“If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls
Historical trauma and the negative effects of colonialism continue to be played out within Canadian culture. These processes have a deleterious effect on physical and psychological health outcomes among Indigenous Peoples. Through the creation of a safe space as part of a decolonizing, participatory...
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| description | Historical trauma and the negative effects of colonialism continue to be played out within Canadian culture. These processes have a deleterious effect on physical and psychological health outcomes among Indigenous Peoples. Through the creation of a safe space as part of a decolonizing, participatory activity program spanning 7 weeks, First Nations and Metis women and girls (aged 8-12) were able to begin to unpack what it means to be happy, healthy, and safe, and what is needed to actualize these goals. A community engaged, assetbased workshop approach provided a forum for participants to discuss the impact of traumatic experiences on the ability of adults to model a positive image of strength, independence, and confidence for their daughters, while creating a space to discuss change. |
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| spelling | fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:d658e484864a48748e3896e596b9e0f9 2025-01-16T21:54:49+00:00 “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls Elizabeth Cooper S. Michelle Driedger 2019-01-01 https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.1 https://doaj.org/article/d658e484864a48748e3896e596b9e0f9 en eng University of Western Ontario doi:10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.1 1916-5781 https://doaj.org/article/d658e484864a48748e3896e596b9e0f9 undefined International Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2019) cultural responsiveness First Nations Aboriginal Metis gender cultural memory advocacy socio anthro-se Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2019 fttriple https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.1 2023-01-22T17:21:19Z Historical trauma and the negative effects of colonialism continue to be played out within Canadian culture. These processes have a deleterious effect on physical and psychological health outcomes among Indigenous Peoples. Through the creation of a safe space as part of a decolonizing, participatory activity program spanning 7 weeks, First Nations and Metis women and girls (aged 8-12) were able to begin to unpack what it means to be happy, healthy, and safe, and what is needed to actualize these goals. A community engaged, assetbased workshop approach provided a forum for participants to discuss the impact of traumatic experiences on the ability of adults to model a positive image of strength, independence, and confidence for their daughters, while creating a space to discuss change. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Metis Unknown International Indigenous Policy Journal 10 1 |
| spellingShingle | cultural responsiveness First Nations Aboriginal Metis gender cultural memory advocacy socio anthro-se Elizabeth Cooper S. Michelle Driedger “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls |
| title | “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls |
| title_full | “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls |
| title_fullStr | “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls |
| title_full_unstemmed | “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls |
| title_short | “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls |
| title_sort | “if you fall down, you get back up”: creating a space for testimony and witnessing by urban indigenous women and girls |
| topic | cultural responsiveness First Nations Aboriginal Metis gender cultural memory advocacy socio anthro-se |
| topic_facet | cultural responsiveness First Nations Aboriginal Metis gender cultural memory advocacy socio anthro-se |
| url | https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.1 https://doaj.org/article/d658e484864a48748e3896e596b9e0f9 |