Synchronicity or serendipity? Aboriginal wisdom and childhood resilience

Resilience in Action: Working with Youth Across Cultures and Contexts

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 289-320

  Lafrance, Jean ^a   Bodor, Ralph ^b   Bastien, Betty ^a  

^a University of Calgary ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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