Lynn Gehl
Biographic Data
| ID | 231308 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lynn Gehl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lynn |
| FAMILY NAME | Gehl |
| SIGNATURE | GEHL L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Algonquin College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ontario’s history of tampering and re-tampering with birth registration documents
This article opens a discussion on the matter of Ontario administrators’, hospital and government employees’ history of tampering with long form birth registration documents in situations where birth mothers were unmarried or separated. Relying on Indigenous methods, such as listening to personal stories, and experts, the author explores how the practice of tampering with birth documents places Indigenous mothers and children in double jeopardy o…
Indian Rights for Indian Babies
Relying on an Indigenous methodology and the methods of a literature analysis , personal experience , and critical introspection this article addresses Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada’s 1985 unstated paternity policy in regard to the Indian status provisions of the Indian Act. Through Canada’s unstated paternity policy, with its inherent assumption where the Registrar of Aboriginal Affairs interprets all applicants’ birth certi…
Claiming Anishinaabe
Denied her Indigenous status, Lynn Gehl has been fighting her entire life to reclaim mino-pimadiziwin--the good life. Exploring Anishinaabeg philosophy and Anishinaabeg conceptions of truth, Gehl shows how she came to locate her spirit and decolonize her identity, thereby becoming, in her words, "fully human." Gehl also provides a harsh critique of Canada and takes on important anti-colonial battles, including sex discrimination in the Indian Act…
Debwewin Journey
This article discusses Debwewin Journey methodology that involves the "circle of heart" knowledge and the "circle of mind" knowledge working together. Rooted in "Anishinaabemowin" (the language of the "original peoples"), Anishinaabe (original man) traditional teachings, and Midewiwin scroll knowledge, this methodological approach predates European arrival on Turtle Island. While in my Debwewin Journey methodology I relied on particular methods t…
Debwewin Journey
This article discusses Debwewin Journey methodology that involves the "circle of heart" knowledge and the "circle of mind" knowledge working together. Rooted in "Anishinaabemowin" (the language of the "original peoples"), Anishinaabe (original man) traditional teachings, and Midewiwin scroll knowledge, this methodological approach predates European arrival on Turtle Island. While in my Debwewin Journey methodology I relied on particular methods t…
Debwewin Journey
This article discusses Debwewin Journey methodology that involves the "circle of heart" knowledge and the "circle of mind" knowledge working together. Rooted in "Anishinaabemowin" (the language of the "original peoples"), Anishinaabe (original man) traditional teachings, and Midewiwin scroll knowledge, this methodological approach predates European arrival on Turtle Island. While in my Debwewin Journey methodology I relied on particular methods t…
Claiming Anishinaabe
Denied her Indigenous status, Lynn Gehl has been fighting her entire life to reclaim mino-pimadiziwin--the good life. Exploring Anishinaabeg philosophy and Anishinaabeg conceptions of truth, Gehl shows how she came to locate her spirit and decolonize her identity, thereby becoming, in her words, "fully human." Gehl also provides a harsh critique of Canada and takes on important anti-colonial battles, including sex discrimination in the Indian Act…
Indian Rights for Indian Babies
Relying on an Indigenous methodology and the methods of a literature analysis , personal experience , and critical introspection this article addresses Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada’s 1985 unstated paternity policy in regard to the Indian status provisions of the Indian Act. Through Canada’s unstated paternity policy, with its inherent assumption where the Registrar of Aboriginal Affairs interprets all applicants’ birth certi…
Ontario’s history of tampering and re-tampering with birth registration documents
This article opens a discussion on the matter of Ontario administrators’, hospital and government employees’ history of tampering with long form birth registration documents in situations where birth mothers were unmarried or separated. Relying on Indigenous methods, such as listening to personal stories, and experts, the author explores how the practice of tampering with birth documents places Indigenous mothers and children in double jeopardy o…
Political science (3 works) · Canadian Identity and History (2 works) · Criminology (2 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Active listening (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)