Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>The natural world and environmental issues present critical points of convergence</p><p>between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people and their knowledge systems. This</p><p>qualitative study engaged with 18 Indigenous and non-Indigenous environmental</p><p>practitioners in interview conversations to explore their experiences in cross-cultural</p… more Full Text: BRINGING KNOWLEDGES TOGETHER: INDIGENOUS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES IN ACTION A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Science TRENT …
Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>In our communities, we are continually challenged to reflect on effective responses to the people and events that put us at risk. This study is an examination of two distinctly different world-view responses: the colonial, dominant culture and the Indigenous world-view. The retributive understanding of the dominant culture applies assumptions about the nature of the world that are vested… more Full Text: ELDERS AND INDIGENOUS HEALING IN THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE OF CANADA: A STORY OF RELATIONAL DISSONANCE, SACRED DOUGHNUTS, AND DRIVE-THRU EXPECTATIONS A Dissertation Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements …
Year: 2016, 2016
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Evering, Brigitte, Thesis advisor (ths): Furgal, Chris, Degree committee member (dgc): Kuhn, Lesley, Degree committee member (dgc): Longboat, Dan, Degree committee member (dgc): Kimmerer, Robin, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>The purpose of this study was to explore the educational implications of a clearer understanding of the practice of using multiple, including Indigenous, knowledges when finding solutions to place-based environmental issues. The impetus for my research came from a growing sense of urgency to address environmental issues within both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities. Some have… more Full Text: KNOW*LEDGE CONSTELLATIONS AND RE*CONSTELLATING: NARRATIVES TO INFORM INDIGENOUS-AND-ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the …
Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Environmental factors play a critical role in the health and well-being of people worldwide and the distribution of the burden of disease associated with environmental causes is disproportionately high in marginalized populations, including First Nations. In this way, environmental health problems are as much social and political problems as environmental and must be addressed as such.… more Full Text: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY WITH MISSISSAUGA FIRST NATION A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in …
