Indigenous Health Education Pathways to Healing Resources

Brooks-Cleator, L., Phillipps, B., & Giles, A. (2018). Culturally safe health initiatives for Indigenous Peoples in Canada: a scoping review. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 50(4), 202-213.

Courtney Ryder, Tamara Mackean, Julieann Coombs, Hayley Williams, Kate Hunter, Andrew J. A. Holland & Rebecca Q. Ivers (2020) Indigenous research methodology –weaving a research interface, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 23:3, 255-267,DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2019.1669923

Curtis, E., Jones, R., Tipene-Leach, D., Walker, C., Loring, B., Paine, S. J., & Reid, P. (2019). Why cultural safety rather than cultural competency is required to achieve health equity: a literature review and recommended definition. International Journal for Equity in Health, 18(1), 1-17.

Datta, R. (2018). Decolonizing both researcher and research and its effectiveness in Indigenous research. Research Ethics, 14(2), 1-24.

Fomenting indigenous health curricula: external directives for institutional capacity

Forbes, A., Ritchie, S., Walker, J., & Young, N. (2020). Applications of Two-Eyed seeing in primary research focused on Indigenous health: a scoping review. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 19, 1609406920929110.

Gaudry, A., & Lorenz, D. (2018). Indigenization as inclusion, reconciliation, and decolonization: Navigating the different visions for indigenizing the Canadian Academy. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 14(3), 218-227.

Gone, J. P. (2009). A community-based treatment for Native American historical trauma: prospects for evidence-based practice. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 77(4), 751.

McKivett, A., Hudson, J. N., McDermott, D., & Paul, D. (2020). Two‐eyed seeing: A useful gaze in Indigenous medical education research. Medical education, 54(3), 217-224.

Nelson, S. E., & Wilson, K. (2018). Understanding barriers to health care access through cultural safety and ethical space: Indigenous people's experiences in Prince George, Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 218, 21-27.

Pidgeon, M. (2019). Moving between theory and practice within an Indigenous research paradigm. Qualitative Research, 19(4), 418-436.

Pihama, L., Smith, L. T., Evans-Campbell, T., Kohu-Morgan, H., Cameron, N., Mataki, T., … Southey, K. (2017). Investigating Māori approaches to trauma informed care. Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing, 2(3), 18–31.

Roach, P., Ody, M., Campbell, P., Bablitz, C., Toth, E., Murry, A., Henderson, R., Kennedy, A., Montesanti, S., Barnabe, C & Crowshoe, L. (2022), Access, relationships, quality and safety (ARQS): a qualitative study to develop an Indigenous-centred understanding of virtual care quality

Ullrich, J. S., Demientieff, L. X., & Elliott, E. (2022),  Storying and re-storying: Co-creating Indigenous well-being through Relational Knowledge Exchange

Joseph, R. P. (2018). 21 Things you may not know about the Indian act. Page Two Books.

King, T. (2017). The inconvenient Indian illustrated: A curious account of native people in North America. Doubleday Canada.

Vowel, C. (2016). Indigenous writes: A guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit issues in Canada. Portage & Main Press.
 

Archibald, J. A. (2008). Indigenous storywork: Educating the heart, mind, body, and spirit. UBC press.

George, L., & Tauri, J. (Eds.). (2020). Indigenous Research Ethics: Claiming Research Sovereignty Beyond Deficit and the Colonial Legacy. Emerald Publishing Limited.

Goulet, L. M., & Goulet, K. N. (2014). Teaching each other: Nehinuw concepts and Indigenous pedagogies. UBC press.

Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass: Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants. Milkweed Editions.

Kovach, M. (2021). Indigenous methodologies: Characteristics, conversations, and contexts. University of Toronto press.

Ross, R. (2014). Indigenous healing: Exploring traditional paths. Penguin Canada.

Shotton, H. J., & Minthorn, R. S. (2018). Reclaiming Indigenous research in higher education. Rutgers University Press.

Smith, L. T. (2019). Decolonizing research: Indigenous storywork as methodology. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Smith, L. T. (2021). Decolonizing methodologies: Research and indigenous peoples. Zed Books Ltd.

Van Styvendale, N., McDougall, J. D., Henry, R., & Innes, R. A. (Eds.). (2021). The Arts of Indigenous Health and Well-being. Univ. of Manitoba Press.

Vowel, C. (2016). Indigenous writes: A guide to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit issues in Canada. Portage & Main Press.

Wilson, S. (2008). Research is ceremony. Indigenous research methods. Winnipeg: Fernwood.

Windchief, S., & San Pedro, T. (Eds.). (2019). Applying Indigenous research methods: Storying with peoples and communities. Routledge.
 

Cumming School of Medicine Indigenous Health Dialogue (IHD)

IHD Recommendations for a Path Forward

IHD Critical Reflective Framework

Cultural Teachings - Elders' Wisdom Series and Elders' Teaching Series

Cultural Protocol - land acknowledgement, engaging with a Traditional Knowledge Keeper, procedures for cultural requests, offerings and honoraria and more  

If you still have questions regarding cultural education and protocol, please email Elissa Twoyoungmen, Indigenous Cultural Engagement and Protocol Specialist, UCalgary.

Research Staff - employment summaries

Compensation - graduate assistant research appointments

Hiring Graduate Assistants - offer letters, performance review, duties form, hourly calculator, appointment and job codes

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Joint Commitment to Action on Indigenous Health

The Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Indigenous Health Priorities

Truth and Reconciliation Commission – Calls to Action

Aboriginal Cultural Practices: A Guide for Physicians and Allied Health Care Professionals 

Cultural Safety and Nursing Education in Aotearoa and Te Waipounamu

Continuing Care in Indigenous Communities: GUIDEBOOK

Indigenous Health Commitments: Roadmap to Wellness (Alberta Health Services)

National Aboriginal Health Organization Fact Sheet: Cultural Safety 

Measuring Cultural Safety in Health Systems