An intergenerational decolonizing path to healing: envisioning change with Indigenous mothers and girls.
Programs and interventions designed to reduce or remedy social, political, economic, and health disparities have varying levels of both short-term and long-term success. Within First Nations and Metis communities in Manitoba, health status and wellbeing, especially of women and children, is an ongoi...
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ftunivmanitoba:oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/32514 2023-06-18T03:40:38+02:00 An intergenerational decolonizing path to healing: envisioning change with Indigenous mothers and girls. Cooper, Elizabeth Driedger, S Michelle (Community Health Sciences) Lavoie, Josée (Community Health Sciences) Heinonen, Tuula (Social Work) Castleden, Heather (Queen's University) 2017 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32514 eng eng http://hdl.handle.net/1993/32514 open access First Nations Metis Canada Historical Trauma Intergenerational Colonial Trauma Asset Based Participatory Action Decolonizing Indigenous Methdology Health Wellness Women Girls doctoral thesis 2017 ftunivmanitoba 2023-06-04T17:42:18Z Programs and interventions designed to reduce or remedy social, political, economic, and health disparities have varying levels of both short-term and long-term success. Within First Nations and Metis communities in Manitoba, health status and wellbeing, especially of women and children, is an ongoing concern, influenced largely by history, culture, and systemic experiences. Women and girls were recruited to participate in an activity based research project to answer the question: “what do you need to be happy, healthy and safe and how do you try to make sure that girls grow up to be happy, healthy and safe?”. Recruitment criteria included self-identification as First Nations or Metis, a mother (or other female family member providing care) (n=24) of girls ages 8-12 (n=36), lived within Winnipeg, and the ability to commit, with her daughter, to an evening a week for seven weeks. Three workshops were conducted between September 2015 and March 2016. This study employed two key methodological study design components. A participatory workshop provided space for shared learning and intergenerational engagement while a community based research approach utilizing process and evaluation design components allowed for the collection and initial analysis of data within the workshops. Through activities, such as crafts, games, and discussions, participants shaped this study. The predominant theme that emerged was that in order to achieve health, safety and wellbeing, historical trauma needs to be addressed. This is a grouped manuscript style thesis. Chapter one provides an introduction to the study. Chapter two explores how the methodological approach provided a space for reconciliation, self-determination and healing. Chapter three explores the concept of harm reduction within family contexts as demonstrated through three arts-based activities. Chapter four provides a theoretical discussion about historical trauma, cultural memory and the workshop environment as a space for testimony and witnessing. The final chapter ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis First Nations Metis MSpace at the University of Manitoba Canada |
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Programs and interventions designed to reduce or remedy social, political, economic, and health disparities have varying levels of both short-term and long-term success. Within First Nations and Metis communities in Manitoba, health status and wellbeing, especially of women and children, is an ongoing concern, influenced largely by history, culture, and systemic experiences. Women and girls were recruited to participate in an activity based research project to answer the question: “what do you need to be happy, healthy and safe and how do you try to make sure that girls grow up to be happy, healthy and safe?”. Recruitment criteria included self-identification as First Nations or Metis, a mother (or other female family member providing care) (n=24) of girls ages 8-12 (n=36), lived within Winnipeg, and the ability to commit, with her daughter, to an evening a week for seven weeks. Three workshops were conducted between September 2015 and March 2016. This study employed two key methodological study design components. A participatory workshop provided space for shared learning and intergenerational engagement while a community based research approach utilizing process and evaluation design components allowed for the collection and initial analysis of data within the workshops. Through activities, such as crafts, games, and discussions, participants shaped this study. The predominant theme that emerged was that in order to achieve health, safety and wellbeing, historical trauma needs to be addressed. This is a grouped manuscript style thesis. Chapter one provides an introduction to the study. Chapter two explores how the methodological approach provided a space for reconciliation, self-determination and healing. Chapter three explores the concept of harm reduction within family contexts as demonstrated through three arts-based activities. Chapter four provides a theoretical discussion about historical trauma, cultural memory and the workshop environment as a space for testimony and witnessing. The final chapter ... |
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Driedger, S Michelle (Community Health Sciences) Lavoie, Josée (Community Health Sciences) Heinonen, Tuula (Social Work) Castleden, Heather (Queen's University) |
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