Contours of a People: Family, Mobility and Territoriality in Metis History., edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny and Brenda Macdougall. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press., 2012
In Canada, cultural safety (CS) is emerging as a theoretical and practice lens to orient health c... more In Canada, cultural safety (CS) is emerging as a theoretical and practice lens to orient health care services to meet the needs of Aboriginal people. Evidence suggests Aboriginal peoples’ encounters with health care are commonly negative, and there is concern that these experiences can contribute to further adverse health outcomes. In this article, we report findings based on participatory action research drawing on Indigenous methods. Our project goal was to interrogate practices within one hospital to see whether and how CS for Aboriginal patients could be improved. Interviews with Aboriginal patients who had accessed hospital services were conducted, and responses were collated into narrative summaries. Using interlocking analysis, findings revealed a number of processes operating to produce adverse health outcomes. One significant outcome is the production of structural violence that reproduces experiences of institutional trauma. Positive culturally safe experiences, although l...
This paper explores the consequences of whale-watching tourism with reference to the Kingdom of T... more This paper explores the consequences of whale-watching tourism with reference to the Kingdom of Tonga. Whale-watching tourism has been proposed as a viable development option for small island states. This proposal is frequently linked to permanent cessation of what is, in many cases, traditional whale hunting. This article critiques some earlier work on the economic impact of whale-watching and explores the consequences of whale-watching using biometric models in an attempt to inform policy and debate concerning the economic benefits of switching from whale hunting to watching. Ecotourism generally, and whale-watching specifically, have some development risks and these risks are elaborated. For small island states on the periphery of the whale-watching industry, the profitability of an exclusive whale-watching strategy is threatened by increased competition elsewhere. We contend that economic returns from whale resources can be maximised by retaining a whale hunting option for cases...
Resume L’intensification des echanges de biens, de personnes et d’idees associee a la mondialisat... more Resume L’intensification des echanges de biens, de personnes et d’idees associee a la mondialisation a contribue a une augmentation, a l’echelle mondiale, des maladies non transmissibles liees au mode de vie. Pour lutter contre ce type de maladies, une des approches consiste a encourager des modifications du mode de vie grâce a des campagnes d’education. Cette approche part du principe que les preferences alimentaires des gens sont liees a leurs habitudes de consommation et que ces habitudes peuvent etre modifiees par des campagnes d’education. Pour tester cette hypothese et les politiques qui en decoulent, nous avons entrepris une vaste enquete sur les questions liees a l’alimentation au Royaume des Tonga au moyen d’un questionnaire. Des donnees portant sur les relations entre les preferences alimentaires, la valeur nutritionnelle attribuee aux aliments et la frequence de la consommation ont ete reunies aussi bien pour des aliments traditionnels que pour des aliments importes. Les ...
This article reflects on multidisciplinary research in a specific context: a community-based, eco... more This article reflects on multidisciplinary research in a specific context: a community-based, economic impact research project intended to map the potential effects of a “living wage” as a poverty reduction strategy for the city of Revelstoke, British Columbia. Living wage initiatives have emerged across Canada. Intended to reduce poverty among the local working poor, they have also sparked tensions within local business communities. The project partnered anthropologists and economists with local stakeholders to examine the community's concerns about the initiative and, in particular, its impact on local small businesses. Many of the benefits of a living wage campaign are difficult to measure, while the potential impacts on labor costs and consequences are easier to trace. The project resulted in an interactive tool that can provide an economic sector specific impact assessment against which the wider social benefits of poverty reduction can be judged. We analyze the consequences of a participatory method...
... Figure 6: Air Pollution in the Cache 1972. Photo by Rick Hull courtesy of the Prince George... more ... Figure 6: Air Pollution in the Cache 1972. Photo by Rick Hull courtesy of the Prince George Citizen. ... Figure 8: Kids Playing Volley Ball at Island Cache School July 1970. Photo by Rick Hull courtesy of the Prince George Citizen. ...
Contours of a People: Family, Mobility and Territoriality in Metis History., edited by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny and Brenda Macdougall. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press., 2012
In Canada, cultural safety (CS) is emerging as a theoretical and practice lens to orient health c... more In Canada, cultural safety (CS) is emerging as a theoretical and practice lens to orient health care services to meet the needs of Aboriginal people. Evidence suggests Aboriginal peoples’ encounters with health care are commonly negative, and there is concern that these experiences can contribute to further adverse health outcomes. In this article, we report findings based on participatory action research drawing on Indigenous methods. Our project goal was to interrogate practices within one hospital to see whether and how CS for Aboriginal patients could be improved. Interviews with Aboriginal patients who had accessed hospital services were conducted, and responses were collated into narrative summaries. Using interlocking analysis, findings revealed a number of processes operating to produce adverse health outcomes. One significant outcome is the production of structural violence that reproduces experiences of institutional trauma. Positive culturally safe experiences, although l...
