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Surviving in the Hour of Darkness

The Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women

contributions by Byllye Y. Avery, Karen Flynn, Ingrid Waldron, Notisha Massaquoi, Dr Wanda Thomas Bernard, Carla R. Ribeiro, Farah M. Shroff, Talata Reeves, Crystal E. Wilkinson, CiajDiann M. Harris, Rosamond S. King, Judith K. Witherow, Naomi North, Layla Hassan, Heather MacLeod, Valerie Wood, Lorraine Thomas, Bishakha Chowdhury, Roxane Tracey, Troy Hunter, Sima Qadeer, Danda Hammadieh, Neeta Singh, Wendy Vincent, Kristine Maitland, Ingrid Rivera, Nora Burrell, Beldan Sezen, Vera M. Wabegijig, Marisa Marharaj, Anakana Schofield, Shirley Brozzo, Pitche Wasayananung, Rolanda C. Kane, Gitane Williams, Dr Ana Bodnar, Charmaine Crawford & Linda Cornwell

edited by G. Sophie Harding

Publisher
University of Calgary Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2005
Category
Women's Health
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552381014
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $39.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781773854304
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $84.99
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781552384589
    Publish Date
    Apr 2005
    List Price
    $39.95

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Surviving in the Hour of Darkness addresses the health issues - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual - of black women, First Nations women, and other women of colour. The book is a collection of scholarly essays, case studies, personal essays, poetry, and prose written by over 45 contributors. It illustrates, through the voices of many women, that gender, religious, cultural, and class background strongly influence how one experiences illness, how and when one is diagnosed, and how one is treated within the healthcare system. The book also focuses on the need for cultural sensitivity and inclusiveness in the delivery of health services.

Surviving in the Hour of Darkness aims to promote and generate knowledge with and about minority women while identifying key strategies for promoting their health, thus contributing to a broader understanding of how the experience of being a minority woman affects one's health and well-being.

With Contributions By: Byllye Y. Avery Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard Dr. Ana Bodnar Shirley Brozzo Nora Burrell Bishakha Chowdhury LindaCornwell Charmaine Crawford Karen Flynn Randa Hammadieh CiajDiannHarris Layla Hassan Troy Hunter Rolanda C. Kane Rosamond S. King Heather MacLeod Kristine Maitland Marisa Marharaj Notisha Massaquoi Naomi North Sima Qadeer Talata Reeves Carla R. Ribeiro Ingrid Rivera Anakana Schofield Beldan Sezen Farah M. Shroff Neeta Singh Lorraine Thomas Roxane Tracey Wendy Vincent Vera M. Wabegijig Ingrid Waldron Pitche Wasayananung Crystal E. Wilkinson Gitane Williams Judith K. Witherow Valerie Wood

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Byllye Y. Avery's profile page

G. Sophie Harding is the editor of Our Words/Our Revolutions: Di/Verse Vhoices of Black Women, First Nations Women, and Women of Colour in Canada. Her work has been used in projects such as the Teen Violence Prevention Initiatives with Women's Habitat and the Women, Violence, and Adult Education Project Source Book, which is aimed at examining the effect of violence in terms of learning and education for women.

With Contributions By: llye Y. Avery, Wanda Thomas Bernard, Ana Bodnar, Shirley Brozzo, Nora Burrell, Bishakha Chowdhury, Linda Cornwell, Charmaine Crawford, Karen Flynn, Randa Hammadieh, CiajDiann Harris, Layla Hassan, Troy Hunter, Rolanda C. Kane, Rosamond S. King, Heather MacLeod, Kristine Maitland, Marisa Marharaj, Notisha Massaquoi, Naomi North, Sima Qadeer, Talata Reeves, Carla R. Ribeiro, Ingrid Rivera, Anakana Schofield, Beldan Sezen, Farah M. Shroff, Neeta Singh, Lorraine Thomas, Roxane Tracey, Wendy Vincent, Vera M. Wabegijig, Ingrid Waldron, Pitche Wasayananung, Crystal E. Wilkinson, Gitane Williams, Judith K. Witherow, Valerie Wood

G. Sophie Harding's profile page

Grisselda (Sophie) Harding is a student and employee at York University in Toronto. Her writing is an expression of her desire to change the world and help make life better for herself and others. Sophie's first anthology was entitled Our Words/Our Revolutions: Di/Verse Voices of Black Women, First Nations Women, and Women of Colour in Canada. Some of Sophie's work has been used in projects such as the Teen Violence Prevention Initiatives with Women's Habitat and the Women, Violence, and Adult Education Project Source Book, which is aimed at examining the effect of violence in terms of learning and education for women.

Karen Flynn's profile page

Ingrid Waldron's profile page

Notisha Massaquoi is the Executive Director for Women's Health in Women's Hands Community Health Centre for Black Women and Women of Colour. Njoki Nathani Wane has published widely in the areas of Black Canadian feminisms; women and spirituality; African women and Indigenous knowledge production. Her latest publications include Claiming, Writing, Storing, Sharing African Indigenous Knowledge (2005) and a co-edited book: Back to the Drawing Board: African Canadian Feminisms (Sumach Press).

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Farah Mahrukh Shroff, BSc, Med (Primary Health Care), PhD, works in the areas of health, social justice, and holism. As an activist, educator and health professional, she had worked in many parts of the South, in Europe, and all over Canada. Her research areas include holistic health, policy, HIV/AIDS, women’s health, and community development and health.

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Crystal E. Wilkinson's profile page

CiajDiann M. Harris' profile page

Rosamond S. King's profile page

Judith K. Witherow's profile page

Naomi North's profile page

Layla Hassan's profile page

Heather MacLeod received a BA from the University of Victoria, and has lived in many places throughout northern and western Canada.

 

Heather's first book of poems, My Flesh the Sound of Rain, was published in 1998. Since then, she has published two more books: Shapes of Orion (a chapbook), and The North Woods, co-authored with Coral Hull. Heather's work has appeared in a number of anthologies and in many Canadian literary journals, including Geist, Grain and PRISM International and in journals in the U.S., U.K., Israel, Australia, and New Zealand. In addition, her plays have received honourable mentions from many contests and magazines.Heather, a member of the Métis Nation Northwest Territories, currently lives and works in British Columbia.

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Lorraine Thomas' profile page

Bishakha Chowdhury's profile page

Roxane Tracey's profile page

Troy Hunter's profile page

Sima Qadeer's profile page

Danda Hammadieh's profile page

Neeta Singh's profile page

Wendy Vincent's profile page

Kristine Maitland's profile page

Ingrid Rivera's profile page

Nora Burrell's profile page

Beldan Sezen is an artist who uses drawing, collage, and text. Her previous graphic novels were Zakkum and #GeziPark. Snapshots of a Girl was first published in Italy. Born in Germany, she currently lives in Amsterdam.

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Marisa Marharaj's profile page

Anakana Schofield's profile page

Shirley Brozzo's profile page

Pitche Wasayananung's profile page

Rolanda C. Kane's profile page

Gitane Williams' profile page

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