A case study of homelessness in Sudbury understood through the Anishnaabe seven life stages
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Abstract
Colonial violence, multi-generational trauma and systemic racism greatly contribute to \nthe high rate of Indigenous homelessness. This thesis focuses on the experiences of a formerly \nhomeless Indigenous man; his life history is analyzed through an approach informed by \nteachings on the Anishnaabe seven life stages. The findings show how life events and \nexperiences contributed to homelessness and to recovery. Many years of chronic homelessness \ncame to an end with learning about cultural traditions and access to Elders. With additional \nsupports from some positive mainstream interventions, he overcame barriers and obtained secure \nhousing. The findings suggest the nature of the changes required to end poverty and \nhomelessness among Indigenous populations. This thesis speaks to Indigenous perspectives \nabout success and healthy communities. Organizations can be useful by supporting and assisting \nIndigenous communities to provide services based on homegrown solutions. Investing in the idea \nof a healthy community, healthy Elders and healthy families can help to break cycles of multigenerational \ntrauma, internalized oppression, abuse and poverty. Initiatives led by Indigenous \npeople such as Healthy Babies programs, schooling, health care, and child protection can support \nhealing and preserving the culture, but also can create employment, pride, and the opportunity to \ngive back in meaningful ways. Opportunities for communities to have access to healthy foods, \nrecreation and physical activities may also provide young people with positive experiences. \nPlaces where youth can play safely and develop their skills are crucial during the Good Life and \nFast Life. The factors needed for an urban Aboriginal person to achieve bimaadiziwin include involvement with supportive/healthy cultural communities and opportunities to give back in meaningful ways; they can lead to traditional healing, a sense of belonging and personal identity. Access to such supports should be ensured in childhood.
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.019 | 0.005 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.002 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Research integrity | 0.002 | 0.004 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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