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Social Determinants Of Mental Health And Well-Being Among Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, Susan Wingert
Social Determinants Of Mental Health And Well-Being Among Aboriginal Peoples In Canada, Susan Wingert
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The articles in this volume address the question: How do social determinants structure the health and well-being of the Aboriginal population in Canada? The first article uses bivariate statistical tests to assess whether First Nations residents’ subjective assessments of personal and community well-being correspond to scores from the Community Well-Being (CWB) Index, which is a measure of socioeconomic conditions in the community. The second article uses path analysis to test the extent to which the stress process model explains the social distribution of psychological distress and well-being in the off-reserve Aboriginal population. Specifically, it investigates whether stress, mastery, and social …
Exposing The Cracks In Aboriginal Education Policy: A Critical Analysis Of Ontario’S Social Studies Curriculum, Jeffery S. Westlake
Exposing The Cracks In Aboriginal Education Policy: A Critical Analysis Of Ontario’S Social Studies Curriculum, Jeffery S. Westlake
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This case study demonstrates through the lenses of critical theory and anticolonialism that Ontario’s compulsory Grades 6-9 Social Studies curriculum is written from a Euro-Canadian standpoint and gives little regard to Aboriginal perspectives. Despite the Ministry of Education’s antiracism and equity policies, the Ontario curriculum is tainted by stereotypes, Eurocentrisms, myths, and omissions. The curriculum is an impediment to the reconciliation that must occur between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in order to bring healing to Aboriginal communities. This thesis contributes to critical education research by showing that the Ontario curriculum is partially responsible for the ignorance that secondary school graduates …
Strengths And Needs Of Aboriginal Foster Parents, Viktoria Ivanova
Strengths And Needs Of Aboriginal Foster Parents, Viktoria Ivanova
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The purpose of the study was to identify strengths and needs of Aboriginal foster parents. A total of 83 Aboriginal foster parents participated in over the phone interviews that included two questions: “What are the main strengths you have as a foster parent?” and “What supports would be helpful to you?”. Responses to the questions were sorted by the participants and the sorted data were analyzed using multidimentional scaling and cluster analysis. Four clusters emerged from the responses to the question about strengths including: 1) awareness, abilities, and skills, 2) cultural experience, 3) personal qualities, and 4) integrating child into …