T. N. Marsh, D. Marsh, Julie Ozawagosh, Frank Ozawagosh
{"title":"The Sweat Lodge Ceremony: A Healing Intervention for Intergenerational Trauma and Substance Use","authors":"T. N. Marsh, D. Marsh, Julie Ozawagosh, Frank Ozawagosh","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.2","url":null,"abstract":"Many traditional healers and Elders agree that strengthening cultural identity, incorporating traditional healing practices, and encouraging community integration can enhance and improve mental health and reduce substance use disorders (SUD) in Indigenous populations. Despite the fact that traditional healing practices have always been valued by Indigenous Peoples, there is very little research on efficacy. Recent research by one of the authors in this group (T. Marsh) has shown that the blending of Indigenous traditional healing practices and a Western treatment model, Seeking Safety, resulted in a reduction in intergenerational trauma (IGT) symptoms and substance use disorders (SUD). This article focuses on the qualitative evidence concerning the impact of the traditional healing practices, specifically the sweat lodge ceremony. Participants reported an increase in spiritual and emotional well-being that they said was directly attributable to the ceremony. This study demonstrates that it would be beneficial to incorporate Indigenous traditional healing practices, including the sweat lodge ceremony, into Seeking Safety to enhance the health and well-being of Indigenous Peoples with IGT and SUD.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41316606","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indigenous Access to Skilled Jobs in the Canadian Forest Industry: The Role of Education","authors":"I. Cahill","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.5","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, the effect of education on the skill level of jobs held by Indigenous people working in the Canadian forest industry is examined. A skill index based on detailed occupation is used as the dependent variable in ordered logit models estimated using data from Statistics Canada’s 2011 National Household Survey (NHS). Results are obtained by gender. In the case of men, for Métis (a specific mixed European and Indigenous culture) and for First Nations living off reserve estimates of the effect of education are similar to those for non-Indigenous people. The estimated effect is lower for those Indigenous people living on reserve, particularly for those whose employment is also on the reserve. Results for women are similar, though often not statistically significant due to the limited sample size. High school graduation appears insufficient to provide access to better jobs, whereas post-secondary education, including trade certificates and community college, is very effective. The article concludes with a suggestion that, while closing the lag in Indigenous rates of high school education is critical, this must provide a gateway to further education. A discussion provides more policy context.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":"3 2","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41258133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Smoking Among Off-Reserve First Nations, Métis, and Inuit High School Students","authors":"É. Bougie, D. Kohen","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.1","url":null,"abstract":"Using data from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS), this study investigated associations between smoking and a number of school, peer, and family characteristics among off-reserve First Nations (n = 2,308), Métis (n = 2,058), and Inuit (n = 655) high school students aged 12 to 21 years. Logistic regressions revealed important group differences in Indigenous youths' correlates of smoking. Characteristics that were negatively associated with smoking included attending a school with a positive environment or having peers with high educational aspirations among First Nations students; participating in school-based club extra-curricular activities or living in a smoke-free home among Métis; and living in higher-income families among Inuit. A consistent risk factor for smoking among all Indigenous students was having close friends who engaged in risk behaviours.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46410483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Goodman, Robert Morgan, Ron Kuehlke, Shelda Kastor, K. Fleming, J. Boyd
{"title":"“We’ve Been Researched to Death”: Exploring the Research Experiences of Urban Indigenous Peoples in Vancouver, Canada","authors":"A. Goodman, Robert Morgan, Ron Kuehlke, Shelda Kastor, K. Fleming, J. Boyd","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.3","url":null,"abstract":"The belief among many Indigenous Peoples of being over-researched, often through questionable research practices, has generated mistrust towards researchers. Despite growing critiques of conventional research practices, understanding of Indigenous Peoples’ contemporary research experiences remains limited. The research this article describes was undertaken by a community organization led by Indigenous Peoples who use illicit substances. Community researchers facilitated talking circles to explore the research experiences of peers living in a highly-researched inner-city neighbourhood in Vancouver, Canada. While participants reported distrust towards researchers, this wariness did not preclude participation in research given a context of extreme poverty. Participants noted lack of transparency in research and perceived research as having little benefit to their community. We argue for increased support for Indigenous-led approaches to research that emphasize community concerns and meaningful community participation.