Native Social Work Journal

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Nishnaabe Kinoomaadwin Naadmaadwin

Published by the School of Native Human Services - Native Social Work Journal, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario.

The Native Social Work Journal is registered with the Canadian Association of Learned Journals. Cover artwork by Leland Bell.

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"Mooka'Am (A new dawn)"
(School of Native Human Services, 1997-05) Avalos, Charlene; Arger, Lizz; Levesque, Elaine; Pike, Roberta
A treatment approach which weaves contemporary forms of Social Work with traditional ways of healing for Aboriginal people in Toronto.
Volume 1, May 1997
(School of Native Human Services, 1997-05) School of Native Human Services
"Aboriginal communities and Social Science research: Voyeurism in transition"
(School of Native Human Services, 1997-05) Gilchrist, Lauri
Examination of the relationship of research to Aboriginal peoples reveals a curious paradox. Volumes of research have generated data and theory on Aboriginal people in Canada, and yet there is little research which Aboriginal peoples have been able to determine themselves.
"Mino-Yaa-Daa: An urban community-based approach"
(School of Native Human Services, 1997-05) Baskin, Cyndy
Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes (Metro Toronto) Inc. includes a centralized 80 unit apartment complex and 7 townhouses on a separate site. Located in Scarborough, Ontario all units have 3 or 4 bedrooms. Incorporated in 1985 and opened in 1986, the complex is financially sponsored by the Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation. Geared to income housing is offered on a monthly rent-geared-to-income basis. The majority of families in the complex are headed by single mothers.
"Bringing home Payahtakenemowin (Peace of Mind): Creating self-governing community services"
(School of Native Human Services, 1997-05) Timpson, Joyce; Semple, Douglas
The decade from 1985 to 1997 saw rapid social and economic change in the 27 remote hunting and trapping First Nations of Northwestern Ontario. The area also saw an eightfold increase in the suicide rate despite the introduction of a multi-million dollar system of outside helping services. By assuming control of health services, the First Nations have increased the ability to address health and social service problems locally.
"Cross-addictions of gambling, alcohol and drugs in Aboriginal communities"
(School of Native Human Services, 1997-05) Hodgson, Maggie
Over the past twenty years, Native Canadians or Aboriginal people have enjoyed considerable progress in the development of sobriety. That is the good news. The bad news is that there has not been similar success in the area of other addictions, particularly gambling. Statistics exist which reveal the negative effects of gambling on Native people.
"Kinship care: A community alternative to foster care"
(School of Native Human Services, 1997-05) Carriere-Laboucane, Jeannine
I realized the importance of kinship connection and family preservation the first time I met one of my birth family members at age twelve. As an adopted child, I often felt I was living in a borrowed state of being. In someone else's family, borrowing someone else's name and culture. Meeting my birth family and recognizing my connection to the Metis community gave me a sense of belonging for the first time in my life.
"Northern student education initiative"
(School of Native Human Services, 1997-05) German, Nona R.
The Northwest Territories encompasses a third of Canada's land mass. In 1999, the one territory will become two. Separating the arctic from the subarctic, the division will approximately follow the tree line, which runs diagonally across the Northwest Territories from the northwest to the southeast. The Nunavut territory will provide a self-governed homeland for the Inuit in the eastern arctic. The western territory will encompass the traditional homeland of the Inuvialuit, the Dene and Metis (Canada's Northwest Territories 1996 Explorer's Guide). In the Northwest Territories, where Native people are the majority, Aboriginal self-government is a reality.
"Long term evaluation of the health transfer initiative: Major findings"
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) van de Sande, Adje; Browning, Rick
This article summarizes the major findings of the Long Term Evaluation of the Health Transfer Initiative, the initiative of the Medical Services Branch of Health Canada to transfer control of health services and budgets to First Nations Communities. The study was conducted by the Institute for Human Resource Development for Medical Services Branch.
"The learning circle as a research method: The trickster and windigo in research"
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) Nabigon, Herbert; Hagey, Rebecca; Webster, Schuyler; MacKay, Robert
This study reports on how funded research - carried out by a recognized elder in selected communities on Manitoulin Island - affects the community experiences and perceptions of the emotional issues surrounding diabetes. In his research, this elder was able to assert and Aboriginal approach of achieving human subjects' review approval.
"The circle of healing"
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) Stevenson, Jean
