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... As a white-settler, anti-racist feminist activist, I have been involved in vigils to raise awareness about the large number of missing and murdered Aboriginal ' women, and I wanted ... Inspired by the research of Bridget... more
... As a white-settler, anti-racist feminist activist, I have been involved in vigils to raise awareness about the large number of missing and murdered Aboriginal ' women, and I wanted ... Inspired by the research of Bridget Keating, Natalie Kallio, and Charla HOLLY A. MCKENZIE is a ...
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This analysis of urban Indigenous women’s experiences on the homelands of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories... more
This analysis of urban Indigenous women’s experiences on the homelands of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada) and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories illustrated that Indigenous women have recently experienced coercion when interacting with healthcare and social service providers in various settings. Drawing on analysis of media, study conversations and policies, this collaborative, action-oriented project with 32 women and two-spirit collaborators demonstrated a pattern of healthcare and other service providers subjecting Indigenous women to coercive practices related to tubal ligation, long-term contraceptives and abortion. We foreground techniques Indigenous women use to assert their rights within contexts of reproductive coercion, including acts of refusal, negotiation and sharing community knowledge. By recognizing how colonial relations shape Indigenous women’s experiences, decision makers and service providers can take action to transform institutional cultures so Indigenous women can navigate their reproductive decision-making with safety and dignity.
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The burgeoning literature on intersectionality is a testament to its rapid uptake and wide appeal. Emerging from feminist strands of critical legal theory and sociology, intersectionality is increasingly recognized as a valuable... more
The burgeoning literature on intersectionality is a testament to its rapid uptake and wide appeal. Emerging from feminist strands of critical legal theory and sociology, intersectionality is increasingly recognized as a valuable theoretical framework for understanding how health and social inequities are shaped by complex intersecting social locations, categories of difference and systems of oppression. Researchers who engage in intersectionality‐based research are particularly concerned with the ways in which people's lived realities and experiences of oppression result from dynamic interactions between dominant forces such as age‐based discrimination, classism, hetero‐normativity, racialization and colonialism among other forms of social differentiation and exclusion. From the framework of intersectionality, experiences of oppression are temporal, spatial and contingent on cultural and historical contexts. In this paper, we explore the theoretical and philosophical assumptio...
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This analysis of urban Indigenous women’s experiences on the Homeland of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories... more
This analysis of urban Indigenous women’s experiences on the Homeland of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories illustrates that Indigenous women have recently experienced coercion when interacting with healthcare and social service providers in various settings. Drawing on analysis of media, study conversations, and policies, this collaborative, action-oriented project with 32 women and Two-Spirit collaborators demonstrated a pattern of healthcare and other service providers subjecting Indigenous women to coercive practices related to tubal ligations, long-term contraceptives, and abortions. We foreground techniques Indigenous women use to assert their rights within contexts of reproductive coercion, including acts of refusal, negotiation, and sharing community knowledge. By recognizing how colonial relations shape Indigenous women’s experiences, decision-makers ...
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Context Pain is a primary reason individuals attend an Emergency Department (ED), and its management is a concern. Objectives Change in symptoms and physiologic variables at 3 time points pre-post a ten-minute St. John Ambulance therapy... more
Context Pain is a primary reason individuals attend an Emergency Department (ED), and its management is a concern. Objectives Change in symptoms and physiologic variables at 3 time points pre-post a ten-minute St. John Ambulance therapy dog team visit compared to no visit in ED patients who experienced pain. Design, setting and participants Using a controlled clinical trial design, pain, anxiety, depression and well-being were measured with the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System (revised version) (ESAS-r) 11-point rating scales before, immediately after, and 20 minutes post- therapy dog team visit with Royal University Hospital ED patients participating in the study (n = 97). Blood pressure and heart rate were recorded at the time points. Control data was gathered twice (30 minutes apart) for comparison (n = 101). There were no group differences in age, gender or ethnicity among the control and intervention groups (respectively mean age 59.5/57.2, ethnicity 77.2% Caucasian/87.6%, fe...
