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.
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[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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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UP and DOWN the COAST: Records of Missions to First Nations in British Columbia

Alternate Title
Records of Missions to First Nations in British Columbia: UP and Down the COAST
Archival » Collections (primary materials)
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada
Description
Website includes digitized archival images and documents of United Church of Canada missions to First Nations communities in British Columbia during the period of 1850 to 1975.
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Update [BC Treaty Commission]

Alternate Title
BC Treaty Commission Newsletters
British Columbia Treaty Commission Newsletters
Treaty Commission Update
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC [British Columbia] Treaty Commission
Description
Newsletter.
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Update From CS (Canada) - 15.2

Alternate Title
Update From Cultural Survival Canada
Articles » General
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 2, Western Oceania: Caring for Ancestral Domain, Summer, 1991
Description
Brief updates on developments on negotiations, judgments and court cases including Gitskan and Wet'suwet'en land title claim, aftermath of Oka conflict, James Bay controversy and more.
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Urban Aboriginal Women in British Columbia and the Impacts of Matrimonial Real Property Regime

Alternate Title
Setting the Agenda for Change ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research ; vol. 2
Aboriginal Policy Research Conference ; 1st, 2002
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Karen L. Abbott
vol. 2
Description

Study based on positive and negative experiences of women during marital breakdown.

Chapter eight from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series.

Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

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The Use of Maximum Likelihood Methods to Estimate the Risk of Tuberculous Infection (TB) and Disease in a Canadian First Nation Population

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Clark
Emilia Vynnycky
International Journal of Epidemiology, vol. 33, no. 3, June 2004, pp. 477-484
Description
Demonstrates that the overall risk of infection is decreasing in British Columbia, but if infected, First Nations have a higher risk of developing TB.
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Use Your Voice Ta’Kaiya Blaney Speak - and Sing - Her Hope for the Future

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ta’Kaiya Blaney
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 3, The World on Our Shoulders: Cultivating Indigenous Youth Leadership, September 2013, p. [?]
Description
Young environmentalist discusses her views and her song, Shallow Waters which highlights how an oil spill in the northwest coast could tragically end the traditional way of life for many coastal First Nations and devastate all marine and coastal life and habitat.
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Using Perceptual Maps to Communicate Concepts of Sustainable Forest Management - Collaborative Research with the Office of the Wet'suwet'en Nation in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
S. Denise Allen
The Forestry Chronicle, vol. 81, no. 3, May/June 2005, pp. 381-386
Description
Discusses collaborative research with the Office of the Wet’suwet’en Nation on their traditional territories in north-central British Columbia.
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The Value of First Nations Languages

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patrick Kelly
BC Studies, no. 89, In Celebration of Our Survival: The First Nations of British Columbia, Spring, 1991, pp. 141-149
Description
Looks at the importance of using language to create cross cultural understanding as well as a tool to ensure language survival.
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