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Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monica Goulet
Description
Report chronicles achievements and challenges that lie ahead for the Police Service in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Access to Justice - Aboriginal Peoples of Canada: An Annotated List of Research Materials
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Heather Chan
Description
Sources for statistics, case law and constitutional issues, international law, rights, legislation and policy, law enforcement, prison system, access to legal information, and sociological and background information.
Addressing the Suppressed Epidemic: Violence against Indigenous Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda R. Young
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 7, no. 1, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, 2019, p. Article 3
Description
Author conducts a literature review examining resources and writings surrounding the issue of violence towards Indigenous women and the suppression of the issue; argues that media representation plays a large role, and issues a call to action from the general public to help solve the problem.
American Indians and the Pavee of Ireland: The Struggle for Self-Determination Through Fair and Accountable Police Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eileen M. Luna-Firebaugh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 4, Fall, 2013, pp. 317-339
Description
Looks at responsibility for the provision of essential services, which enhance the quality of life for Indigenous people in both Ireland the United States.
Book Review: Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People's Encounters With the Police
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Tia Dafnos
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-4
Description
Book review of: Racialized Policing by Elizabeth Comack.
A Brief History of Federal Inuit Policy Development: Lessons in Consultation and Cultural Competence
Alternate Title
A History of Treaties and Policies
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 7
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 3rd, 2009
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Erik Anderson
Sarah Bonesteel
Description
Looks at shortcomings in consultation and introduction of social policies and programs designed for the south.
Chapter from A History of Treaties and Policies, which is vol. 7 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.
Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.
Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kent Roach
no. 3
'Colossal Failure' by Police Left Pickton Free to Kill
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013, p. 8,23
Description
Comments on a commissioners final report from a missing women inquiry and a rally call for a national investigation.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Confronting Cannabis: Legalization on Native Nation Lands and the Impacts of Differential Federal Enforcement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Lewis
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 4, Fall, 2019, pp. 408-438
Description
Author examines the laws and enforcement practices of the United States in relation to Indigenous nations that choose to legalize medical, recreational, or agricultural cannabis. Article also considers the economic consequences of the legislation and its enforcement.
Corporeal Punishment: Canadian Legal Culture, The Legacy of Colonialism, and the Bodies of Aboriginal Women
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allison Smith
Description
Addresses the issue that Aboriginal women in Canada are regularly abused and murdered and little is done at official levels to counter this.
The Cowboy Cavalry: The Story of the Rocky Mountain Rangers
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Brian Hubner
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Summer, 2013, pp. 191-192
Description
Book review of: The Cowboy Cavalry by Gordon E. Tolton.
Evidence - Special Committee on Violence against Indigenous Women: Thursday, December 5, 2013
Alternate Title
IWFA no. 3, 2nd Session, 41st Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susanne Decock
Anita Olsen Harper
Carole Brazeau
Stella Ambler
Irene Mathyssen ... [et al.]
Description
Superintendent, Aboriginal Policing Bureau, Ontario Provincial Police and representatives from National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence appeared before the Committee.
Evidence - Special Committee on Violence against Indigenous Women: Thursday, May 2, 2013
Alternate Title
IWFA no. 004, 1st Session, 41st Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Françoise Ducros
Shawn Tupper
Lynn Barr-Telford
Sheilagh Murphy
Kimberly Lavoie ... [et al.]
Description
Representatives from Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development , Department of Public Safety, and Statistics Canada appeared before the Committee.
Evidence - Special Committee on Violence against Indigenous Women: Thursday, November 28, 2013
Alternate Title
IWFA no. 2, 2nd Session, 41st Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John W. Syrette
John Domm
Stella Ambler
Irene Mathyssen
Mark Strahl ... [et al.]
Description
President of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association and Chief of Police of the Rama Police Service appeared before the Committee.
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2019 Progress of Implementing the Recommendations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Scheme
First Nations Youth Inquest: 2019 Report Card on Recommendations [Detailed]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Aboriginal Legal Services]
Description
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
Grading Scheme
From Gaming to Justice? A Note on the Effect of American Indian Casinos on Tribal Judicial Systems
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Randall Akee
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 32-42
Description
Uses data from the 2002 Census of Tribal Justice Agencies in American Indian and Alaska Native Jurisdiction to discuss the complicated issues of using on-reserve gaming revenues to fund tribal judicial systems; notes that while funding might be increased by gaming, so might be the need for tribal judicial resources.
