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"Two Worlds Together": Contradiction and Curriculum in First Nations Adult Science Education
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Celia Haig-Brown
Anthropology and Education Quarterly, vol. 26, no. 2, June 1995, pp. 193-212
Description
Focuses on the development and implementation of a post-secondary health science career preparation program in the context of the contradictions between Indigenous and European approaches to science.
UBC-Aboriginal Timeline
Alternate Title
University of British Columbia-Aboriginal Timeline
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, University of British Columbia
Description
Covers period between 1620 (establishment of first residential school) to 2013 (West Coast National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission). Particular focus on British Columbia.
Related Material: Educator User Guide.
UBC Learning Circle January 9, 2014: Traditional Foods
Alternate Title
Putting Food Up: Traditional Foods
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Suzanne Johnson
Nitanis Rampanen
Nitanis Rampanen
Description
Webcast provides overview of Indigenous foods, and discusses living off- the-grid and reconnecting with the land and food sources.
Duration: 1:49:08.
UBCIC Chiefs Council Calls for Protection of Pacific Wild Salmon Habitat
Alternate Title
Open Letter: UBCIC Chiefs Council Calls for Protection of Pacific Wild Salmon Habitat
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Union of BC Indian Chiefs
BC Studies, vol. 214, Summer, 2022, pp. 7-8
Description
An open letter to British Columbian Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship Josie Osborne and Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans about the need to protect the wild Salmon habitats.
Understanding Aboriginal Learning Ideology Through Storywork With Elders
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marlene R. Atleo
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 55, no. 4, Winter, 2009, pp. 453-467
Description
Nuuu-chah-nulth Elders refer to stories about Umeek, the first whaler to talk about learning tendencies and beliefs.
Understanding Community Capacity: Planning, Research and Methodology
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean Markey
Kelly Vodden
Stephen Ameyaw
John Pierce
Mark Roseland
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 2, no. 1, Winter, 2001, pp. 43-55
Description
Describes methods used in assessing the potential for sustainable community economic development (CED).
Understanding Native Activism
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Steven Point
BC Studies, no. 89
Description
Argues that communication based on willing participants who are open-minded and committed are essential if the resolution of land claims is to be successful. The process must also be seen or viewed to be taking place in a timely fashion or activism may become more aggressive.
Understanding Successful Approaches to Free, Prior and Informed Consent in Canada. Part 1: Recent Developments and Effective Roles for Government, Industry, and Indigenous Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ginger Gibson MacDonald
Gaby Zezulka
Description
Overview of new developments in the mining sector and the changing roles of various stakeholders with Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) agreements. Looks at cases from the Tłıc̨hǫ, Haida and Mikisew Cree First Nation territories.
Understanding the B.C. Treaty Process: An Opportunity for Dialogue
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
B.C. Teachers’ Federation
Tripartite Public Education Committee
Description
Handbook prepared to assist teachers in answering questions and facilitating discussions about the topic.
Second edition.
Understanding the Environmental Assessment Process for Energy and Mining Projects: A Toolkit for First Nations Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Energy and Mining Council
Description
Designed to help communities and their leaders: understand the environmental assessment process, how First Nations can be effectively involved, regimes under agreements and acts, and regulatory processes. Some information is specific to the British Columbia context.
Understanding the New BC Resource Revenue Sharing Policy With First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Keith E. Clark
Description
Discusses the resource revenue sharing policy that will provide a process where one or more Aboriginal groups will receive a negotiated share of the mineral tax revenue from certain new mining projects.
The Unfinished Stories of Two First Nations Mothers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maryam Moayeri
Jane Smith
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 53, no. 5, February 2010, pp. 408-417
Description
Looks at the lives of two aboriginal women whose past experiences in residential schools have influenced their present literacy practices.
Unifying and Strengthening the Response to HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal Communities in BC: Final Report March 2009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[First Nations Health Council]
Description
Results of gathering of representatives from several AIDS organizations, funders, federal and provincial governments, Tripartite First Nations Health Plan staff, and researchers which discusses and identifies strategies and challenges faced in ending the HIV epidemic.
Unintentional Injury Hospitalizations and Socio-economic Status in Areas with a High Percentage of First Nations Identity Residents
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Evelyne Bougie
Philippe Finès
Lisa N. Oliver
Dafna E. Kohen
Health Reports, vol. 25, no. 2, February 2014, pp. 1-12
Description
Study shows unintentional injury hospitalization rates were higher in the less affluent and remote areas.
Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs Aboriginal Title Curriculum Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Law Foundation of British Columbia
Description
Covers topics such as Indigenous perceptions of land ownership, relationship with newcomers, Federal responsibilities, Douglas Treaties, and significant court decisions.
For use with secondary school students.
United Church, Feds Both Liable (For Atrocities at the Port Alberni Indian Residential School)
Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Wiwchar
Windspeaker, vol. 16, no. 3, July 1998, pp. 1-2
Description
Justice Donald Brenner (BCSC) found the United Church of Canada legally responsible for the abuse suffered by the students at the Port Alberni Indian Residential School.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.1.
United Church Named in Residential School Suit
Articles » General
Anglican Journal, vol. 122, no. 3, March 1996, p. 6
Description
Briefly discusses the lawsuit launched by former students of Alberni Indian Residential School in January 1996, now jointly and severally naming United Church of Canada and the Federal Government.
United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination 80th Session 13 February - 9 March 2012 Geneva: NWAC Shadow Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC)
Description
Describes issues such as missing and murdered women, education, health care, and over-representation in the criminal justice system and gives statement of action required by Canada to address each problem.
[United Nations' Inclusive Reconciliation Processes for Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding]
Alternate Title
[5th Annual Critical Conversations Series]
[Critical Conversations on Truth and Reconciliation]
[Critical Conversations Series]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Katherine Starzyk
Description
Podcast discusses a United Nations Development Program workshop on peace building and conflict resolution processes.
Duration: unknown.
Accompanying material.
Universities and Northern Economic Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John F. Young
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 111-123
Description
Uses the Northwest Community College in British Columbia as an example showing how universities deal with competing interests.
Unprecedented Collaboration: Four Nations in Northern BC Geared to "Embrace Life"
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sandra Wesley Olson
Visions, vol. 5, no. 1, Aboriginal People, Summer, 2008, p. 28
Description
Looks at the First Nations Action and Support Team (FAST) program partnered by the Wet'suwet'en, Gitxsan, Tsimshian and Nisga'a First Nations.
Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's Genocide
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Kevin Annett
Louie Lawless
Description
Full version (1 hr. 48 min.) of documentary about abuse at residential schools which won Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and Best Director for an International Documentary at the New York International Film Festival.
Based on Annett's book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust.
Unreserved: The Work of Louie Gong: Educational Resource
Alternate Title
Docs for Schools
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Suzanne Methot
Description
Teacher's guide for use with documentary directed by Tracy Rector about the artist, activist and teacher who designs shoes, T-shirts and skateboard decks using Coast Salish artistic forms.
Unscrutinized Legacy of Gustafsen Lake
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ben Mehony
Tony Hall
Windspeaker, vol. 17, no. 9, January 2000, p. 5
Description
Questions Ujjal Dosanjh's bid for leadership of the provincial NDP given his track record when dealing with the dispute at Gustafsen Lake.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Unsettling the Contemporary: Critical Indigeneity and Resources in Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eugenia Kisin
Settler Colonial Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, Difference, Representation, Resistance, 2013, pp. 141-156
Description
Comments on the connection between Indigenous cultural activism and contemporary First Nations art.