Pictou Landing

Alternate Names
Pictou Landing
Latitude
45.674388
Longitude
-62.652287
Province
Nova Scotia
Region
Nova Scotia
Type
First Nation Location
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Falling through the Cracks: Canadian Indigenous Children with Disabilities

Alternate Title
Working Paper Series (International Human Rights Internships Program) ; vol. 5, no. 12, 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jacinthe Dion
Looks at impact of federal and provincial jurisdictional and funding disputes, Canadian governments' delayed funding and implementation of Jordan's principle, The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal decision, and the court case Pictou Landing Band Council and Maurina Beadle (applicants) v. Attorney General of Canada.
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Families Learning Together: A Family Literacy Program with Mi'kmaw Communities in Atlantic Canada

Alternate Title
Families Learning Together: A Family Literacy Program with Micmac Communities in Atlantic Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vianne Timmons
Fiona Walton
Alaina Roach O'Keefe
Maryam Wagner
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 94-109, 174
Research evaluation from the Mi'kmaw Family Literacy Program which was designed, developed, piloted and implemented in several Atlantic communities.
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From the House of Commons Resolution to Pictou Landing Band Council and Maurina Beadle v. Canada: An Update on the Implementation of Jordan's Principle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vandna Sinha
Anne Blumenthal
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 9, no. 1, Aboriginal Child and Youth Mental, Spiritual and Cultural Health, 2014, pp. 80-91
Explains the background and implementation of the principle and provides an overview of a legal case which centered on it.
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Governmental Fiduciary Failure in Indigenous Environmental Health Justice: The Case of Pictou Landing First Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana Lewis
Heather Castleden
Richard Apostle
Sheila Francis
Kim Francis-Strickland
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 61-72

Examines the correlation between the dumping of pulp and paper mill effluent near the Pictou Landing First Nation and the high levels of cancer amongst its Indigenous population.   

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Implementation of Jordan's Principle: Understanding and Addressing Disparities in Health and Social Services for Status First Nations Children Living On-Reserve

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lucyna Lach
Anne Blumenthal
Vanda Sinha
Webinar covers background to the child-first principle, progress in implementation, Federal and provincial governments' operational narrowing of its application and refusal to acknowledge cases, Pictou Landing Band Council (PLBC) & Maurina Beadle v. Canada, court rulings, and description of study which will collect systems information. Duration: 1:15:59.
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Jordan's Principle: Canada's Broken Promise to First Nations Children?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cindy Blackstock
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 17, no. 7, Healing Winds: Aboriginal Child and Youth Health in Canada, Aug./Sept. 2012, pp. 368-370
Summarizes the child-first principle, raises questions about the Federal Government's interpretation and implementation of the policy, and gives brief description of the Maurina Beadle and Pictou Landing Band Council v. Attorney General of Canada case.
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