If suit people are going to listen. A strengths-based perspective on Indigenous homeless youth
| dc.contributor.author | Tenning, Jilleun | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Mucina, Mandeep | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-24T22:15:54Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2021 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-08-24 | |
| dc.degree.department | School of Child and Youth Care | en_US |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Arts M.A. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Indigenous youth are overrepresented within homelessness and form approximately 20 percent of the total youth homeless population in Canada that uses emergency shelters. While extensive studies have been conducted and new practices have been put in place in an effort to reduce the number of individuals experiencing homelessness, the number of Indigenous youth journeying into homelessness continues to increase. This suggests that the solutions implemented to date have inadequately addressed the needs of Indigenous youth and the situations integral to their worlds. The purpose of this research was to explore Indigenous youths’ experiences of homelessness that promote positive identity development. It used a community-based Indigenous methodology. Building on research by Indigenous and non-Indigenous academics with the stories of Indigenous homeless youth, this research was centered at the intersection of Indigenous youth homelessness and their engagement in behaviours affected by past and present events that impact their processes of identity development. With its strengths-based lens, it deepens understandings of how Indigenous homeless youth create prosocial outcomes that bolster their self-esteem and encourage positive identity development that will support them in young adulthood and stages beyond. Indigenous youth prosocial outcomes must include holistic health outcomes that encompass spiritual, physical, mental and emotional well-being. Ultimately, this research challenges existing conversations held in society regarding Indigenous youths’ behaviours exhibited in homelessness and contributes to Indigenous resurgence, equitable colonial-Indigenous relationships, and reconciliation consistent with the goals put forth in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s recommendations. | en_US |
| dc.description.embargo | 2023-08-30 | |
| dc.description.scholarlevel | Graduate | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1828/13309 | |
| dc.language | English | eng |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.rights | Available to the World Wide Web | en_US |
| dc.subject | resurgence | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indigenous youth | en_US |
| dc.subject | homelessness | en_US |
| dc.subject | homelessness | en_US |
| dc.subject | marginalization | en_US |
| dc.subject | discrimination | en_US |
| dc.subject | child abuse | en_US |
| dc.subject | ecological systems theory | en_US |
| dc.subject | lifespan development | en_US |
| dc.title | If suit people are going to listen. A strengths-based perspective on Indigenous homeless youth | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |