30 results on '"Episkenew, Jo-Ann"'
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2. Myth, Policy, and Health
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann, primary
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- 2016
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3. Creating Community: A Roundtable on Canadian Aboriginal Literature.
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Eigenbrod, Renate, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, Eigenbrod, Renate, and Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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This book contains 13 essays on Canadian Aboriginal literature. Topics include literary criticism, pedagogical issues, and the experiences of Native authors and of faculty teaching Aboriginal literature in mainstream institutions. Entries are: (1) "Natives on Native Literature: What Do We Rightly Write? Or: Shot Headfirst from the Canon" (Anna Marie Sewell); (2) "Confluence: Confessions of a White Writer Who Reads Native Lit" (David Brundage); (3) "Socially Responsible Criticism: Aboriginal Literature, Ideology, and the Literary Canon" (Jo-Ann Episkenew); (4) "Not Just a Text: 'Indigenizing' the Study of Indigenous Literatures" (Renate Eigenbrod); (5) "Begin with the Text: Aboriginal Literatures and Postcolonial Theories" (Debra Dudek); (6) "Storying the Borderlands: Liminal Spaces and Narrative Strategies in Lee Maracle's 'Ravensong'" (Karen E. Macfarlane); (7) "Comic Relief: Pedagogical Issues around Thomas King's 'Medicine River'" (Renee Hulan, Linda Warley); (8) "'You Can't Get Angry with a Person's Life': Negotiating Aboriginal Women's Writing, Whiteness, and Multicultural Nationalism in a University Classroom" (Jennifer G. Kelly); (9) "A Moose in the Corridor: Teaching English, Aboriginal Pedagogies, and Institutional Resistance" (Sharron Proulx, Aruna Srivastava); (10) "Teaching Aboriginal Literature: The Discourse of Margins and Mainstreams" (Emma LaRocque); (11) "'What about You?': Approaching the Study of 'Native Literature'" (Kristina Fagan); (12) "Fringes, Imposture, and Connection: Armand Garnet Ruffo's 'Grey Owl: The Mystery of Archie Belaney' and 'Communist' Literature" (Jonathan R. Dewar); and (13) "Stories of Destruction and Renewal: Images of Fireweed in Autobiographical Fiction by Shirley Sterling and Tomson Highway" (Deanna Reder). (Contains references in each essay.) (SV)
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- 2002
4. Sharing The Talking Stones
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Linds, Warren, primary, Goulet, Linda, additional, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, additional, Schmidt, Karen, additional, Ritenburg, Heather, additional, and Whiteman, Allison, additional
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- 2015
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5. Afterword
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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Literature/writing - Abstract
The essays in this special issue of English Studies in Canada employ a variety of scholarly approaches to engage with Canada's unfolding reconciliation process--clearly no small undertaking. Yet, this work, [...]
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- 2009
6. Indigenizing Author Meets Critics: Collaborative Indigenous Literary Scholarship
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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Canadian Literature, No 214 (2012): Canadian Literature
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- 2020
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7. National Survey of Indigenous primary healthcare capacity and delivery models in Canada : The TransFORmation of IndiGEnous PrimAry HEAlthcare delivery (FORGE AHEAD) community profile survey