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"3"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49389849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Indigenous Rights and Multilevel Governance: Learning From the Northwest Territories Water Stewardship Strategy","authors":"A. Latta","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.2.4","url":null,"abstract":"States’ increasing recognition of Indigenous rights in the realm of natural resources has led to a variety of comanagement arrangements and other forms of melded authority, evolving over time into increasingly complex governance relationships. This article takes up such relationships within the analytical frame of multilevel governance, seeking lessons from the experiences of Indigenous involvement in water policy in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT). It examines the way that effective collaboration in resource governance can emerge within the space of tension between evolving Indigenous rights regimes and the continued sovereignty of the state. At the same time, the analysis raises questions about whether multilevel governance can contribute to meaningful decolonization of relationships between settler states and Indigenous Peoples.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":" ","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44448085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overqualification Among Aboriginal Workers in Canada","authors":"Jungwee Park","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.1.2","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines education, employment, and the extent to which adult Aboriginal workers (aged 25-64) were overqualified for their jobs compared to non-Aboriginal workers. Data are from the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) including 415,115 Aboriginal workers and 13,301,610 non-Aboriginal workers. Aboriginal workers with higher levels of education (bachelor degree or higher) were less likely to be overqualified than their non-Aboriginal counterparts; but Aboriginal workers with lower levels of education (less than university level) were more likely to be overqualified than non-Aboriginal workers. This study also highlights differences in overqualification by field of study: Among Aboriginal workers who earned university degrees, low overqualification rates were found among those who studied education; mathematics, computer, and information sciences; architecture, engineering, and related technologies; and health fields.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":" ","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46720792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transforming First Nations Health Care in British Columbia: An Organizational Challenge","authors":"S. Wilmot","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"Following a series of agreements on First Nations health care in British Columbia beginning in 2005, several organizations were created to contribute to the development of a system of health care for First Nations in the province, with the aim of transforming First Nations health care to better meet users’ needs. This article considers the role of these organizations and their relationships with the provincial government, the federal government, and the First Nations people of British Columbia. It explores possible levels of transformation, as well as the possibilities and problems for these organizations in undertaking the transformation process, particularly with regard to their position on the boundary between the worlds of First Nations and Canada. It also considers sources of, and threats to, their legitimacy in this undertaking. Finally, wider points of relevance beyond British Columbia are identified.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":" ","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44005018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Loutfi, S. Law, C. McCutcheon, R. Carlin, J. Torrie, M. Macdonald
{"title":"Health Planning for Indigenous Populations: A Rapid Evidence Review","authors":"David Loutfi, S. Law, C. McCutcheon, R. Carlin, J. Torrie, M. Macdonald","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.1.7","url":null,"abstract":"Addressing health inequalities for Indigenous Peoples and communities is an urgent priority in Canada. The aim of this evidence review was to better understand the challenges and best practices of health planning for Indigenous populations. In total, 29 articles met our inclusion criteria, from which we distilled four main themes: (a) Managing health care in organizations serving Indigenous clientele; (b) Assessing Indigenous health needs and their related costs; (c) Toward cultural safety in health planning; and (d) Stakeholder participation in health planning. Our review indicates that while little has been published about challenges and best practices of health planning for Indigenous populations, there are important lessons to be learned from this literature, including promising practices for decision makers.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44206519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eva McRae-Williams, J. Yamaguchi, Byron Wilson, Rosalie Schultz, Tammy Abbott, Sheree Cairney
{"title":"Interplay Wellbeing Framework: Community Perspectives on Working Together for Effective Service Delivery in Remote Aboriginal Communities","authors":"Eva McRae-Williams, J. Yamaguchi, Byron Wilson, Rosalie Schultz, Tammy Abbott, Sheree Cairney","doi":"10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18584/IIPJ.2018.9.1.1","url":null,"abstract":"Access to effective services and programs is necessary to improve wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Australia. Without genuine participation of Aboriginal community members in the design, governance, and delivery of services, desired service delivery outcomes are rarely achieved. Using a \"shared space\" model, Aboriginal communities, governments, and scientists came together to design and develop the Interplay Wellbeing Framework. This Framework brings together stories and numbers (or qualitative and quantitative data) to represent community values for the purpose of informing program and policy agendas. This article unpacks what community members saw as making a service work well and why. The domains of empowerment and community functioning are discussed and their relationship to effective service delivery demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":13707,"journal":{"name":"International Indigenous Policy Journal","volume":"9 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2018-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49481522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}