Many Aboriginal communities and urban Aboriginal people in the field of social services are utilizing Healing Circles. Talking Circles or Sharing Circles as a way of providing group support for people who are dealing with issues such as addictions, violence, grief, and trauma. The Native Council of Canada's 1993 report affirms that "traditional Healing Circles are being used with increasing frequency in urban Aboriginal communities" (p. 1).
"Aboriginal students speak about acceptance, sharing, awareness and support: A participatory approach to change at a University and Community College"
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) Young, Wendy
The qualitative participatory action research on which I report in this paper represents a bicultural partnership venture between myself and Aboriginal students at two post-secondary educational institutions in North Eastern Ontario; Nipissing University and Canadore College. It was undertaken, in part, to generate an information base for the teaching and learning of Aboriginal students.
"Seeking Minopimatasiwin (the Good Life): An Aboriginal approach to social work practice"
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) Hart, Michael Anthony
Aboriginal peoples have been utilizing their own approaches to helping one another for centuries. Many Aboriginal social workers have incorporated these approaches or aspects of them in their professional practice. However, such approaches have not always been respected on their own merits by the social work profession. In recognition of this concern, the Canadian Association of the Social Workers (1994) have acknowledged the need for greater understanding and respect of Aboriginal practices.
"Location and knowledge-building: Exploring the fit of western social work with traditional knowledge"
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) Zapf, Michael Kim
In many regions of Canada, particularly the North, human services grounded in a Western social work model exist alongside Indigenous healing practices rooted in local traditional knowledge. For a long time, traditional knowledge was the only working knowledge base for survival in harsh northern climates. The relatively recent imposition of a Western scientific knowledge base has resulted in efforts to integrate or incorporate aspects of local traditional knowledge. Based on direct experience with this process within my own discipline of social work, I have attempted to explore issues of compatibility of the two knowledge systems with particular attention to the impact of place or spatial location.
"Trauma and healing in Aboriginal families and communities"
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) Lederman, John
Traumatized people feel utterly abandoned, utterly alone, cast out of the human and divine systems of care and protection that sustain life. Thereafter, a sense of alienation, of disconnection, pervades every relationship, from the most intimate familial bonds to the most abstract affiliations of community and religion (Herman, 1997, p.52). This paper considers how traumatization of Aboriginal people may be of a unique process, characterized as it is by a long-standing and continuing history of repeating traumatic events, which affect entire communities; the length of time and extent of the trauma make it extremely difficult for the process of healing to take place.
Volume 2
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) School of Native Human Services
"The Nitinaht Chronicles"
(School of Native Human Services, 1999-04) Webster, Schuyler; Douglas, Lucilla; Goddard, Molly
The Nitinaht Chronicles contains strong language, including graphic sexual detail. Please preview before showing. This video is accompanied by a comprehensive user's guide. (National Film Board of Canada, 1998).
"Dynamics of the 1999 AIDS Walk in 31 First Nations communities: The community within the community"
(School of Native Human Services, 2000-09) Saulnier, Gabe; Masching, Renee
The Atlantic First Nations region consists of 31 distinct Maliseet and Mi'kmaq Nations with populations ranging from 60 to almost 3,000. HIV/AIDS has found its way into several Atlantic First Nation communities. It can probably be assumed that all of these communities, at one time or another, will have members who are affected by this disease.
"Celebrating community knowledge: Encouraging involvement, achieving ownership and building confidence through comprehensive community consultation"
(School of Native Human Services, 2000-09) Armstrong, Todd
Pauktuutit Inuit Women's Association of Canada has demonstrated a historical commitment to addressing health care issues among Inuit communities, and HIV/AIDS is no exception. Since the story of Leetia Geetah, the first Inuk woman diagnosed with HIV, hit the news in 1988, Pauktuutit has been increasingly involved in HIV/AIDS issues.
"Working together: The CHALN/CAAN Project on legal issues, Aboriginal People and HIV/AIDS"
(School of Native Human Services, 2000-09) Matiation, Stefan
The Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network (the Legal Network) and the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) have recently completed part of a project on legal issues, Aborigional people and HIV/AIDS (the Project). The Project has so far involved two phases, the first intiated by Legal Network and CAAN. The topics addressed include human rights and discrimination, jurisdiction and funding, and testing and confidentiality. Health Canada under the Canadian Strategy on HIV/AIDS provided funding for the Project.

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