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Tompkins, Jordan W., Mequanint, Selam, Barre, Douglas Edward, Fournie, Meghan, Green, Michael E., Hanley, Anthony J., Hayward, Mariam Naqshbandi, Zwarenstein, Merrick, Harris, Stewart B., Barre, Ed, Bhattacharyya, Onil, Dannenbaum, David, Dawson, Keith, Dyck, Roland, Episkenew, Jo Ann, Lavallee, Barry, Macaulay, Ann, McComber, Alex, McDonald, Heather, Parry, Monica, Reichert, Sonja, Salsberg, Jon, Tehiwi, Braden, Thind, Amardeep, Tobe, Sheldon, Toth, Ellen, Walsh, Audrey, Wortman, Jay, Wylie, Lloy, Bailie, Ross, Collins, Kayla, de Oliveira, Claire, Hindmarsh, Michael, Rac, Valeria, Lewis, Joanne, Bowers, Renee, Chetty, Shubie, Parent, Brigitte, Pathammavong, Ratsamy, Houle, Lillian, Houle, Amber, Malcolm, Mary Jane, Racette, Phyllis, Houle, Sonya, Montour-Lazare, Dawn, Emond, Joelle, Jacobs, Jessica, Audi, Alexandra, Peterson, Randy, Littlechild, Randy, Graham, Bonny, Littlechild, Tina, Ekomiak, Ingrid, Guy, Devon, Onespot, Chalsea, Redmond, Dawn, Plume-Kahnapace, Kelsey Big, McComb, Ivan Kimble, Dufour, Emilie, Jolly, Verna, Diamond, Charlene, Jacob, Mary, Hester, Stephanie, Jones, Jennifer, Hadden, Danna, Deyaeger, April, O'Keefe, Theresa, Benoit, Cynthia, Organ, Maggie, Keesickquayash, Patricia, Panacheese, Darlene, Ishabid, Elaine, Skunk, Hazel, Skunk, Edna, Jebb, Marie, Constant, Carla, Wilson, Christie, Kirkness, Shelley, Deleary, Allen, Nawash, Rennie, Sinclair, Lori, Tabobondung, Lisa, Gregory, Melissa, Jacobs, Trudy, Nickel, Bonnie, Bobb, Patricia, George, Kristina, Esler, Jim, McLellan, Jackie, Miller, Kristina, Tyler, Marie, Webster-Bogaert, Susan, and Zaran, Harsh
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Background: There is a significant deficiency of national health information for Indigenous peoples in Canada. This manuscript describes the Community Profile Survey (CPS), a community-based, national-level survey designed to identify and describe existing healthcare delivery, funding models, and diabetes specific infrastructure and programs in Indigenous communities. Methods: The CPS was developed collaboratively through FORGE AHEAD and the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada. Regional and federal engagement and partnerships were built with Indigenous organizations to establish regionally-tailored distribution of the 8-page CPS to 440 First Nations communities. Results were collected (one survey per community) and reported in strata by region, with descriptive analyses performed on all variables. Results were shared with participating communities and regional/federal partners through tailored reports. Results: A total of 84 communities completed the survey (19% response rate). The majority of communities had a health centre/office to provide service to their patients with diabetes, with limited on-reserve hospitals for ambulatory or case-sensitive conditions. Few healthcare specialists were located on-site, with patients frequently travelling off-site (> 40 km) for diabetes-related complications. The majority of healthcare professionals on-site were Health Directors, Community Health Nurses, and Home Care Nurses. Many communities had a diabetes registry but few reported a diabetes surveillance system. Regional variation in healthcare services, diabetes programs, and funding models were noted, with most communities engaging in some type of innovative strategy to improve care for patients with diabetes. Conclusions: The CPS is the first community-based, national-level survey of its kind in Canada. Although the response rate was low, the CPS was distributed and successfully administered across a broad range of First Nations communities, and future considerations would benefit from a governance structure and leadership that strengthens community engagement, and a longitudinal research approach to increase the representativeness of the data. This type of information is important for communities and regions to inform decision making (maintain successes, and identify areas for improvement), strengthen health service delivery and infrastructure, increase accessibility to healthcare personnel, and allocate funding and/or resources to build capacity and foster a proactive chronic disease prevention and management approach for Indigenous communities across Canada. Trial registration: Current ClinicalTrial.gov protocol ID NCT02234973. Registered: September 9, 2014.