This paper explores the consequences of whale-watching tourism with reference to the Kingdom of T... more This paper explores the consequences of whale-watching tourism with reference to the Kingdom of Tonga. Whale-watching tourism has been proposed as a viable development option for small island states. This proposal is frequently linked to permanent cessation of what is, in many cases, traditional whale hunting. This article critiques some earlier work on the economic impact of whale-watching and explores the consequences of whale-watching using biometric models in an attempt to inform policy and debate concerning the economic benefits of switching from whale hunting to watching. Ecotourism generally, and whale-watching specifically, have some development risks and these risks are elaborated. For small island states on the periphery of the whale-watching industry, the profitability of an exclusive whale-watching strategy is threatened by increased competition elsewhere. We contend that economic returns from whale resources can be maximised by retaining a whale hunting option for cases...
Resume L’intensification des echanges de biens, de personnes et d’idees associee a la mondialisat... more Resume L’intensification des echanges de biens, de personnes et d’idees associee a la mondialisation a contribue a une augmentation, a l’echelle mondiale, des maladies non transmissibles liees au mode de vie. Pour lutter contre ce type de maladies, une des approches consiste a encourager des modifications du mode de vie grâce a des campagnes d’education. Cette approche part du principe que les preferences alimentaires des gens sont liees a leurs habitudes de consommation et que ces habitudes peuvent etre modifiees par des campagnes d’education. Pour tester cette hypothese et les politiques qui en decoulent, nous avons entrepris une vaste enquete sur les questions liees a l’alimentation au Royaume des Tonga au moyen d’un questionnaire. Des donnees portant sur les relations entre les preferences alimentaires, la valeur nutritionnelle attribuee aux aliments et la frequence de la consommation ont ete reunies aussi bien pour des aliments traditionnels que pour des aliments importes. Les ...
This article reflects on multidisciplinary research in a specific context: a community-based, eco... more This article reflects on multidisciplinary research in a specific context: a community-based, economic impact research project intended to map the potential effects of a “living wage” as a poverty reduction strategy for the city of Revelstoke, British Columbia. Living wage initiatives have emerged across Canada. Intended to reduce poverty among the local working poor, they have also sparked tensions within local business communities. The project partnered anthropologists and economists with local stakeholders to examine the community's concerns about the initiative and, in particular, its impact on local small businesses. Many of the benefits of a living wage campaign are difficult to measure, while the potential impacts on labor costs and consequences are easier to trace. The project resulted in an interactive tool that can provide an economic sector specific impact assessment against which the wider social benefits of poverty reduction can be judged. We analyze the consequences of a participatory method...
... Figure 6: Air Pollution in the Cache 1972. Photo by Rick Hull courtesy of the Prince George... more ... Figure 6: Air Pollution in the Cache 1972. Photo by Rick Hull courtesy of the Prince George Citizen. ... Figure 8: Kids Playing Volley Ball at Island Cache School July 1970. Photo by Rick Hull courtesy of the Prince George Citizen. ...
Social justice seeks to support fairness through fostering relationships that enhance and strengt... more Social justice seeks to support fairness through fostering relationships that enhance and strengthen responsibility for one another. It is built upon the principle of equality of opportunity. In the context of government and governance it is often linked to specific policies or programs that seek to ensure the fair (re)distribution of services and benefits. Information communication technologies (ICTs) have opened new opportunities and challenges for enacting social justice. We have identified eight groups who are often excluded from full access and participation in the digital realm: low-socioeconomic status individuals, remote and inner-city groups, indigenous groups, recent migrants, the homeless, people with disabilities, people with mental illnesses, and senior citizens. In order to better understand the relationship and tensions between and within these populations, and digital inequalities and social justice, we have developed an interactive website that uses crowdsourcing to facilitate the sharing of examples where organizations and governments have directly engaged with excluded groups using ICTs and more specifically, sites using ICTs with open data. Recognizing the existence of these efforts to address and overcome these inequalities, we provide a platform for the discovery and sharing of good practices. We anticipate that this platform will bring together activists, academics and government personnel in order to collectively learn as well as contribute to how ICTs and open data can act as a means to enhance social justice.
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