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Fall 2018

Green, Heather

Yukon. Throughout this period the state imposed southern colonial bureaucracies and administration in the Yukon that favoured colonial ideologies and practises of land use over local Indigenous practises that led to the displacement and relocation of Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in peoples from previously used areas

. State imposition often clashed with colonial authority on the ground, creating a complicated history of colonization of environment and humans in the Yukon. This study also examines the various ways in which Indigenous Yukoners shaped the structure of colonialism in the Yukon through a variety of

responses. It argues that the Klondike Gold Rush began a pattern of long-term systemic alienation of Yukon First Nations from traditionally used resources and areas; in part this resulted from the physical impacts that mining had on the environment of the central Yukon, but Indigenous displacement also

Spring 2021

David Parent

Bringing together the fields of Critical Indigenous Studies, settler-colonial studies, and governmentality studies, this dissertation seeks to methodologically trace the dispossession of Metis from lands in Manitoba throughout the mid-twentieth century by placing these dispossessions into the

2014

Hopkins, Daniel, Beard, Laura J.

In this article, we use examples from contemporary Anishinaabe artist Rebecca Belmore and the works of the Spiderwoman Theater Troupe to explore how contemporary Indigenous artists in the Americas negotiate the representation of Indigenous identities, identities which are always performed and

entangled in a mesh of geographical locations, cultural practices and ideological borders. Through their artistic productions, many Native artists and authors participate in a larger community of voices discussing what it means to be Indigenous in the Americas and what ethical responsibilities or

Fall 2023

James, Ashton L.

The measurement tools selected for use in studies with Indigenous children have an undeniable impact on the validity and applicability of the findings presented, underscoring the need to take seriously calls for the development of self-determined measures that are rooted in the cultures, histories

, identities, and worldviews of Indigenous Peoples. This thesis describes a participatory research project in partnership with the Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA) to advance the creation of self-determined measures of Métis children’s social and emotional well-being (SEWB). This thesis describes a scoping review

that aimed to identify, describe, and consolidate measures that have been developed to assess SEWB of Indigenous children in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. Notably, and in alignment with other calls for action, the findings from this review highlight a glaring deficiency in

Spring 2024

Carlson, Elizabeth M

In this thesis, I co-created knowledge with eight Indigenous youths and ten caregivers of Indigenous youths through qualitative interviews about their experiences of and preferences in psychological assessment. I was guided by constructivist methodology in my use of the qualitative descriptive

Fall 2021

Raphael, Daisy M.

celebrations, I argue, are also land celebrations – events aimed at storying Canadian state sovereignty claims and producing and reproducing settler attachments to Indigenous land. Land is simultaneously central to landmark celebrations and fundamentally obscured as contested territory over which the nation

-state requires control in order maintain its legitimacy. ‘Feel good’ discourses of diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation underwrite the re- narration of ‘Canada’ as a happy project, worthy of celebration. Drawing upon critical-race feminist, settler-colonial studies, and Indigenous theory and

mutual cooperation amongst diverse peoples. By starting with Harper’s “Road to 2017” narrative, I demonstrate that Conservatives and Liberals alike mobilize diversity as Canada’s strength. From Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory on whose land British, French, American, and Indigenous peoples fought

Fall 2021

Tkachuk, Tammy Lynn

In the fall of 2016 I began working at a small elementary school in rural Alberta. As both the principal and a teacher in the school, I set about making changes designed to meet the Calls to Action of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission while also opening up our classrooms to Indigenous

acknowledgement statement had become a part of our public gatherings. They questioned the cross-cultural links I was trying to establish, and the Indigenous knowledge that was being included in instruction. My initial response to the parent community was to cite policies and to point to proposed changes in

curriculum as a justification for the work being done. As further discussions with parents would reveal, something more was needed. Parents needed, and asked for, education about changing Indigenous - Settler relations and the decolonizing and Indigenizing work taking place in our school. Parents wanted to

Spring 2022

Alvarez Malvido, María

and communication models that respond to their own needs and contexts. For example, Indigenous Peoples from different territories, who have resisted colonial structures and demonstrated the sustainability of their communities, organizations, and Nations in relation to their territories, have developed

and used ICTs to support their own ways of living. In this context, my research explores the strategies that Indigenous artists and communicators from territories in Mexico and Canada are undertaking to use digital tools according to their own terms and desires. Through testimonio as a narrative

thesis is informed by a body of research that acknowledges that digital ICTs are not neutral, but tools of power and counterpower. The testimonio stories presented here provide a variety of experiences and reflections that reveal the strategies that Indigenous artists and communicators have used when

2017-01-01

Bell, Catherine

Research and writing by Canadian academics conducted in collaboration with Indigenous people, or drawing on Indigenous knowledge, is governed by Indigenous laws and Canadian law and policy, including intellectual property law. This presentation addresses some of the challenges working within this

2018-10-18

Integrative Health Institute

Partnership with an Indigenous Community: Reflections from the ENRICH First Nations Project", Jazmine Drost "Collaboration to Inform Strategic Planning: Developing the Alliances to Expand the Traditional Indigenous Sweat Lodge within Alberta Health Services", Dr. Angeline Letendre "Engaging Elder/Knowledge

Holders in Support of Cancer Research with Indigenous Communities Across Alberta".