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1554587085

In 1991, the Government of Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, requiring governments at all levels to ensure that Canadian laws and practices safeguard the rights of children. A Question of Commitment: Children’s Rights in Canada is the first book to assess the extent to which Canada has fulfilled this commitment. The editors, R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, contend that Canada has wavered in its commitment to the rights of children and is ambivalent in the political culture about the principle of children’s rights. A Question of Commitment expands the scope of the editors’ earlier book, The Challenge of Children’s Rights for Canada, by including the voices of specialists in particular fields of children’s rights and by incorporating recent developments.

The Return of the Sun

The Return of the Sun
Author: Michael J. Kral
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2019-07-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0190269340

Inuit have among the highest suicide rates in the world - ten times the national average. Inuit narratives of suicide provide clues as to what can and in some cases has been done to combat the problem, but until recently they have not circulated far beyond Inuit communities themselves. At the same time, academic researchers have studied suicide among Indigenous peoples, but have stopped short of analyzing narrative accounts for their themes of cultural survival. Based on two decades of participatory action and ethnographic research, The Return of the Sun is a historical and anthropological examination of suicide among Inuit youth in Arctic Canada. Conceptualizing suicide among Inuit as a response to colonial disruption of family and interpersonal relationships and examining how the community has addressed the issue, Kral draws on research from psychology, anthropology, Indigenous studies, and social justice to understand and address this population. Central to the book are narrative accounts by Inuit of their experiences and perceptions of suicide, and the lives of youth and their community action for change. As these Indigenous community success stories have not previously been widely retold, The Return of the Sun gives voice to a historically ignored community. Kral also locates this community action within the larger Inuit movement toward self-determination and self-governance. This important volume will be of interest to a broad range of social scientists, as well as researchers and practitioners in the mental health fields.

Healing Traditions

Healing Traditions
Author: Laurence J. Kirmayer
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2009-05-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 077485863X

Aboriginal peoples in Canada have diverse cultures but share common social and political challenges that have contributed to their experiences of health and illness. This collection addresses the origins of mental health and social problems and the emergence of culturally responsive approaches to services and health promotion. Healing Traditions is not a handbook of practice but a resource for thinking critically about current issues in the mental health of indigenous peoples. Cross-cutting themes include: the impact of colonialism, sedentarization, and forced assimilation; the importance of land for indigenous identity and an ecocentric self; and processes of healing and spirituality as sources of resilience.

Reconsidering the Institutions of Canadian Federalism

Reconsidering the Institutions of Canadian Federalism
Author: J. Peter Meekison
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 527
Release: 2004
Genre: Canada
ISBN: 1553390083

Beginning with an examination of the role of traditional institutions such as Parliament, Cabinet, the Supreme Court, and political parties, Canada: State of the Federation 2002 affirms the long-held belief that these bodies do not provide effective forums for interregional bargaining, creating a void that has been filled at least in part by executive federalism. Contributors conclude that the performance of traditional institutions, taken as a whole, has deteriorated over the last several decades, placing more pressure on the processes of executive federalism.

Wisdom Engaged

Wisdom Engaged
Author: Leslie Main Johnson
Publisher: University of Alberta
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2019-10-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1772124729

"I listened to my mum, my dad, my gramma, that is why I am still here. That is how you stay alive." —Mida Donnessey Wisdom Engaged demonstrates how traditional knowledge, Indigenous approaches to healing, and the insights of Western bio-medicine can complement each other when all voices are heard in a collaborative effort to address changes to Indigenous communities’ well-being. In this collection, voices of Elders, healers, physicians, and scholars are gathered in an attempt to find viable ways to move forward while facing new challenges. Bringing these varied voices together provides a critical conversation about the nature of medicine; a demonstration of ethical commitment; and an example of building successful community relationships. Contributors: Alestine Andre, Janelle Marie Baker, Robert Beaulieu, Della M. Cheney, Stakawas, Katsawa, Mida Donnessey, Mabel English, Christopher Fletcher, Fort McKay Berry Group, Annie B. Gordon, Celina Harpe-Cooper, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Leslie Main Johnson, Thea Luig, Art Mathews, Sim’oogit T’enim Gyet, Linda G. McDonald, Ruby E. Morgan, Bernice Neyelle, Morris Neyelle, Keiichi Omura, Mary Teya, Nancy J. Turner, Walter Vanast, Darlene Vegh.

Annual Report to ...

Annual Report to ...
Author: Alberta. Alberta International and Intergovernmental Relations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1999
Genre: Alberta
ISBN:

Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing - E-Book

Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing - E-Book
Author: Ruth Elder
Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2011-06-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0729578771

The new edition of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing focuses on practice in mental health and psychiatric care integrating theory and the realities of practice. Mental wellness is featured as a concept, and the consideration of a range of psychosocial factors helps students contextualise mental illness and psychiatric disorders. The holistic approach helps the student and the beginning practitioner understand the complex causation of mental illness, its diagnosis, effective interventions and treatments, and the client’s experience of mental illness.