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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"aboriginal women"”.
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Kiskinawacihcikana: Aboriginal women faculty experiences in the academy
… case study examines the experiences of five Aboriginal/Native American women faculty working in universities in Canada and the United States. By using interview, observation and document analysis the author has sought to understand the cultural negotiations of the participants. The hiring of …
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Aboriginal Women and Urban Housing: Realizing the Community Benefits
Aboriginal women's housing issues profoundly affect the safety, health, and wellbeing of entire families. For low-income women who occupy marginal positions within the city, there is a particular urgency to access safe and affordable quality housing. In recent decades, evidence has shown that there …
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The fourth world : aboriginal women's activism and feminism
… is to develop a framework for the discussion of Aboriginal women's oppression, one which will reflect Indigenous women's perspectives. It is suggested here that feminism often assumes that all women, cross-culturally, share the same oppression and that this assumption may be false. The writer …
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Exploring the role of Alberta's aboriginal women in environmental impact assessments
The role of women is still not considered important in discussions about sustainable development so it would seem unlikely that Aboriginal women would be consulted on environmental impact assessment activities in Alberta. Through an examination of five Aboriginal women involved in environmental …
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A phenomenological exploration of the experiences of aboriginal women who were sexually abused
… people. Much less attention has been paid to the aboriginal experience of incest and sexual abuse. While there may be similarities between the native and non-native experience of incest and child sexual abuse, there are a number of cultural and historical factors that may present wholesale …
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Exploring cervical cancer screening behaviour : an interpretive description of Aboriginal women's experiences
… In Canada, the prevalence of cervical cancer in Aboriginal women continues to increase with a significantly higher mortality rate than women of non-Aboriginal ancestry. Despite that invasive cervical cancer is highly preventable with regular cervical cancer screening, participation in screening …
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Aboriginal women in education : Honouring our experiences a vision of access to and success within the university
This thesis explores Aboriginal women's access to and success within universities through an examination of Aboriginal women's educational narratives, along with input from key service providers from both the Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal community. Implemented through the Wildfire Research Method, …
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Focus on first peoples first thousand days : Cultural safety from the perspectives of select Aboriginal women in Regina, Saskatchewan
… and barriers to health care experienced by Aboriginal women and children when compared to non-Aboriginal women and children. The first thousand days time period, from conception to the age of two, is an opportunity for health professionals to positively impact the health of Aboriginal …
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Behind the Legend: A Historical Archaeology of the Buffalo Shooting industry, 1875-1958
… century to mid-twentieth century. It involved Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women and men working collectively for white male shooters to exploit feral water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) primarily for their thick hides. The work was dangerous and labour-intensive and required great skill and …
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Behind the Legend: A Historical Archaeology of the Buffalo Shooting industry, 1875-1958
… century to mid-twentieth century. It involved Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women and men working collectively for white male shooters to exploit feral water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) primarily for their thick hides. The work was dangerous and labour-intensive and required great skill and …
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Engaging feminism : a pedagogy for Aboriginal peoples
The effects of colonization are still evident in Aboriginal communities. This thesis examines feminism in relation to the colonial experiences of Aboriginal people. Drawing on feminist theories, this thesis explores how the ideology and practices of male dominance were imposed through colonization …
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Daughters of the Dreaming
… complex of issues often glossed 'the problem of women'. My ethnographic focus is the ritual life of Aboriginal women in Central Australia during the late 1970's, while my analysis raises the conceptual issue of how we should evaluate and characterize women's role and status in a sex segregated …
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Daughters of the Dreaming
… complex of issues often glossed 'the problem of women'. My ethnographic focus is the ritual life of Aboriginal women in Central Australia during the late 1970's, while my analysis raises the conceptual issue of how we should evaluate and characterize women's role and status in a sex segregated …
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A Home at School: Building Stronger Indigenous People through Cultural Resurgence in an Urban Ontario Public School Context.
… work through the educational narratives of young Aboriginal women and men as I explore the relationship between cultural programming and student engagement. My analysis is structured through a collaborative Indigenous research project. My overarching task is to explore how a cultural support …
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'This subject will not go away': Memorialising frontier conflict in South Australia
… significant debate and collaboration between Aboriginal groups, community organisations, and local councils. This thesis explores recent efforts to memorialise and commemorate colonial histories of frontier conflict between European settlers and Aboriginal peoples in South Australia. Using a …
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A Global History of Australian Women's Liberation, 1968-1985
… offers a global history of the Australian women’s liberation movement. It begins in the 1950s and concludes in the mid-1980s, with most attention being given to the period 1968-1985. Throughout this period the Australian women’s liberation movement changed the fabric of Australian society, …