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- 2018
8. Subverting synecdoche
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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Strong Women Stories: Native Vision and Community Survival (Book) -- Book reviews ,Books -- Book reviews - Published
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9. Catalyzing Action on First Nations Respiratory Health Using Community-based Participatory Research: Integrated Knowledge Translation through Strategic Symposia
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Katapally, Tarun Reddy, primary, Abonyi, Sylvia, additional, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, additional, Ramsden, Vivian, additional, Karunanayake, Chandima, additional, Kirychuk, Shelley, additional, Rennie, Donna, additional, Dosman, James A., additional, and Pahwa, Punam, additional
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- 2017
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10. Bifurcation of Health Policy Regimes: A Study of Sleep Apnea Care and Benefits Coverage in Saskatchewan
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Marchildon, Gregory, primary, Beck, Caroline, additional, Katapally, Tarun, additional, Abonyi, Sylvia, additional, Dosman, James, additional, and Episkenew, Jo-Ann, additional
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- 2017
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11. Kiskenimisowin (self-knowledge): Co-researching Wellbeing With Canadian First Nations Youth Through Participatory Visual Methods
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Victor, Janice, primary, Linds, Warren, additional, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, additional, Goulet, Linda, additional, Benjoe, Dustin, additional, Brass, Dustin, additional, Pandey, Mamata, additional, and Schmidt, Karen, additional
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- 2016
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12. Like Braiding Sweetgrass
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Victor, Janice M., primary, Goulet, Linda M., additional, Schmidt, Karen, additional, Linds, Warren, additional, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, additional, and Goulet, Keith, additional
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- 2016
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13. Ear Infection and Its Associated Risk Factors in First Nations and Rural School-Aged Canadian Children
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Karunanayake, Chandima P., primary, Albritton, William, additional, Rennie, Donna C., additional, Lawson, Joshua A., additional, McCallum, Laura, additional, Gardipy, P. Jenny, additional, Seeseequasis, Jeremy, additional, Naytowhow, Arnold, additional, Hagel, Louise, additional, McMullin, Kathleen, additional, Ramsden, Vivian, additional, Abonyi, Sylvia, additional, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, additional, Dosman, James A., additional, Pahwa, Punam, additional, Project Research Team, The First Nations Lung Health, additional, and Study Team, The Saskatchewan Rural Health, additional
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- 2016
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14. Before the Country: Native Renaissance, Canadian Mythology Stephanie McKenzie
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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- 2009
15. Aboriginal policy through literary eyes
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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Halfbreed (Autobiography) -- Analysis -- Criticism and interpretation ,The Unjust Society (Book) -- Analysis ,Metis -- Social aspects -- Analysis ,Books -- Analysis -- Social aspects ,Canadian native peoples -- Social aspects -- Analysis ,Authors -- Criticism and interpretation -- Social aspects -- Analysis ,Social sciences - Abstract
JO-ANN EPISKENEW EXAMINES A number of literary works by Canadian Aboriginal writers dealing with Indian and Metis people. Together, they reveal the devastating effects of public policy. Episkenew traces this [...]
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- 2001
16. A community-based participatory research methodology to address, redress, and reassess disparities in respiratory health among First Nations
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Pahwa, Punam, primary, Abonyi, Sylvia, additional, Karunanayake, Chandima, additional, Rennie, Donna C, additional, Janzen, Bonnie, additional, Kirychuk, Shelley, additional, Lawson, Joshua A, additional, Katapally, Tarun, additional, McMullin, Kathleen, additional, Seeseequasis, Jeremy, additional, Naytowhow, Arnold, additional, Hagel, Louise, additional, Dyck, Roland F, additional, Fenton, Mark, additional, Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan, additional, Ramsden, Vivian, additional, King, Malcolm, additional, Koehncke, Niels, additional, Marchildon, Greg, additional, McBain, Lesley, additional, Smith-Windsor, Thomas, additional, Smylie, Janet, additional, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, additional, and Dosman, James A, additional
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- 2015
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17. Different but equal
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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'The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell': The Power of Women in Native American Literature (Book) ,Books -- Book reviews - Published
