The Fireweed Project: Community report

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dc.contributor.authorWells, Madison
dc.contributor.authorPaul, Willow
dc.contributor.authorMagnus, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Créa
dc.contributor.authorAntoine-Allan, Emma
dc.contributor.authorCrane, Piyêsiw
dc.contributor.authorHardy, Shannon
dc.contributor.authorPérez Piñán, Astrid
dc.contributor.authorMonchalin, Renée
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-07T17:31:16Z
dc.date.available2026-05-07T17:31:16Z
dc.date.issued2026
dc.description.abstractIndigenous peoples (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) on Turtle Island have long held knowledge about reproductive health that focus on choice, wholistic well-being, and community-based care. Before colonization, Indigenous people used traditional methods, such as herbal medicines, for birth control and abortion. These practices were suppressed by settlers, who labelled these methods as taboo or shameful. Settlers’ religious beliefs were imposed through assimilative tactics like the residential school system, which disrupted the intergenerational transmission of cultural knowledge, including about abortion. Settler-colonialism has distorted Indigenous understandings of reproductive health, misrepresenting the place of abortion and contraception in Indigenous society.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelFaculty
dc.identifier.citationWells, M., Paul, W., Magnus, S., Ferguson, C., Antoine-Allan, E., Crane, P., Hardy, S., Perez Pinan, A., & Monchalin, R. (2026). The Fireweed Project: Community Report. Fireweed Project. www.fireweedproject.ca/community-reportsFireweed Project
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/23816
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe Fireweed Project
dc.subjectSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Aspiration Research Cluster
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Public Health and Social Policy
dc.subject.departmentSchool of Public Administration
dc.titleThe Fireweed Project: Community report
dc.typeReport

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