Comment les Autochtones de Kjipuktuk conçoivent-ils la pauvreté?

Une étude qualitative sur le lien entre l’appauvrissement et la santé

Auteurs-es

Mots-clés :

pauvreté autochtone, holisme, culture micmaque, colonialisme, recherche communautaire

Résumé

Cette étude pilote porte sur les conceptions autochtones de la pauvreté à Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma'ki (Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse), en vue d’élaborer un modèle holistique de la pauvreté autochtone pouvant s’articuler avec les modèles holistiques de la santé autochtone déjà utilisés. À l’aide de méthodes communautaires et de pratiques culturelles micmaques, les chercheurs ont mené des cercles de partage et des entretiens auprès de 12 participant·e·s autochtones ayant vécu ou vivant encore dans la pauvreté. Les résultats corroborent de manière marquée la singularité des expériences autochtones de la pauvreté et dégagent des pistes pour l’élaboration d’un modèle holistique de la pauvreté.

Biographies de l'auteur-e

  • Madeline Rae, Dalhousie University

    Madeline Rae (she/her) is a queer white settler cis-woman from Treaty 1 territory (Winnipeg, MB), with ancestors from Iceland, Scotland, Ireland, and England. Rae moved to Kijipuktuk in 2022 to study for her Masters of Social Work at Dalhousie University. She has experience working with and for Indigenous community members and is trained in trauma-informed therapeutic intervention and harm reduction. 

  • Margaret Robinson

    Margaret Robinson (she/her) is a Two-Spirit citizen of Lennox Island First Nation who grew up in rural poverty in the Eskikewa’kik district of Mi’kma’ki, which is governed by Peace and Friendship Treaties. Robinson earned a PhD from the University of Toronto and now works as an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University, where she holds the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Reconciliation, Gender, and Identity. She uses Indigenous and community-based research methods to understand how culture and identity support health and well-being.

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2026-04-29