If you hunt good enough you'll find it: the well-being of urban aboriginal seniors in the Calgary region

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dc.contributor.advisorVoyageur, Cora J.
dc.contributor.authorKerluke, Brittni J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:22:41Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:22:41Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 172-178en
dc.descriptionA couple of pages are in colour.en
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has demonstrated that Aboriginal peoples represent one of the most disadvantaged populations in Canada and they are disproportionately affected by chronic diseases. However, research has failed to explore the aging Aboriginal population in Canadian cities. This study examines what keeps urban Aboriginal seniors well by exploring how they understand their well-being and the factors that affect their health. Using twenty in-depth individual interviews and two focus groups involving Aboriginal seniors over the age of 60 years, this study finds that Calgary's urban Aboriginal seniors hold holistic understandings of well-being and factors such as legacy, place and social engagement are identified as playing a key role in their well-being. Additionally, Aboriginal seniors are enhancing their well-being in urban areas by accessing both formal and informal sources of well-being. These findings have been utilized to develop an Indigenous well-being conceptual framework addressing what keeps Calgary's Aboriginal seniors well.
dc.format.extentvii, 187 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationKerluke, B. J. (2011). If you hunt good enough you'll find it: the well-being of urban aboriginal seniors in the Calgary region (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/4305en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/4305
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/105306
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.titleIf you hunt good enough you'll find it: the well-being of urban aboriginal seniors in the Calgary region
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineSociology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
ucalgary.item.requestcopytrue
ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 2019 627942869
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleaseyen
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