- 2005
18. Prevalence and associated risk factors of chronic bronchitis in First Nations people.
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Pahwa, Punam, Karunanayake, Chandima P., Rennie, Donna C., Lawson, Joshua A., Ramsden, Vivian R., McMullin, Kathleen, Gardipy, P. Jenny, MacDonald, Judy, Abonyi, Sylvia, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, Dosman, James A., and First Nations Lung Health Project Research Team
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CHRONIC bronchitis ,SMOKING ,BODY mass index ,HOUSING ,INDOOR air quality ,ECOLOGY ,AGE distribution ,AIR conditioning ,ALLERGIES ,DUST ,FUNGI ,FIRST Nations of Canada ,INDOOR air pollution ,OBESITY ,PASSIVE smoking ,SURVEYS ,DISEASE prevalence - Abstract
Background: Inadequate housing, low family income, household smoking, personal smoking status, and poor schooling are some of the conditions that have been significantly associated with the prevalence and incidence of chronic bronchitis. The aim of the current study was to determine the prevalence of chronic bronchitis (CB) and associated risk factors among First Nations people.Methods: An interviewer-administered survey was conducted as part of the First Nations Lung Health Project in 2012 and 2013 with 874 individuals from 406 households in two First Nations communities located in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. The questionnaire collected information on individual and contextual determinants of health and a history of ever diagnosed with CB (outcome variable) from the two communities participating in the First Nations Lung Health Project. Clustering effect within households was adjusted using Generalized Estimating Equations.Results: The prevalence of CB was 8.9% and 6.8% among residents (18 years and older) of community A and community B respectively and was not significantly different. CB prevalence was positively associated with odour or musty smell of mildew/mould in the house [OR adj (95% CI) = 2.33 (1.21, 4.50)], allergy to house dust [3.49 (1.75, 6.97)], an air conditioner in home [2.33 (1.18, 4.24)], and increasing age [0.99 (0.33, 2.95), 4.26 (1.74, 10.41), 6.08 (2.58, 14.33)]. An interaction exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in the house*body mass index showed that exposure to household smoke increased the risk of CB for overweight and obese participants (borderline). Some of the variables of interest were not significantly associated with the prevalence of CB in multivariable analysis, possibly due to small numbers.Conclusions: Our results suggest that significant determinants of CB were: increasing age; odour or musty smell of mildew/mould in the house; allergy to house dust; and, body mass index. Modifiable risk factors identified were: (i) community level-housing conditions (such as mould or mildew in home, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in house); and, (ii) policy level-remediation of mould, and obesity.Trial Registration: Not applicable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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19. Prevalence of Chronic Bronchitis in First Nations People
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Pahwa, Punam, primary, Karunanayake, Chandima, additional, Rennie, Donna, additional, McMullin, Kathleen, additional, Lawson, Josh, additional, Seeseequasis, Jeremy, additional, Naytowhow, Arnold, additional, Owusu-Kyem, Akwasi, additional, Hagel, Louise, additional, Abonyi, Sylvia, additional, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, additional, and Dosman, James, additional
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- 2014
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20. Taking Back Our Spirits : Indigenous Literature, Public Policy, and Healing
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann and Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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From the earliest settler policies to deal with the “Indian problem,” to contemporary government-run programs ostensibly designed to help Indigenous people, public policy has played a major role in creating the historical trauma that so greatly impacts the lives of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. Taking Back Our Spirits traces the link between Canadian public policies, the injuries they have inflicted on Indigenous people, and Indigenous literature’s ability to heal individuals and communities. Episkenew examines contemporary autobiography, fiction, and drama to reveal how these texts respond to and critique public policy, and how literature functions as “medicine” to help cure the colonial contagion.
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- 2009
21. Do discrimination, residential school attendance and cultural disruption add to individual-level diabetes risk among Aboriginal people in Canada?
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Dyck, Roland F., Karunanayake, Chandima, Janzen, Bonnie, Lawson, Josh, Ramsden, Vivian R., Rennie, Donna C., Gardipy, P. Jenny, McCallum, Laura, Abonyi, Sylvia, Dosman, James A., Episkenew, Jo-Ann, Pahwa, Punam, and First Nations Lung Health Team
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CULTURE ,RACISM ,SOCIAL determinants of health ,CROSS-sectional method ,DIABETES ,PSYCHOLOGY of Native Americans ,SOCIOECONOMIC factors ,SCHOOLS ,DISEASE prevalence ,RESEARCH funding ,RESIDENTIAL patterns ,METIS - Abstract
