| Author(s) | Abe Oudshoorn; Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao; Eugenia Canas; Helene Berman |
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Using Y-PAR and the Arts to Address Structural Violence in the Lives of Youth: Methodological Considerations
From: Everyday Violence in the Lives of Youth
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Topics in this chapter include: A contemplation of youth-centered violence in an adult-centered world, developing complex awareness, voice, and identity, a discussion of the National Youth Advisory Board, and Art-Based Methods as Instruments to Examine Structural Violence.
Contributors
Helene Berman
Helene Berman, RN, PhD, is a distinguished university professor emerita at the University of Western Ontario and a fellow in the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Her program of research, funded by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (cihr), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (sshrc) and Status of Women Canada, has focused on the subtle and explicit forms of violence in the lives of girls and young women. In recent years, she has extended that work to include boys and young men. With a lengthy history of community-based research, Dr. Berman played a lead role in the establishment of the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion and serves as the Centre’s founding academic director
Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao
Catherine Richardson/Kinewesquao is a Métis counsellor specializing in violence prevention and recovery. She lives on the territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation and is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Montreal. Dr. Richardson is a co-founder of the Centre for Response-Based Practice. Her recent research projects relate to violence prevention with Indigenous youth, women and families. She is the author of Belonging Métis and co-editor of Calling Our Families Home: Métis Experiences with Child Welfare and Failure to Protect: Moving Beyond Gendered Responses. Her work has influenced the development of dignity-driven practice in the Child and Family Services of New South Wales, Australia. She is involved in Indigenous community projects and
Eugenia Canas
was twice a delegate to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. She is co-authoring a forthcoming book related to Métis social policy.Abe Oudshoorn
Kate Elliott, bsn, mph, md, is a member of the Métis Nation of Greater Victoria. She has a passion for Indigenous youth engagement and traditional beadwork. Elliott possesses an undergraduate degree in nursing and a master’s in public health and social policy from the University of Victoria. Elliott is completing her residency in Indigenous Family Medicine at the University of British Columbia.
