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Social Science Indigenous Studies

The Medicine of Peace

Indigenous Youth Decolonizing Healing and Resisting Violence

by (author) Jeffrey Paul Ansloos

Publisher
Fernwood Publishing
Initial publish date
Apr 2017
Category
Indigenous Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552669556
    Publish Date
    Apr 2017
    List Price
    $30.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552669563
    Publish Date
    Jun 2017
    List Price
    $29.99

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In The Medicine of Peace, Jeffrey Ansloos explores the complex intersections of colonial violence, the current status of Indigenous youth in Canada in regards to violence and the possibilities of critical-Indigenous psychologies of nonviolence. Indigenous youth are disproportionately at risk for violent victimization and incarceration within the justice system. They are also marginalized and oppressed within our systems of academia, mental health and social work.

By linking the contemporary experiences of Indigenous youth with broader contexts of intergenerational colonial violence in Canadian society and history, Ansloos highlights the colonial nature of current approaches to Indigenous youth care. Using a critical-Indigenous discourse to critique, deconstruct and de-legitimize the hegemony of Western social science, Ansloos advances an Indigenous peace psychology to promote the revitalization of Indigenous identity for these youth.

About the author

 

Jeffrey Paul Ansloos works as an educator and counsellor, with particular expertise in trauma, multiculturalism and community development. He is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria.

 

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