Background: Aboriginal peoples in Canada (First Nations, Metis and Inuit) are experiencing an epidemic of diabetes and its complications but little is known about the influence of factors attributed to colonization. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible role of discrimination, residential school attendance and cultural disruption on diabetes occurrence among First Nations adults.Methods: This 2012/13 cross sectional survey was conducted in two Saskatchewan First Nations communities comprising 580 households and 1570 adults. In addition to self-reported diabetes, interviewer-administered questionnaires collected information on possible diabetes determinants including widely recognized (e.g. age, sex, lifestyle, social determinants) and colonization-related factors. Clustering effect within households was adjusted using Generalized Estimating Equations.Results: Responses were obtained from 874 (55.7 %) men and women aged 18 and older living in 406 (70.0 %) households. Diabetes prevalence was 15.8 % among women and 9.7 % among men. In the final models, increasing age and adiposity were significant risk factors for diabetes (e.g. OR 8.72 [95 % CI 4.62; 16.46] for those 50+, and OR 8.97 [95 % CI 3.58; 22.52] for BMI 30+) as was spending most time on-reserve. Residential school attendance and cultural disruption were not predictive of diabetes at an individual level but those experiencing the most discrimination had a lower prevalence of diabetes compared to those who experienced little discrimination (2.4 % versus 13.6 %; OR 0.11 [95 % CI 0.02; 0.50]). Those experiencing the most discrimination were significantly more likely to be married and to have higher incomes.Conclusions: Known diabetes risk factors were important determinants of diabetes among First Nations people, but residential school attendance and cultural disruption were not predictive of diabetes on an individual level. In contrast, those experiencing the highest levels of discrimination had a low prevalence of diabetes. Although the reasons underlying this latter finding are unclear, it appears to relate to increased engagement with society off-reserve which may lead to an improvement in the social determinants of health. While this may have physical health benefits for First Nations people due to improved socio-economic status and other undefined influences, our findings suggest that this comes at a high emotional price. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2015
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22. Taking Back Our Spirits
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann, primary
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- 2009
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23. "YOU MIGHT AS WELL CALL IT PLANET OF THE SIOUX": INDIGENOUS YOUTH, IMAGINATION, AND DECOLONIZATION.
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Yuen, Felice, Linds, Warren, Goulet, Linda, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, Ritenburg, Heather, and Schmidt, Karen
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Colonial institutions, such as residential schools, suppressed First Nations peoples' imaginations, punishing those who sought to exercise their imaginations. Creating imaginary spaces is an important aspect of the process of decolonization and includes the reclamation of traditional modes of relationships in new forms, the co-creation of new possibilities, and the transformation of political and personal histories. In this article, we describe a workshop with First Nations youth, focusing on two arts-based activities used to evoke imaginative spaces for First Nations youth to explore, critique, and re-imagine their histories, current realities, and futures in a safe and comfortable environment. The process of imagery and imagining facilitated awareness of things not easily expressed in words as youths' imaginative ideas emerged through their drawings. Through these activities, youth expressed their view of healthy communities that included cultural traditions and leadership. They described leadership as enacting good communication, organization, protection, and maintenance of cultural traditions, as well as providing guidance and defending the rights of the community. These imagined possibilities provided meaningful blueprints that youth can use, alter, and be inspired by as they move towards being leaders of healthy communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
24. Indigenizing Author Meets Critics: Collaborative Indigenous Literary Scholarship.
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Episkenew, Jo-Ann
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A personal narrative from Jo-Ann Episkenew is presented which explores her experience of attending the Author Meets Critics event of the Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies (CACLALS).
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- 2012
25. Layering Theatre's Potential for Change: Drama, Education, and Community in Aboriginal Health Research.
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Linds, Warren, Ritenburg, Heather, Goulet, Linda, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, Schmidt, Karen, Ribeiro, Nuno, and Whiteman, Allison
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THEATER & youth ,YOUTH health ,INDIGENOUS youth ,PERFORMING arts - Abstract
In this article, we provide a short history of a research project that works in partnership with the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council Health Services in southern Saskatchewan that engages Indigenous youth through theatre to explore health issues that affect their lives and their communities. Using applied theatre and other arts-based approaches, we co-create spaces in which youth can critically examine the choices they make that affect their health. We explain why we chose theatre as a research method and describe how we adapted theatre workshop methods to respond to the needs of the Indigenous youth participants. Finally, we discuss challenges and limitations of this kind of work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2013
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26. Creating a Space for Decolonization: Health through Theatre with Indigenous Youth.