Guidelines for a Community Consultative Group
Alternate Title
Building a Safe And Resilient Canada: Guidelines for a Community Consultative Group
E-Books
Author/Creator
Public Safety Canada
The Human Rights of the Rapa Nui People on Easter Island
Alternate Title
IWGIA Report ; 15
E-Books
Author/Creator
Clem Chartier
Alberto Chirif
Nin Tomas
Indigenous Women, RCMP and Service Providers Work Together for Justice: A Response-based Safety Collaboration in the Yukon
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson
Description
Provides information on a community safety initiative between Indigenous communities and the local RCMP.
An "Indyan Called Nangenutch or Will": Indian Identity and Identification in a 1668 Long Island Rape Trial
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason R. Sellers
NAIS: Journal of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, vol. 6, no. 1, 2019, pp. 1-31
Description
Author uses the rape trial of Nangenutch as a case study to discuss the upheaval created by colonialism, and the imposition of foreign economies, cultures, and laws on Indigenous peoples.
Intransigent Injustice: Truth, Reconciliation and the Missing Women Inquiry in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kim Stanton
Transitional Justice Review, vol. 1, no. 2, 2013, pp. 59-96
Description
Examines the design and work of two Canadian commissions of inquiry, the Manitoba Aboriginal Justice Inquiry (AJI) and the Missing Women Inquiry (MWI).
An Investigation into the Policies of Assimilation and Self-Determination Resulting in the Epidemic of Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada and the United States
Theses
Author/Creator
Caroline Rubash
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2019.
[Ipperwash: The Tragic Failure of Canada's Aboriginal Policy]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Eldon Yellowhorn
Native Studies Review, vol. 22, no. 1/2, 2013, pp. 207-210
Description
Book review of: Ipperwash by Edward J. Hedican.
Ipperwash: The Tragic Failure of Canada's Aboriginal Policy
E-Books
Author/Creator
Edward J. Hedican
Joining the Circle: Identifying Key Ingredients for Effective Police Collaboration within Indigenous Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Chad Nilson
Barb Mantello
Description
Looks at essential components, techniques, challenges and opportunities to reduce violence against Indigenous women and girls. Includes literature review, examination of multi-sector collaborative solutions, and results of interviews with community members, subject experts, and participants in collaborative human service models.
Learning from Lost Lives: Examining the Calls for Justice for Police from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence Rankin
Jennie Gill
Description
Vancouver Police Department's response outlines present and future initiatives. Discusses recruitment practices, strengthening community relations, culturally appropriate and gender-neutral policy, practices and procedures, increased training in cultural competence and trauma informed responses, review of investigative practices and future directions.
Life Satisfaction, Victimization, and Discrimination among Off-Reserve Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Douglas Spafford
Description
Economics[?] Thesis (M.A.)--University of Dalhousie University, 2019.
Linking Arms Together 2013: AM Session Guest Speaker Dr. John Milloy [Part 3]
Alternate Title
Linking Arms Together (Part 3): Guest Speaker Dr. John Milloy
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
John Milloy
Description
Leading academic expert on residential schools speaks at Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University June 28, 2013.
Duration: 29:27.
The Looking Ahead Project: A Lesson in Community Engagement and Positive Change
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul E. Pedersen
Journal of Community Safety & Well-Being, vol. 4, no. 3, 2019, pp. 58-62
Description
Describes partnership involving Greater Sudbury Police Service and the N’Swakamok Native Friendship Centre to create a project with the goal of reducing violence against Indigenous women and girls. Project is titled Looking Ahead to Build the Spirit of Our Women--Learning to Live Free From Violence.
Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report
Alternate Title
Washington State Patrol Missing & Murdered Native American Women Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monica Alexander
Description
Reports on results of community engagement sessions held to determine the scope of the problem, identify barriers, and create partnerships to increase reporting investigation. These sessions were to include tribal and local law enforcement, federally recognized tribes, and urban Indian organizations.
Efficacy of report was challenged in the document MMIWG: We Demand More: A Corrected Research Study of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls in Washington State.
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Forums
Alternate Title
Accepting and Investigating Missing Person Reports
Building Strong Police - Community Relationships
Enhancing Police Accountability
Innovative Approaches to Protecting Vulnerable and Marginalized Women
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry Public Policy Forums
Oppal Commission
Police Relationships with Victims’ Families, the Community, the Public and the Media
Preventing Violence Against Aboriginal and Rural Women
Preventing Violence Against Sex Trade Workers
Public Policy Forum 1: Ensuring the Safety of Vulnerable Women
Public Policy Forum 2: Vulnerable and Intimidated Witnesses in the Criminal Justice Process
Public Policy Forum 3: Improving Missing Person Practices
Public Policy Forum 4: Inter-jurisdictional Collaboration and Coordination Among Police
Public Policy Forum 5: Enhancing Police Accountability
Public Policy Forum 6: From Report to Substantive Change – Healing, Reconciliation and Implementation
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Doreen Binder
Patrick Kelly
Melina Buckley
Description
Videos of forums held to give Commissioner input about changes to improve safety for vulnerable women and the way police deal with missing persons investigations.
