Journal of Aboriginal Health

The Journal of Aboriginal Health

November 2009 Volume 5, Issue 1 - First Nations Communities in Crisis

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Editorial - Embracing the Healing Journey,

  • Al Garman,Special Advisor to the Assistant Deputy Minister, First Nation and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada
  • Kirstin Doull, Senior Policy Advisor, Assistant Deputy Minister’s Office, First Nation and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

Research Papers :

Language and Culture as Protective Factors for At-Risk Communities

pp.6-25

  • Onowa McIvor, MA, PhD (Candidate),
    Department of Curriculum & Instruction, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria
  • Art Napoleon
  • Kerissa M. Dickie (BFA),
    Research assistance and technical support

Traditional Medicine and Restoration of Wellness Strategies

pp.26-42

  • Dawn Martin Hill, PhD, Cultural Anthropology, Academic Director Indigenous Studies, McMaster University

Resilience and Aboriginal Communities in Crisis: Theory and Interventions

pp.43-61

  • Michel Tousignant, PhD, Professor, Research and Intervention Center on Suicide and Euthanasia, University of Quebec in Montreal
  • Nibisha Sioui, PhD Candidate, Research and Intervention Center on Suicide and Euthanasia, University of Quebec in Montreal

Community Resilience: Models, Metaphors and Measures

pp. 62-117

  • Laurence J. Kirmayer, MD, FRCPC, Professor and Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University and Director, Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Department of Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital
  • Megha Sehdev, Johns Hopkins University
  • Rob Whitley, PhD, Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital and Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center
  • Stéphane F. Dandeneau, PhD, Culture & Mental Health Research Unit, Institute of Community & Family Psychiatry, Jewish General Hospital
  • Colette Isaac, Program Coordinator, National Network