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Goulet, Linda, Linds, Warren, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, and Schmidt, Karen
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HEALTH of Native Americans , *NATIVE American youth , *THEATER & youth , *DECOLONIZATION , *DECISION making , *ADULT education workshops , *AGENT (Philosophy) , *SELF-expression , *TRUST , *LEADERSHIP - Abstract
This article reports on a research project that used theatre with Indigenous youth to address health issues. Youth participated in a three day workshop adapted from David Diamond (2007) and Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed (1979) where theatre techniques were used to create a space for youth to examine the choices they made. Drawing on the youths' dramatic images and responses shared in interviews, the authors theorize that the dramatic creative space sets up possibilities for decolonizing experiences where youth are asked to think for themselves, to use their bodies and to exercise their imaginations in making decisions for actions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
27. A Feminist Poststructural Analysis of Aboriginal Women’s Positioning in a Colonial Context: NEHINAW ISKWEW AK E-PIKISKWECIK
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McKay, Marlene Elizabeth, Schick, Carol, Cherland, Meredith, Tupper, Jennifer, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, and LaRocque, Emma
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A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Education. University of Regina. ix, 206 p. This research examined the lives of single-parent Aboriginal women of Northern Saskatchewan. This group of women was interviewed to give them an opportunity to share how they see their lives being produced for them. Aboriginal women’s marginalization has become normalized through the systems, practices, and institutions that have materialized through the Indian Act, Christianity, Indigenous knowledges, and colonial relations with non-Aboriginal society. Discursive practices located in these structures establish and maintain ideas of how and who these women are supposed to be. How these women are positioned is largely a product of our Canadian colonial history. Aboriginal women continue to be situated in binary oppositions of good/bad or chaste/promiscuous, and the assumption is that they are on the negative side of the binary. This is the starting point for many Aboriginal women that continues to justify their oppression. Aboriginal women are positioned as marginal in both mainstream society and Aboriginal communities; both systems produce the effect that it is normal to position them as secondary. Colonization in a Canadian context was established by placing value on race, class, and gender. The theoretical framework used in the analysis was derived from feminist poststructuralism. Discourse, power, and language are examined to analyze how bodies are positioned in particular ways. Interviews were conducted to examine the women’s language through a discourse analysis. The work of Michel Foucault informed this research. Foucault’s rules and norms served as a lens to demonstrate how Aboriginal women are produced as unimportant and inferior. The notion of rules and norms is a social production that requires effort, and in this way these rules and norms are continuously being reproduced. Because this group of women has a sense that rules and norms are being imposed on them, they also perform themselves in ways that run counter to the oppressive systems. These women perform themselves through an ethical practice of self by going to school and working toward a better future for themselves and their children. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy *, University of Regina. *, * p. Student yes
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- 2015
28. Maintaining the 'Achievement Gap': How the Discourses of Wide-Scale Assessments Marginalize Students and Preserve the Educational Status Quo
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Belisle, Michelle Wendy, Sterzuk, Andrea, Cherland, Meredith, McNeil, Barbara, Schick, Carol, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, and St. Denis, Verna
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Test bias--Saskatchewan ,Discrimination in education--Saskatchewan ,Critical discourse analysis ,Indigenous peoples--Education--Saskatchewan ,Educational tests and measurements--Social aspects--Saskatchewan ,Educational equalization--Saskatchewan - Abstract
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In Education, University of Regina. x, 367 l. Using Critical Discourse Analysis and Foucaultian Discourse Analysis, this study applies postcolonial theory to an examination of the discourses of wide-scale reading and writing assessments in Saskatchewan. The study provides answers to three questions examining how the discourses of wide scale assessments in reading and writing construct disadvantages for First Nations and Métis students and simultaneously construct advantages for white settler students. The research data includes the publicly available Assessment for Learning instruments, handbooks, pre-assessment materials, scoring guides and reporting documents for 2005 through 2010, a total of 177 documents. The analysis indicates that there are at least four distinct discourses within the Assessment for Learning materials that are made available for colonial knowledge production and power relations. These discourses can be identified as: linking reading and writing proficiency to becoming a successful and productive member of society; valuing the possession of a particular set of reading and writing strategies as indicative of reading and writing proficiency; espousing a set of common experiences and knowledge among all students at a grade level; and placing white settler English above all other varieties of English as the norm against which student work is measured, reinforcing the dominance of white settler language and culture over all other languages and cultures in Saskatchewan. The discourses of the