Browsing by Subject "Indigenous"
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An Indian Residential School survivor's journey with Truth and Reconciliation
(2019-08-09)As an Indigenous woman and an Indian Residential School survivor, I embark on a journey that forms a roadmap of my life experiences that are part of the history of Canada. I share who I am and how I self-identify as someone ... -
Coastal ocean dynamics and primary productivity near traditional indigenous clam gardens in Fulford Harbour, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
(2018-12-14)Along the Pacific coasts of British Columbia and Alaska, it has recently been recognized that Indigenous communities traditionally built and maintained clam gardens in the intertidal zone by clearing rocks, aerating ... -
Codes of conduct for indigenous-inspired spa and wellness tourism
(2015-07-22)While the growing global tourism industry currently provides best practices guidance and certification possibilities for ecotourism, green spas, and Indigenous tourism, no codes of conduct exist for spas operations that ... -
How are the aspirations of British Columbia Institute of Technology First Nations students defined by their indigenous perspective?
(2013-09-23)These stories of successful First Nations students, from a First Nations student technical staff and graduate student, allow for a unique Indigenous perspective to contribute relevant research to the field of Indigenous ... -
Ktunaxa traditional knowledge : building Ktunaxa capacity for the future
(2020-08-19)This thesis honours the expectations of the Ktunaxa in employing their knowledge, culture, and experience in the continued investment and strengthening of the Ktunaxa people. This thesis informs Ktunaxa capacity development ... -
Picking up our medicine bundles in a modern-day context : community mobilization and sustainable mental health self determination using Indigenous theory and methodology
(2020-10-13)Over the past fifteen years the Indigenous rural communities in northern Saskatchewan have experienced suicide at overwhelming epidemic rates. There seems to be a clear connection between these high suicide rates and the ... -
Rituals Expressing Gratitude to Nature and Pro-Environmentalism: A Multiple Case Study of Long-Term Participation
(2019-10-17)Since time immemorial, many traditional and Indigenous cultures across the globe have ritually expressed gratitude to the natural world. Within Western academic thought, the study of gratitude is an emerging field that ... -
Tsartlip First Nations analysis of primary care equity and access
(2020-03-30)This community-based project was in partnership with the Tsartlip First Nation on the Saanich Peninsula. The goal of this study was to work with the Tsartlip community to glean and understand members’ perceptions and ... -
Where Did That Come From? Indigenous Activists Discuss the Creation of Canada’s National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Inquiry
(2017-06-26)Nine Indigenous activists and writers share their thoughts in this audio documentary on how Canada's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women's national inquiry came to rise in political importance during Canada's 2015 federal ... -
“Why won’t they mix?”: Barriers to indigenous/non-indigenous youth relationships in Yukon high schools
(2020-01-10)The Yukon territory is home to fourteen First Nations, eleven of them self-governing. Close to 25% percent of the Yukon’s population is Indigenous. In the 5 high schools of the Yukon’s capital city of Whitehorse however, ...
