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Resource Guide

Two Spirit People

Articles & Reports

Government of Canada. (2020). Meet the methods series: "What and who is Two-Spirit?" in health research. Access LInk

Native Youth Sexual Health Network & Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres. (2015). Supporting Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTT2QQIA youth in the Ontario Child Welfare System:  A joint submission regarding the Ministry of Children and Youth Services’ Development of a resource guide for LGBTT2QQIA youth. Access Link

Our Health Counts: Two Spirit mental health. (2018). Access Link

Saewyk, E., Mounsey, B., Clark, N., McNeil-Seymour, J., Brunanski, D., Tsuruda, S., Smith, A. (2017). Homeless and Street-Involved Indigenous LGBTQS Youth in British Columbia: Intersectionality, challenges, resilience, and cues for action. Access Link

NCCIH

Hunt, S. (2016). An Introduction to the Health of Two-Spirit People: Historical, Contemporary and Emergent Issues. NCCIH. Access Link

Hunt, S. (n.d.) . Two Spirit! Let's hear it!: An introduction to Two Spirit health. [Webinar] Access Link

News Media

Ott, M. (n.d.). A walk in two worlds: The past versus the present; Indigenous but also queer; racism as well as homophobia. The life of the two-spirit people is filled with duality. Access Link

Savage, R. (2020, January 8). Walking in two worlds: Canada's 'two-spirit' doctor guiding trans teenagers. Reuters Access Link

Weschler, S. (n.d.). Reclaiming Two-Spirit health: Much is known of health outcomes for Indigenous and queer populations, but what are local health providers in urban areas doing to support their two-spirit and queer Indigenous community members? Access Link

Weschler, S. (2016, July 17). Why LGBTQ indigenous communities struggle with healthcare for the homeless. TVO Today. Access Link

 

Seniors

Ginn, C.S., & Kulig, J.C. (2015). Participatory action research with a group of urban First Nations grandmothers: Decreasing inequities through health promotion. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 6(1). doi: 10.18584/iipj.2015.6.1.4 Access Link

University of Calgary, & Judith C. Kulig. (2015). Participatory Action Research with a Group of Urban First Nations Grandmothers: Decreasing Inequities through Health Promotion. International Indigenous Policy Journal, (1), 4. Access Link

Families & Parenting

Graham, C. & Davoren, T. (2015). Sharing their stories: Narratives of young Metis parents and Elders about parenting. NCCIH Access Link

Women

Public Access

Baskin, C. (2008). Struggles, strengths and solutions: exploring food security with young Aboriginal moms. In Struggles, strengths and solutions. Ryerson University Centre for Studies in Food Security. Access Link

Tremblay, M., Sydora, B.C., Listener, L.J., kung, J.Y., Lightning, R., Rabbit, C., Oster, R.T., Kruschke, Z., & Ross, S. (2023). Indigenous gender and wellness: a scoping review of Canadian research.  Int J Circumpolar Health, 82(1). Access Link

Weibe, A.D., Barton, S., Auger, L., Pijl-Zieber, E., & Foster-Boucher, C. (2015).  Restoring the Blessings of the Morning Star: Childbirth and Maternal-Infant Health for First Nations near Edmonton, Alberta. Aboriginal Policy Studies. Access Link

MacEwan Collection

Leason, J. (2021). Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women: Strengths to build upon. Canadian Family Physician67(7), 525–527. Access Link

Trauma & Mental Illness

NCCIH

Aguiar, W. & Halseth, R. (2015). Aboriginal peoples and historic trauma: The processes of  Intergenerational transmission. NCCIH. Access Link

Bellamy, S., & Hardy, C. (2016). Post-traumatic stress disorder in aboriginal people in Canada : review of risk factors, the current state of knowledge and directions for further research. NCCIH. Access Link

Bellamy, S., & Hardy, C. (2015). Anxiety disorders and Aboriginal peoples in Canada: The current state of knowledge and directions for future research. NCCIH Access Link

Bellamy, S. & Hardy, C. (2015). Understanding depression in Aboriginal communities and families. NCCIH Access Link

Diabetes

Brise, L.S., & de Leeuw, S. (2015). Seeing clearly: A community-based inquiry into vision care access for a rural northern First Nation. Canadian Journal of Optometry. Access Link

Spurr, S., Bullin, C., Bally, J., Trinder, K., & Khan, S. (2018). Nurse-led diabetic retinopathy screening: a pilot study to evaluate a new approach to vision care for Canadian Aboriginal peoples. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 77(1), 142267. Access Link

Canadian Diabetes Association [website]. Access Link

National Aboriginal Diabetes Association [website] Access Link

Care of the incarcerated client

Jackson, K. (2015, Feb 9). Aboriginal man uses experience behind bars to help offenders tell their ‘Gladue’ story. APTN News. Access Link

Macdonald, N. (2016, February 18). Canada’s prisons are the ‘new residential schools.’  Macleans. Access Link

Webb, D. (2024). Barred – Over-incarceration of Indigenous people in Canada’s criminal legal system, the health implications, and opportunities for decarceration. NCCIH. Access Link

Clients in Long Term Care/Continuing Care and/or with mobility issues

Gehl, L., & Whittington-Walsh, F. (2016, February 9). Indigenous women and girls with disabilities bigger targets of sexual violence. Rabble.ca Access Link

Wilk, P., & Cooke, M. (2015). Collaborative public health system interventions for chronic disease prevention among urban Aboriginal peoples. The International Indigenous Policy Journal, 6(4), doi: 10.18584/iipj.2015.6.4.3 Access Link

British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS) [website]. Access Link

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