Canada

Book review of: Where the Waters Divide by Michael Mascarenhas.

Book review of: Where the Wind Blows Us by Natasha Lyons.

Looks at the background and history of Aboriginal Early Childhood Development including the development of government policies and funding initiatives.

Looks at different methods of learning which may cause problems for Aboriginal students. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 9.

Suggests that Parks Canada should follow similar guidelines to other nations, such as Australia, where a national park is created in conjunction with the settlement of an aboriginal land claim.

Discusses the lack of supports and services for children with special needs living on reserves due to inequities in health funding resulting from interjurisdictional disputes between provincial/territorial and federal governments about which will supply the required resources, despite governments' stated commitment to Jordan's Principle.

Annotated list of 165 articles and documents.

Discusses a separate genre called Native newcomer history.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 1986.

The author describes their own personal development of their Indigenous teaching identity and how it benefits her students.

Study designed to provide a vehicle for communities to articulate the nature and structure of child care in their community; to provide recommendations for the development of First Nations quality child care programs; and to examine options for First Nations jurisdiction in child care.

Results divided into four sections: description of regional contexts, influences on, and aspects of quality services, and legislative frameworks. Includes literature review and recommendations.

Brief book review of: Whispering in Shadows by Jeanette Armstrong.

Author uses critical whiteness theory, Indigenous and non-Indigenous legal theory, and coloniality theories to examine the practices and role of mainstream governments, legal institutions, and white activists minimizing and perpetuating colonial discourses.

Examines the issue of Aboriginal identification and inherent rights of Aboriginal peoples, and looks at how government policies fail to meet the concerns of specific groups. Uses case study of Ardoch Algonquin First Nation.

Comments on Daniel Coleman's book White Civility which questions the assumption that Western ways of knowing are superior to others.

Study shows that non-Inuit evaluations of Inuit art are inconsistent as opposed to Inuit evaluations which are more consistent. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 30.

Findings from this study demonstrated that the same principles used to understand prejudice toward minority groups can be applied towards majority groups and that different groups may dislike each other for similar reasons.

Gender Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Queen's University, 2016.

Looks at the Department of Indian Affairs as the only written record keeper for legal, social, economic and cultural Aboriginal-non-Aboriginal relationships.

Interview with an author about her book White Man Water and research on the Northern Cheyenne First Nation. Duration: 29:32.

Digital Futures Thesis (M.F.A.)--Ontario College of Art and Design University, 2019.

Book review of: The White Possessive by Aileen Moreton-Robinson.

Review of the exhibition L'Écho des Limbes which included works by Michael A. Robinson.

Study examines the failure of education system to benefit Aboriginal people based on results which display conflicts with moral and cultural values of the students.

Women's Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2016.

Sociology and Equity Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2012

Poems by Emily Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake).

Reports on a project that used a collaborative process to create a 13 minute whiteboard video about changing environments in Northern Canadian communities and distributed it to local people. Project stakeholders were able to resolve multiple challenges and feel whiteboard videos may provide a viable and culturally relevant way of disseminating information.

Looks at the complexity of the construct of 'whiteness'.

Author articulates the barriers they feel Indigenous people face in the field of Native Studies, and the ways that contemporary Native Studies departments tend to favor non-Indigenous candidates in the hiring process.

Discusses how the context of reserves affects viability of the process because communities are small and isolated, with interconnected populations. Issues include: coercion to conceal the problem, competing loyalties, lack of alternatives and resources, and keeping the family intact.

Applied Psychology and Human Development Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2013.

Marilyn Poitras discusses the complex issue of identity from personal, group, legal and government perspectives. Jason Madden discusses Métis identity in terms of case law and rights contained in Section 35 of the Constitution Act. Duration: 37:58.

Looks at policies regarding unrecognized Aboriginal communities and how they are assessed for recognition.

Outlines the selection process and characteristics needed for an individual to become an Elder.

Evaluates the court decision regarding American Rick Desautel Indigenous right in to hunt in British Columbia. The author discusses what was and what was not answered in the courts decision and its importance as a step towards decolonizing Canada.

Discusses the attributes of identity, focusing on legal definitions, interpretation of the law and implications.

History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2004.

Examines of the ambiguity of s. 35 of the Constitution Act and attempts to define the term "Métis".

Discussion of the Columbus quincentenary celebrations, which ignored the impact discovery on those who were "discovered".

Discusses perspectives of Kevin Gover on the culture of Aboriginal peoples and the responsibility to build strong communities.