scholarly journals Editorial

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-7
Author(s):  
Hiliary Monteith ◽  
Sharon Tan
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University

The creation of the Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health (TIJIH) emerged out of conversations in 2018 between an Indigenous professor1 and non-Indigenous graduate students working within Indigenous health research at the University of Toronto. TIJIH was intended to connect graduate students, Indigenous scholars, and Indigenous communities into a platform for work that focused on Indigenous health. The idea has since morphed into the establishment of a peer-reviewed journal and an accompanying Community of Practice (CoP) where people with an interest in Indigenous health can discuss, collaborate, and co-learn.

scholarly journals If We Show Them Will They Come? Attitudes of Native American Youth Towards Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-105
Author(s):  
Emmerentine Oliphant ◽  
Sharon B. Templeman
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Native Community ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
General Validity ◽  
Native Canadian ◽  
Indigenous Ways Of Knowing

Indigenous health research should reflect the needs and benefits of the participants and their community as well as academic and practitioner interests. The research relationship can be viewed as co-constructed by researchers, participants, and communities, but this nature often goes unrecognized because it is confined by the limits of Western epistemology. Dominant Western knowledge systems assume an objective reality or truth that does not support multiple or subjective realities, especially knowledge in which culture or context is important, such as in Indigenous ways of knowing. Alternatives and critiques of the current academic system of research could come from Native conceptualizations and philosophies, such as Indigenous ways of knowing and Indigenous protocols, which are increasingly becoming more prominent both Native and non-Native societies. This paper contains a narrative account by an Indigenous researcher of her personal experience of the significant events of her doctoral research, which examined the narratives of Native Canadian counselors’ understanding of traditional and contemporary mental health and healing. As a result of this narrative, it is understood that research with Indigenous communities requires a different paradigm than has been historically offered by academic researchers. Research methodologies employed in Native contexts must come from Indigenous values and philosophies for a number of important reasons and with consequences that impact both the practice of research itself and the general validity of research results. In conclusion, Indigenous ways of knowing can form a new basis for understanding contemporary health research with Indigenous peoples and contribute to the evolution of Indigenous academics and research methodologies in both Western academic and Native community contexts.

scholarly journals Embracing the Modern: Edna Cress Staebler at the University of Toronto, 1926-1929

2008 ◽  
pp. 69-88
Author(s):  
Alyson E. King
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Young Woman ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University ◽  
Interwar Era

Edna Cress Staebler was a fairly typical young woman when she arrived at the University of Toronto in 1926. While attending the university, she explored the new ideas and norms of the interwar era. This article examines Staebler’s experiences within the context of modernity, the university and the creation of a Canadian nation. Staebler’s university years provided the foundations for her later career as a journalist and author during which she helped to create a modern Canadian national identity.

scholarly journals An Urban Cree Finding Place at xʷc̓ic̓əsəm

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-54
Author(s):  
Hailey Bird Matheson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Professional Identity ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Personal Journey ◽  
Indigenous Plant ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
The University ◽  
Work Student

This article explores my personal journey as an urban Cree and social work student at the University ofBritish Columbia (UBC). From this positionality, I reflect on what it means to Indigenize social work byprivileging personal and professional identity, including ceremony and spirituality, as integral to the wayswe interact with others, particularly between Indigenous Peoples. I offer my own journey connecting tomy identity as an urban Cree person through working with Indigenous plant medicines. In particular, Iwill highlight my experiences at xʷc̓ic̓əsəm—a garden on the stolen and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm [Musqueam] people. Also known as the Indigenous Health Research and Education Garden at the UBC Farm, xʷc̓ic̓əsəm means “the place where we grow” in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓. xʷc̓ic̓əsəm embodies a spacewhere Indigenous Peoples can connect with both human and plant relatives to share stories, engage withtraditional medicines, and heal in a space by us and for us.

scholarly journals Six ways to get a grip on teaching medical trainees on the convergence of Indigenous knowledges and biomedicine, within a culturally-safe Indigenous health curriculum

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aarti Sayal ◽  
Lisa Richardson ◽  
Allison Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Health ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Formal Curriculum ◽  
Health Curriculum ◽  
Indigenous Knowledges ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Curriculum Map ◽  
The University ◽  
Improve Health

As Indigenous knowledges and biomedicine come together in healthcare today, to improve health outcomes and strengthen cultural identity among Indigenous Peoples, it is vital for physicians to learn about this convergence during their training. This narrative review article aims to provide practical advice for educators when implementing teaching regarding this topic, using examples from the research literature, and pedagogical and practice-based methods used at the University of Toronto (UofT). The methodology on obtaining the research literature included a search of a computer database called Medline. Moreover, the medical school curriculum information specific to UofT, was obtained through the formal curriculum map and UofT’s Office of Indigenous Medical Education. The following six recommendations provide a way to successfully implement the teachings on Indigenous knowledges and biomedicine, within a culturally-safe Indigenous health curriculum.

