Holly A Mckenzie
Biographic Data
| ID | 259187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Holly A Mckenzie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Holly A |
| FAMILY NAME | Mckenzie |
| SIGNATURE | MCKENZIE H A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9385-0861 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Involuntary Treatment Legislation in Canada: Implications for Pregnant People and Parents
Since 2023, three Canadian provincial governments have announced plans to establish involuntary treatment laws that would apply to people who use criminalized substances, with one province passing such legislation in 2025. In this commentary, the authors attend to the implications of this approach for pregnant people and parents and identify two key concerns. First, involuntary treatment punishes parents, likely contributing to the apprehension o…
Indigenous Women's Resistance of Colonial Policies, Practices, and Reproductive Coercion
This analysis of urban Indigenous women's experiences on the Homeland of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories illustrates that Indigenous women have recently experienced coercion when interacting with healthcare and social service providers in various settings. Drawing on analysis of media, study conversations, and policies, …
Disrupting the Continuities Among Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, and Child Welfare: An Analysis of Colonial and Neocolonial Discourses
In Canada, it is estimated that 3 times as many Indigenous children are currently in the care of the state compared to when the residential schools’ populations were at their peak. It is imperative that action be taken. This article explores the continuities among residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and child welfare in Canada today. In particular, we examine how colonial and neocolonial discourses operate through and justify these policies a…
I Got to Know Them in a New Way: Rela(y/t)ing Rhizomes and Community-Based Knowledge (Brokers’) Transformation of Western and Indigenous Knowledge
Drawing on three culturally specific research projects, this paper examines how community-based knowledge brokers' engagement in brokering knowledge shaped the projects' processes. Informed by Deleuze and Guattari's (1987) conceptualization of the 'rhizome,' we discuss how community knowledge brokers' engagement in open research-creation practices embrace the relational foundation of Indigenous research paradigms in contrast to mainstream Western…
I Got to Know Them in a New Way: Rela(y/t)ing Rhizomes and Community-Based Knowledge (Brokers’) Transformation of Western and Indigenous Knowledge
Drawing on three culturally specific research projects, this paper examines how community-based knowledge brokers' engagement in brokering knowledge shaped the projects' processes. Informed by Deleuze and Guattari's (1987) conceptualization of the 'rhizome,' we discuss how community knowledge brokers' engagement in open research-creation practices embrace the relational foundation of Indigenous research paradigms in contrast to mainstream Western…
Indigenous Women's Resistance of Colonial Policies, Practices, and Reproductive Coercion
This analysis of urban Indigenous women's experiences on the Homeland of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories illustrates that Indigenous women have recently experienced coercion when interacting with healthcare and social service providers in various settings. Drawing on analysis of media, study conversations, and policies, …
I Got to Know Them in a New Way: Rela(y/t)ing Rhizomes and Community-Based Knowledge (Brokers’) Transformation of Western and Indigenous Knowledge
Drawing on three culturally specific research projects, this paper examines how community-based knowledge brokers' engagement in brokering knowledge shaped the projects' processes. Informed by Deleuze and Guattari's (1987) conceptualization of the 'rhizome,' we discuss how community knowledge brokers' engagement in open research-creation practices embrace the relational foundation of Indigenous research paradigms in contrast to mainstream Western…
Disrupting the Continuities Among Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, and Child Welfare: An Analysis of Colonial and Neocolonial Discourses
In Canada, it is estimated that 3 times as many Indigenous children are currently in the care of the state compared to when the residential schools’ populations were at their peak. It is imperative that action be taken. This article explores the continuities among residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and child welfare in Canada today. In particular, we examine how colonial and neocolonial discourses operate through and justify these policies a…
Indigenous Women's Resistance of Colonial Policies, Practices, and Reproductive Coercion
This analysis of urban Indigenous women's experiences on the Homeland of the Métis and Treaty One (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), Treaty Four (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada), and Treaty Six (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) territories illustrates that Indigenous women have recently experienced coercion when interacting with healthcare and social service providers in various settings. Drawing on analysis of media, study conversations, and policies, …
Involuntary Treatment Legislation in Canada: Implications for Pregnant People and Parents
Since 2023, three Canadian provincial governments have announced plans to establish involuntary treatment laws that would apply to people who use criminalized substances, with one province passing such legislation in 2025. In this commentary, the authors attend to the implications of this approach for pregnant people and parents and identify two key concerns. First, involuntary treatment punishes parents, likely contributing to the apprehension o…
Colonialism (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Apprehension (1 works) · Australian History and Society (1 works) · Business (1 works)