The study discussed in this article describes the nature of positive life experiences of 13 people coping exceptionally well while living with advanced amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, and the resulting significant physical disability. The most powerful themes to emerge were the use of cognitive reappraisal, reframing, and intellectual stimulation as coping mechanisms; the development of wisdom; and the vital importance of interpersonal relationships. On the basis of our findings, we make suggestions for ways professionals can assist people with ALS and their significant others.
The paper examines the historical role of the CCF/NDP in the making of federal Aborigina policy in Canada. It commences with an examination of the importance of the CCF/NDP rolt in influencing federal policy. This is followed by a critical examination of the prevailing attitudes and values held by the party's founders — including its first leader — J.S. Woodsworth It examines significant changes subsequently made to the Indian Act, culminating with the legislation of 1951, the party's response to the 1969 white paper, revisions to the Canada Act (1982) and subsequent attempts at amendment — the failed Meech Lake Accord (1987) and the Charlottetown Accord of 1992. The party's position on key issues affecting Aboriginal peoples has often been contradictory and, particularly in the case of deliberations about the Canada Act (1981) have created rifts within caucus. What emerges, however, is evidence that the party, despite not always adopting the most progressive stance with respect to Aboriginal aspirations, has, con sistent with its populist roots, been willing to listen and to modify its position in accord with the emerging demands of Aboriginal peoples. The details of this process reveal the roles of populist leanings and ideological principles in shaping party policy.
In the winter of 1962-1963, an epidemic of tuberculosis broke out in Eskimo Point, an Inuit community on the west coast of Hudson Bay in the Canadian Arctic. The outbreak was made possible by bad living conditions, among the worst ever documented in the history of the Canadian Arctic. The epidemic reveals the intersection of social attitudes, the economic logic of a postwar Canadian welfare state, and the difficult transition being made by Inuit moving from tents, igloos, and land-based camps to settlements along the Arctic coast. It is a case of “structural violence” where rules, policies, and social institutions operate in ways that cause physical and psychological harm to people lacking the power and/or resources necessary to changing the social systems and conditions in which they live. Both individuals and entire communities are affected. With regard to past—and present—Inuit housing conditions, we invoke the concept of structural violence to stress the importance of identifying and speaking about public health problems as a violation of internationally recognised human rights.
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