“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, asset-based 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 | ftunivwestonta:oai:ir.lib.uwo.ca:iipj-1405 2025-01-16T21:54:56+00:00 “If You Fall Down, You Get Back Up”: Creating a Space for Testimony and Witnessing by Urban Indigenous Women and Girls Cooper, Elizabeth Driedger, S Michelle 2019-01-14T17:18:46Z application/pdf https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol10/iss1/1 https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.1 unknown Scholarship@Western https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol10/iss1/1 doi:10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ The International Indigenous Policy Journal cultural responsiveness First Nations Aboriginal Metis gender cultural memory advocacy Community-Based Research Community Health Family Life Course and Society Maternal and Child Health Race and Ethnicity research 2019 ftunivwestonta https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.1 2023-09-03T07:00:59Z 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, asset-based 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. Report First Nations Metis The University of Western Ontario: Scholarship@Western International Indigenous Policy Journal 10 1 |
| spellingShingle | cultural responsiveness First Nations Aboriginal Metis gender cultural memory advocacy Community-Based Research Community Health Family Life Course and Society Maternal and Child Health Race and Ethnicity Cooper, Elizabeth Driedger, S Michelle “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 Community-Based Research Community Health Family Life Course and Society Maternal and Child Health Race and Ethnicity |
| topic_facet | cultural responsiveness First Nations Aboriginal Metis gender cultural memory advocacy Community-Based Research Community Health Family Life Course and Society Maternal and Child Health Race and Ethnicity |
| url | https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol10/iss1/1 https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2019.10.1.1 |