provincial Assessments for Learning privilege students who come from white settler backgrounds while First Nations and Métis student interests are marginalized as are the interests of other linguistic minorities including Hutterian students and new Canadian students who do not speak the same variety of English as do the local white settler students. There are ways in which each of the four discourses can be troubled and countered and a set of 13 recommendations has been made to disrupt these discourses and put in their place new discourses that do not marginalize minority students. These recommendations include developing a set of shared beliefs around what the goals of education are and how achievement of those goals should be measured at a provincial level; arriving at a set of indicators and measures, acceptable to all stakeholders, to use in reporting on student achievement in reading and writing in Saskatchewan; constructing assessments that connect to curricular content common to all Saskatchewan students; providing student choice in assessment items; the development of a tool or set of tools for examining the discourses of all parts of the assessment materials for colonial knowledge production and power relations; and the review and revision of Saskatchewan curricula with a view to countering and troubling discourses found within the PreK-12 curriculum documents that are similar to those identified in the assessment materials. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy *, University of Regina. *, * p. Student yes
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- 2012
29. 'That’s the Life of a Gangster': analyzing the media representations of Daniel Wolfe
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Grebinski, Leisha Ann, Marsh, Charity, Robertson, Carmen, Rogers, Randal, Episkenew, Jo-Ann, and McNinch, James
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Mass media and crime--Saskatchewan ,Indian prisoners--Saskatchewan ,Gang members--Saskatchewan ,Wolfe, Daniel ,Gangsters--Saskatchewan ,Indian criminals--Saskatchewan ,Crime and the press--Saskatchewan - Abstract
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Regina. vi, 130 l. Daniel Wolfe has been represented by the news media as one of Saskatchewan and Manitoba’s most “notorious gang members.”1 Wolfe first made headlines at the age of 31 after he instigated a fatal home invasion in the rural community of Fort Qu’Appelle, northeast of Regina.2 Later that year, while on remand at the Regina jail, Wolfe and five other Aboriginal inmates staged an elaborate break-out which received extensive national media coverage.3 Two years later Wolfe was killed in prison. His death, although tragic, was regarded by media and experts as an “obvious conclusion” to a gangster’s story.4 Through an interdisciplinary approach consisting of interviews with key participants and a discourse analysis of print, radio, TV, and online new sources, I examine the media spectacle of Daniel Wolfe as a case study concerning the implications his story had on media representations of the Aboriginal gangster on the prairies. “That’s the Life of a Gangster”: Analyzing the Media Representation of Daniel Wolfe interrogates how Daniel Wolfe’s story is used by media, police, and politicians to perpetuate fear of Aboriginal men. I examine: 1) The role the media plays in the Aboriginal gangster is a current monolithic mis-representation of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. For this thesis I take a three pronged approach: Firstly, I conduct an analysis into the media representations of Wolfe to examine the racialization of gang crime and the production of a moral panic. Secondly, I investigate how stereotypes of Aboriginal gang members such as Wolfe are reproduced and embodied by Aboriginal youth through an analysis of media represented links between Aboriginal bodies, hip-hop, and crime. Thirdly, I examine how agency and healing are being practiced through processes of storytelling by members of Wolfe’s family. The intent of this thesis is to contribute to and challenge the current conversation regarding the growing Aboriginal population and its perceived link with a so-called ‘growing Aboriginal gang problem’ on the prairies. Student yes
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- 2012
30. Bifurcation of Health Policy Regimes: A Study of Sleep Apnea Care and Benefits Coverage in Saskatchewan.
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Marchildon GP, Beck CA, Katapally TR, Abonyi S, Dosman JA, and Episkenew JA
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- Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Saskatchewan, Sleep Apnea Syndromes therapy, Health Policy, Indians, North American, Insurance Coverage, Insurance, Health, Sleep Apnea Syndromes ethnology
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Background: A complex, poorly understood bifurcated health policy regime exists for Canada's First Nations people for extended health benefits coverage. This research adds to a small body of literature on the regime's impact on access and quality of care and its role in perpetuating health inequities in First Nations populations., Methods: Using a case study of sleep apnea care in Saskatchewan, we identified issues of health service access and coverage through a literature review of extended benefits programs, legislation and policies and through 10 key informant interviews with federal and provincial extended benefit program administrators and sleep medicine physicians., Results: Important access and coverage differences were found for First Nations populations, many of which were recognized by federal and provincial policy makers. Despite these, government respondents recommended few policy ameliorations, perhaps due to system complexities, constitutional constraints or political sensitivities., Conclusions: We suggest three policy options to ameliorate current hardships wrought by this policy bifurcation., (Copyright © 2017 Longwoods Publishing.)
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- 2017
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