Health and wellness for Métis youth involved with Métis family services : exploring cultural connection through Métis beadwork using photovoice
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Engaging in Indigenous cultural activities has been found to impact one’s cultural identity and mental health. To address the gap in the studies on Métis wellbeing, health, and cultural connection for Métis youth, a participatory research project was initiated. This community-based study utilized photovoice methodology to explore the meaning of culture for Métis youth, including those in care. This study specifically explored the experiences of Indigenous youth and knowledge holders engaging in Métis culture through beadwork. Participants (N=10) involved with Métis Family Services of Surrey, British Columbia, were invited to take photos of their experiences of connecting to culture through beadwork. Talking circles and semi-structured interviews were conducted for participants to share stories about their selected images. Thematic analysis was used to identify patterns and themes illustrated by the photos, talking circles, and interview content. Findings include participants’ experience of cultural connection from participating in beadwork as well as how they make meaning of their experiences in relation to their identity. Twelve themes were identified and include the following: (a) cultural identity and connection to culture, (b) connecting to family, (c) sharing and giving back, (d) the role of an “auntie”, (e) fostering pride and confidence, (f) embracing slowing down and patience, (g) learning from mistakes, (h) enjoyable experience, (i) cultivating relaxation and calmness, (j) mental health and well-being, (k) breath regulation, and (l) well-being fostered through connection with nature. This study contributes to the literature exploring Métis youths’ meaning-making process and engagement with the cultural activities of beadwork as well as highlights the need for the government to provide further funding to foster culturally meaningful connection for Métis youth, including those in care.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
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 | 0.003 | 0.003 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.007 | 0.004 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.003 | 0.001 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.005 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 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.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".