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In Canada, it is estimated that 3 times as many Indigenous children are currently in the care of the state compared to when the residential schools’ populations were at their peak. It is imperative that action be taken. This article... more
In Canada, it is estimated that 3 times as many Indigenous children are currently in the care of the state compared to when the residential schools’ populations were at their peak. It is imperative that action be taken. This article explores the continuities among residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and child welfare in Canada today. In particular, we examine how colonial and neocolonial discourses operate through and justify these policies and practices. We propose nine policy recommendations, which aim to transform child welfare and support Indigenous families to care for their children. Although transformative policy change is unlikely within this neocolonial and neoliberal climate, the recent change in federal leadership has made it more possible to move these policy recommendations forward.
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Drawing on three culturally specific research projects, this paper examines how community-based knowledge brokers’ engagement in brokering knowledge shaped the projects’ processes. Informed by Deleuze and Guattari’s (1987)... more
Drawing on three culturally specific research projects, this paper examines how community-based knowledge brokers’ engagement in brokering knowledge shaped the projects’ processes. Informed by Deleuze and Guattari’s (1987) conceptualization of the “rhizome,” we discuss how community knowledge brokers’ engagement in open research-creation practices embrace the relational foundation of Indigenous research paradigms in contrast to mainstream Western research practices that are engaged as linear, objective, and outcome-oriented activities. In turn, we offer propositions for building team environments where open research-creation practices can unfold, informing a periphery of shared space for Indigenous and Western paradigms.
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i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii DEDICATION iv TABLE OF CONTENTS iii 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Literature Review 7 2.1 Violence Against Aboriginal Women/Intersections of “Race” and Class......7 2.2 What Constrains Media Responses to Disappeared and... more
i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii DEDICATION iv TABLE OF CONTENTS iii 1.0 Introduction 1 2.0 Literature Review 7 2.1 Violence Against Aboriginal Women/Intersections of “Race” and Class......7 2.2 What Constrains Media Responses to Disappeared and Murdered Aboriginal Women? 14 3.0 In the Borderlands/A White-settler Feminist’s Mestizaje Theorizing? 22 3.1 Contested Theoretical Frameworks/Postcolonial feminisms and Indigenous feminisms 25 3.2 White Masculine Hegemony and Interpellation 29 3.3 Foucault, Discourse Analysis, Power, and Feminist Interpretations 32 3.4 Butler’s Theory of Performativity/Constructions of Gender/Sex and “Race” 36 3.5 Feminization of Indigenous Lands and Indigenous Women/Constructing Aboriginal Women as Abject/Other 38 4.0 Methodology 45 4.1 Research Questions 45 4.2 What Does a Mestizaje Project Look Like? Methodology/Approach 46 Figure 1: Mixed-methodological approach 47
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This article argues that the Saskatchewan child welfare system is providing fragmented, inconsistent, and insufficient support to Aboriginal Grandmothers caring for grandchildren. This article is based on a Participatory Action Research... more
This article argues that the Saskatchewan child welfare system is providing fragmented, inconsistent, and insufficient support to Aboriginal Grandmothers caring for grandchildren. This article is based on a Participatory Action Research project grounded in Indigenous epistemologies, which involved Aboriginal Grandmothers caring for grandchildren. Traditionally, child rearing was an expected and well-supported role of Aboriginal Grandmothers. Today the situation is very different. The Aboriginal Grandmothers involved in this project are carrying the responsibility rearing their grandchildren because the parents’ cannot. As a result of colonial policies and practices, in particular the Residential School policy and the ““Sixties Scoop”,” many Aboriginal families are facing situations of crisis and ill health, such as drug or alcohol abuse, domestic abuse, and incarceration. Further, these Aboriginal Grandmothers are not provided with sufficient and consistent financial support from th...
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Simple Summary The purpose of this commentary is to highlight the lessons our team learned through transitioning a university campus’ therapy dog program from being delivered in-person to a novel online format during the COVID-19... more
Simple Summary The purpose of this commentary is to highlight the lessons our team learned through transitioning a university campus’ therapy dog program from being delivered in-person to a novel online format during the COVID-19 pandemic. By connecting therapy dog teams virtually with program participants, we aimed for participants to continue to experience feelings of love, comfort and support as occurred in in-person programming, and gain knowledge about the best evidence surrounding mental health care during a pandemic. Through a combined process-outcome evaluation and subsequent needs assessment of the online program, and reflecting on our collective experiences, we learned several lessons regarding program personnel needs, therapy dog handler training and support requirements, and online programming prerequisites. These learning experiences continue to inform our current delivery of the program online and are applicable to other programs considering the same. Abstract In 2015,...