scholarly journals Try Bravery for a Change: Supporting Indigenous Health Training and Development in Canadian Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantelle Richmond
Keyword(s):  
Structural Changes ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Indigenous Research ◽  
Health Training ◽  
Canadian Universities ◽  
Research Environments ◽  
The University

The persistence of egregious inequities signals that we are at a critical juncture regarding the health of Canada’s Indigenous peoples. Now is the time to seriously reflect on the relationships between Indigenous realities, public policy, and the role of Indigenous research environments therein. Addressing the complexity of contemporary Indigenous health inequity requires a fundamental reorientation in the ways we conduct and think about research. This commentary explores the transition currently taking place in Indigenous health training and development in Canadian universities, with a focus on Ontario’s Indigenous Mentorship Network. At the heart of the Ontario Network is the Anishinabe philosophy Mno Nimkodadding Geegi (“We Are All Connected”).  In our attempts to address Indigenous health inequality in Canada, we take the perspective that the most important answers will come when we take the time to listen to Indigenous communities. This commentary closes with a discussion on bravery. Just as Indigenous scholars push to make space for their scholarship within the university environments, so too must our institutions have the bravery needed to address the structural changes required to foster that success.

scholarly journals An Ecological Call to Arms

2018 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan O’Connor
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Activism ◽  
Adverse Impact ◽  
Royal Commission ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University ◽  
Activist Organizations

This article argues that the 22 October 1967 broadcast of The Air of Death was a central event in the emergence of environmental activism in Ontario. A production of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Air of Death examined air pollution’s adverse impact upon the environment. This documentary drew the ire of industrial interests as a result of its allegations of human fluorosis poisoning in Dunnville, Ontario. Subsequently, the film and the team behind it were subjected to two high-profile investigations, an Ontario ordered Royal Commission and a Canadian Radio-Television Commission hearing. This controversy resulted in the creation Ontario’s first two environmental activist organizations, most notably the highly influential Pollution Probe at the University of Toronto, which would play a key role in shaping the province’s nascent environmental community.

The current status and future prospects of precision medicine

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (9) ◽  
pp. 1423-1425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria D. Pasic
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Precision Medicine ◽  
Laboratory Medicine ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
University Of Toronto ◽  
Genomic Technologies ◽  
The University

AbstractOver the last 5 years I have been coordinating a graduate course on genomic technologies and their applications in medicine. The course is offered to graduate students in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. In attending the diverse lectures, I came to better understand the burgeoning field of “personalized” or “precision” medicine (PM) and its current status and future prospects. Below, I provide my personal views on this topic.

scholarly journals Community engagement approaches for Indigenous health research: recommendations based on an integrative review

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e039736
Author(s):  
Chu Yang Lin ◽  
Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez ◽  
Elaine Boyling ◽  
Cheryl Barnabe
Keyword(s):  
Community Engagement ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Community ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Community Settings ◽  
Comprehensive List ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Research Recommendations

ObjectiveCommunity engagement practices in Indigenous health research are promoted as a means of decolonising research, but there is no comprehensive synthesis of approaches in the literature. Our aim was to assemble and qualitatively synthesise a comprehensive list of actionable recommendations to enhance community engagement practices with Indigenous peoples in Canada, the USA, Australia and New Zealand.DesignIntegrative review of the literature in medical (Medline, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Embase) and Google and WHO databases (search cut-off date 21 July 2020).Article selectionStudies that contained details regarding Indigenous community engagement frameworks, principles or practices in the field of health were included, with exclusion of non-English publications. Two reviewers independently screened the articles in duplicate and reviewed full-text articles.AnalysisRecommendations for community engagement approaches were extracted and thematically synthesised through content analysis.ResultsA total of 63 studies were included in the review, with 1345 individual recommendations extracted. These were synthesised into a list of 37 recommendations for community engagement approaches in Indigenous health research, categorised by stage of research. In addition, activities applicable to all phases of research were identified: partnership and trust building and active reflection.ConclusionsWe provide a comprehensive list of recommendations for Indigenous community engagement approaches in health research. A limitation of this review is that it may not address all aspects applicable to specific Indigenous community settings and contexts. We encourage anyone who does research with Indigenous communities to reflect on their practices, encouraging changes in research processes that are strengths based.

scholarly journals Theory's Children; or, The New Relevance of Musicology

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-27
Author(s):  
Stephen McClatchie
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
First Century ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
New Faculty ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
The University ◽  
Music Study

The recent theoretical turn in musicology has made the discipline more relevant, both within the university itself, and in the larger society within which it is situated. I consider what this development may mean for younger scholars, both as graduate students and as new faculty members, and explore the paradox that critical theory is often attacked for its impenetrability, yet has allowed us to communicate more easily with our colleagues in other disciplines. Finally, I argue that the primary aim for music study in the twenty-first century should be an ethical one: the creation of whole, musical human beings, literate in, and accustomed to thinking about, musics, plural, rather than Music.

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