You Belong to Everyone: Perspectives on Urban Wellness by Vancouver Island Elders at the Tillicum Lelum Friendship Centre
Indigenous peoples in Canada have suffered from ongoing impacts of colonization. The topic of Indigenous health is wholistic and intricate, spanning from individual to kin, to land, economy, socialization, and all things. Such intricacies have been impacted by colonial systems wherein many have left...
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ftunitorontoojs:oai:jps.library.utoronto.ca:article/41192 2024-09-15T18:06:41+00:00 You Belong to Everyone: Perspectives on Urban Wellness by Vancouver Island Elders at the Tillicum Lelum Friendship Centre Defriend, Courtney 2024-03-17 application/pdf https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/41192 eng eng Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/41192/32204 https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/41192 Copyright (c) 2024 Courtney Defriend https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 International Journal of Indigenous Health; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024): Research Collaborations that Enhance and Embed Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing 2291-9376 2291-9368 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2024 ftunitorontoojs 2024-06-25T14:24:39Z Indigenous peoples in Canada have suffered from ongoing impacts of colonization. The topic of Indigenous health is wholistic and intricate, spanning from individual to kin, to land, economy, socialization, and all things. Such intricacies have been impacted by colonial systems wherein many have left their traditional land bases and communities to pursue other opportunities or to flee circumstance on their home territories. This paper uses Indigenous methodologies to collect qualitative data on the experiences for some First Nations peoples connected to the Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre, on Vancouver Island when relocating off-reserve. Elders were selected as the sample based on the traditional perspective of knowledge and wisdom. As a result, six common themes from experiences were connection, way of living, education and employment, colonialism, land, and quality of health care. Further, axial coding found four action-based themes to be applied from the research. Racism, relevance, restrictions, and resources created the ‘Four R’s’ as recommendations for larger health systems in British Columbia. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto: Journal Publishing Services |
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Indigenous peoples in Canada have suffered from ongoing impacts of colonization. The topic of Indigenous health is wholistic and intricate, spanning from individual to kin, to land, economy, socialization, and all things. Such intricacies have been impacted by colonial systems wherein many have left their traditional land bases and communities to pursue other opportunities or to flee circumstance on their home territories. This paper uses Indigenous methodologies to collect qualitative data on the experiences for some First Nations peoples connected to the Tillicum Lelum Aboriginal Friendship Centre, on Vancouver Island when relocating off-reserve. Elders were selected as the sample based on the traditional perspective of knowledge and wisdom. As a result, six common themes from experiences were connection, way of living, education and employment, colonialism, land, and quality of health care. Further, axial coding found four action-based themes to be applied from the research. Racism, relevance, restrictions, and resources created the ‘Four R’s’ as recommendations for larger health systems in British Columbia. |
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You Belong to Everyone: Perspectives on Urban Wellness by Vancouver Island Elders at the Tillicum Lelum Friendship Centre |
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You Belong to Everyone: Perspectives on Urban Wellness by Vancouver Island Elders at the Tillicum Lelum Friendship Centre |
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You Belong to Everyone: Perspectives on Urban Wellness by Vancouver Island Elders at the Tillicum Lelum Friendship Centre |
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you belong to everyone: perspectives on urban wellness by vancouver island elders at the tillicum lelum friendship centre |
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Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health |
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2024 |
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International Journal of Indigenous Health; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2024): Research Collaborations that Enhance and Embed Indigenous Ways of Knowing, Being, and Doing 2291-9376 2291-9368 |
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https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/41192/32204 https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/41192 |
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Copyright (c) 2024 Courtney Defriend https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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