Also includes the keynote speech Innovative Approaches to Protecting Vulnerable and Marginalized Women.
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Reports and Publications
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry
Description
Contains links to consultation, policy discussion, and background research reports, and general documents relating to the Commission.
Missing Women Commission of Inquiry: Transcripts
Alternate Title
Oppal Commission
Web Sites » Organizations
Mounties in the Frontier: Circulations, Anxieties, and Myths of Settler Colonial Policing in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jeffrey Monaghan
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, Winter, 2013, pp. 122-148
Description
Author analyzes the impact of North-West Mounted Police (NWMP) patrols from 1886 on settler anxiety and rumour mongering.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up
Alternate Title
[CBC Docs POV]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Tasha Hubbard
Bonnie Thompson
Jon Montes
George Hupka
Downstream Documentary Productions Inc.
National Film Board of Canada [NFB]
Description
A documentary examining the impact on Indigenous-white relations from the trail and acquittal of Gerald Stanley's regarding the fatal shooing of Cree man Colton Boushie.
nîpawistamâsowin: We Will Stand Up [Classroom Version]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
Tasha Hubbard
George Hupka
Jon Montes
Bonnie Thompson
Downstream Documentary Productions
Description
Documentary about treatment of the case of Colton Boushie, a young Cree man who was shot and killed by Saskatchewan farmer Gerald Stanley who was subsequently acquitted of second-degree murder.
Related Material:
for Grades 7-12.
"Only the Silence Remains": Aboriginal Women as Victims in the Case of the Lower Eastside (Pickton) Murders, Investigative Flaws, and the Aftermath of Violence in Vancouver
Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin, a National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Patricia O'Reilly
Thomas Fleming
Description
Analyzes shortcomings of the investigation and police attitudes towards victims and their families.
Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté.
Originally presented at the National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011.
The Over-Representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women in Prison
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Debbie Kilroy
Description
Discusses incarceration rates, offense type, risk factors in Indigenous women and girls lives, and law enforcement.
Overincarceration of Indigenous People: A Health Crisis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Davinder Singh
Sarah Prowse
Marcia Anderson
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 18, May 06, 2019, pp. E487-E488
Description
Authors argue that incarceration is a social determinant of health and that it disproportionately affects Indigenous people because of disparities in rates of incarceration; cite statistical analysis that indicate the specific effects of incarceration and notes historic and contemporary calls to address the situation.
Overrepresentation of Indigenous People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System: Causes and Responses
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Scott Clark
Description
Literature review includes topics of colonialism, socio-economic marginalization, culture clash, systemic discrimination in policing, courts and corrections, and initiatives such as Gladue courts and changes to sentencing policy. Identifies gaps in efforts to reduce overrepresentation and suggests ways to improve the situation.
Police Stops and Searches of Indigenous People in Minneapolis: The Roles of Race, Place, and Gender
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marina M. Gorsuch
Deborah T. Rho
The International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, September 2019
Description
Study examines the ratios of Indigenous people and Indigenous woman that are stopped, searched, and arrested in Minneapolis within the study period.
[Policing Liz Comack]
Alternate Title
At the Edge of Canada: Indigenous Research
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Comack
Robert-Falcon Ouellete
Description
Interview with the author of book, Racialized Policing: Aboriginal People's Encounters with the Police. Duration: 30:25.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Thematic Reports and Special Studies 1950-1975
E-Books
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Inuit Association
RCMP Slammed With Report on Rapes, Violence in B.C.
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 12, March 2013, p. 8
Description
Brief report on the allegations brought forward to the RCMP by the Human Rights Watch Report.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1a
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
Responses to Domestic Violence in Tribal Communities: Regional Survey of Northern California
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bryn A. Herrschaft
Stephanie Dolan
Description
Reports results from an adult and a youth survey regarding personal experiences, and nine focus groups. Themes and findings included victimization, the role of alcohol and drugs, reporting of incidents, perceptions of law enforcement and court responses, appropriate court sanctions, youth and teen dating violence, services and community awareness.