Canada

Power point provides overview of history, facts about current situation, Constitutional rights, the Crown's duty to consult and accommodate, and Canada's international obligations.

Summarizes key decisions relevant to industry and project proponents and discusses how they effect carrying out the duty to consult with Indigenous peoples.

Discusses federal laws, court decisions and specific land claims commissions in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia.

Provides case comments compiled by Donovan & Company, a law firm dealing exclusively in Aboriginal law.

Vidoeo of panel discussion which took place at the 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Duration: 01:29:57.

Outlines a fight for more negotiation meetings, protected land claims, and equality for Aboriginal women. Includes synopsis and "Did You Know?" section. Duration: 5:36.

Report critically examines the measures/metrics of Aboriginal learning success currently employed by academic researchers as well as by education practitioners.

Discusses the merits of Internet delivery for Aboriginal education.

Describes principles of restorative justice within the criminal justice system and how certain legal theories make implementation difficult. For Part 2 see, Justice as Healing, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer, 1999. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Continuation of an article that compares and contrasts aspects of Aboriginal concepts of justice and those practised in the current criminal justice system. Note: This is a sample article from the publication. Subscriptions are available from the Native Law Centre.

Links include sites about land claims, Treaty, case law, business, media, First Nations, Inuit, Metis organizations, and a gateway to many Native American sites.

Book review of: Aboriginal Languages and Education: The Canadian Experience edited by S. Morris, K. McLeod, and M. Danesi and They Write Their Dreams on the Rock Forever: Rock Writings in the Stein River Valley of British Columbia by A. York, R. Daly and C. Arnett.

Paper presented at the First Nations, First Thoughts Conference held at the Centre for Canadian Studies, University of Edinburgh May 5-6, 2005.

Discusses practices which foster skills such as critical thinking, participation, communication, problem-solving, decision-making, creative thinking, collaboration, and information gathering.

Includes links to general literacy information as well as specific instructional and learner resources.

Argues that practitioners need to re-examine some of their preconceptions about literacy when dealing with Indigenous cultures.

Brief history of two categories, "Inuit literature" and "Native and Métis literature" from from Routledge Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English.

Particularly useful for teachers of high school English courses.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 1987.

Portrait of Aboriginal male elder standing; he holds a pipe in his left hand and is wearing a headdress and ceremonial dress. Summer scene.

Technical and general information for First Nation mappers. Provides links to map gallery, job postings, news and publications.

Site contains links to Edmonton Public Library catalogue records and brief descriptions of publications that would be of interest to Aboriginal children.

Edited compilation of peer-reviewed research material about cross-cultural women's care.

Communications Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 1995.

Discusses treatment frameworks for mental illness and social ills.

Summarizes concerns and recommendations of the Aboriginal Mental Health Committee.

Discusses the development of Aboriginal birthing centres that combine traditional medical practices with contemporary medical services and how this model could be applied to other health care services for Aboriginal communities.

Discusses the revival of traditional midwifery among Aboriginal communities across Canada.

Explores various trends: reserve and rural-urban movement, role of migration in Aboriginal populations growth, mobility and turnover. Chapter thirteen from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 2, which is also vol. 4 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the  second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.

Catchment-level analysis of associations between mobility and community well-being, as well as individual components of labour force, income, and housing. Chapter from Urban Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Complexities, Challenges, Opportunities edited by Peter Dinsdale, Jerry White and Calvin Hanselmann.

Discussion of findings on Indigenous peoples' mortality rates from the early 1980s to early 1990s.

Source of aboriginal news and information, with online archives of more than 11000 full-text articles, community events listings, book reviews, scholarship information, health, career opportunities and more....

Book review of: Aboriginal Music in Contemporary Canada edited by Anna Hoefnagels and Beverley Diamond.

Looks at how the law can assist with the development of self-government rights.

Lists durations and gives brief synopsis of each film.

Communications Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Concordia University, 1996.

Examines the extent to which advances in Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relationships and Aboriginal forestry have been made over the past decade; and looks at the co-existence as a framework for Aboriginal/non-Aboriginal relations in sustainable forest management.

Asserts that pandemics were not the sole cause of population decline but that disease in conjunction with effects of colonialism such as war, relocation and change in diet led to increased mortality and decreased fecundity. Scroll down to page 310.

Asserts that the British legal system cannot be successfully transfer to Indigenous people, due to philosophical differences. Excerpt from chapter four of Tough on Kids: Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice.

Study done on nurses and nursing practice showed that 41.4% returned to their home communities and enjoyed the challenges of rural and remote nursing.

Discusses a survey conducted by the Association of University Schools of Nursing as a follow-up to the original report entitled Against the Odds: Aboriginal Nursing, published in 2002.

Fact sheet gives statistics on status of the Aboriginal Registered Nursing workforce in Canada based on the 2016 Census.

Human and Social Development Thesis (M.N.)--University of Victoria, 2008.

Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of British Columbia, 2006.

Looks at impacts of type of occupation.

Chapter five from Moving Forward, Making a Difference, vol. 1, which is also vol. 3 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the second annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2006.