Bridging the social distance between Indigenous and newcomer youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploration of identities and relationship building through online and arts-based methods

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dc.contributor.authorVitt, Kathleen
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeRocke, Cathy (Social Work) Ridd, Karen (Conflict Resolution Studies, University of Winnipeg)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorBennett, Marlyn (Social Work)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-25T15:19:46Z
dc.date.available2020-08-25T15:19:46Z
dc.date.copyright2020-06-30
dc.date.issued2020-06-30en_US
dc.date.submitted2020-06-30T14:59:04Zen_US
dc.date.submitted2020-06-30T16:59:55Zen_US
dc.degree.disciplineSocial Worken_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Social Work (M.S.W.)en_US
dc.description.abstractDespite ongoing relationship building efforts at the community level, Indigenous and immigrant and refugee newcomer communities in Canada continue to experience a fractured relationship characterized by misperceptions, misunderstandings and tension. One of the predominant reasons for this ongoing fractured relationship is the lack of community-driven, decolonial information that each community receives about the other. This project sought to respond to this reality, by exploring the experience of an online relationship building Talking Circle and video-making process, where Indigenous and newcomer youth reflected on their identities as newcomer or Indigenous peoples and the possibilities for transformed relationships between both communities. The video that was created then went on to be shared with Indigenous and newcomer serving organizations within Winnipeg and was posted free online, becoming a potential community-driven, decolonial relationship building resource for community members to access. This project was guided by an Indigenous research paradigm, as well as the visiting way, storytelling and arts-based methodologies. Overall, this project found an imbalance in perceptions between both communities, alongside relationship building possibilities within increasing opportunities for community-driven, decolonial information to be transferred, shared minority experiences and cultural strengths, and the need for both formal and informal relationship building opportunities. Several key implications for social work practice are discussed and recommendations for bridging relations between Indigenous and newcomer communities are proposed.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2020en_US
dc.identifier.citationAPAen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34887
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectNewcomeren_US
dc.subjectYouthen_US
dc.subjectSolidarityen_US
dc.subjectCollective Actionen_US
dc.subjectRelationship buildingen_US
dc.subjectRelationshipen_US
dc.subjectMinority solidarityen_US
dc.titleBridging the social distance between Indigenous and newcomer youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploration of identities and relationship building through online and arts-based methodsen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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