Planting Seeds of Change

Voices of Indigenous Youth on Wholistic Health

Bibliographic Data

ID19004870
AuthorsK Moscou (0000-0001-6903-9876, Ontario College of Art and Design, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume13
Issue2
Publication date2022-10-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Indigenous Policy Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1916-5781 • E-ISSN: 1916-5781
PublisherUniversity of Western Ontario, Western Libraries (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.18584/iipj.2022.13.2.10977
OpenAlexW4306294685
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited17

Indigenous youth are key partners in improving our understanding of holistic health and identifying solutions to address health-related issues. The Urban Gardens Project was a community-based research partnership involving Indigenous youth co-researchers, Brandon University, Indigenous Knowledge Users, Elders, and Indigenous organizations in Winnipeg and Brandon, Manitoba. Using the Medicine Wheel as an analytic framework, the study identified key indicators of spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing that Indigenous youth attributed to gardening. Findings illuminate the need for policies to foster Indigenous youth engagement, leadership, and urban gardening programs that advance Indigenous cultural practices to contribute to Indigenous health and wellbeing. The research was funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR)

Culturally appropriate · General partnership · Indigenous · Mental health · Political science · Sociology · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Gerontology

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