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Can Capitalism Be Decolonized? Recentering Indigenous Peoples, Values, and Ways of Life in the Canadian Art Market

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Solen Roth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 306-338
Author examines the interdependent nature of colonial and capitalist structures and their collaborative resistance to decolonizing efforts. Explores two different sites in which Indigenous businesses are working to engage in the market while maintaining business practices rooted Indigenous values and principles. Asks how these economic practices can support the dismantling of colonial-capitalist economic institutions.
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[Canada: The Missing First Nations]

Alternate Title
Woman with Gloria Steinem ; season 1, episode 3
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Gloria Steinem
Amy Richards
Monica Dogra
Documentary focuses on missing and murdered women from British Columbia. Duration: 17:18.
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Case Study Report: Two-Spirited Youth Program

Alternate Title
Urban Native Youth Association: Project Number: CT-302-BC
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kevin Barlow
Project involved facilitated weekly group meetings in which participants shared common experiences and gained empowerment through discussion, counselling and role modeling. Sources of information for evaluation include project files, key informant interviews, and documents and data collected by community support coordinator.
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The Cedar Project: A Comparison of HIV-related Vulnerabilities Amongst Young Aboriginal Women Surviving Drug Use and Sex Work in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Azar Mehrabadi
Kevin J. P. Craib
Katharina Patterson
Warner Adam
Akm Moniruzzaman
Barbara Ward-Burkitt
Martin T. Schechter
Patricia M. Spittal
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 19, no. 2, Special Issue: Women and Harm Reduction, April 2008, pp. 159-168
Study uses socio-demographics, drug use patterns, injections practices, sexual experiences, and HIV and HCV prevalence to compare women using drugs and in the sex trade with women who are not.
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The Cedar Project: Correlates of Attempted Suicide Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Injection and Non-Injection Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

Alternate Title
The Cedar Project: Correlates of Attempted Suicide
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Akm Moniruzzaman
Margo E. Pearce
Sheetal H. Patel
Negar Chavoshi
et al.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 68, no. 3, June 2009, pp. 261-273
Concludes that suicide prevention and intervention programs must address historical and lifetime trauma among young people with substance dependence.
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The Cedar Project: Historical, Structural and Interpersonal Determinants of Involvement in Survival Sex Work Over Time Among Indigenous Women Who Have Used Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richa Sharma
Sherri Pooyak
Kate Jongbnloed
David Zamar
Margo E. Pearce ... [et al.]
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 87, 2021, p. 103012
A study that focuses on Indigenous female drug using sex workers in British Columbia to discuss the culture of violence and its ties to both historical and ongoing colonization.
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The Cedar Project: Historical Trauma and Vulnerability to Sexual Assault among Young Aboriginal Women Who Use Illicit Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Margo E. Pearce
Alden H. Blair
Mary Teegee
Stephen W. Pan
Vicky Thomas ... [et al.]
Violence Against Women, vol. 21, no. 3, March 2015, pp. 313-329
Studied trends of assault and associated risk factors in cohort of 259 participants living in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia, between 2003 and 2010.
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The Cedar Project: Methadone Maintenance Treatment Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Opioids in Two Canadian Cities

Alternate Title
Methadone Maintenance Treatment Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Opioids in Two Canadian Cities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerome Yang
Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes
Kukpi7 Wayne M. Christian
Kathy Li
Mabel Louie
Martin Schechter
Patricia Spittal
Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 30, no. 6, November 2011, p. 645–651
Discusses the variables and barriers associated with a medication-assisted treatment for First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals using drugs.
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The Cedar Project - Mobile Phone Use and Acceptability of Mobile Health Among Young Indigenous People Who Have Used Drugs in British Columbia, Canada: Mixed Methods Exploratory Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Jongbloed
Margo E Pearce
Vicky Thomas
Richa Sharma1
Sherri Pooyak ... [et al.]
JMIR Serious Games, vol. 8, no. 7, 2020, pp. [1-14]
Examines the use of mobile devices by Indigenous youth as means to obtain health support for HIV contracted due to substance abuse.
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The Cedar Project: Mortality among Young Indigenous People Who Use Drugs in British Columbia

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kate Jongbloed
Margo E. Pearce
Sherri Pooyak
David Zamar
Vicky Thomas ... [et al.]
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 44, November 06, 2017, pp. e1352-e1359
Study interpretation concluded that deaths were occurring at an alarming rate, particularly young women or those using injection drugs. Argues that these results reflect intersections of current and historical injustices, substance use and barriers to care.
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The Cedar Project: Negative Health Outcomes Associated with Involvement in the Child Welfare System among Young Indigenous Peoples Who Use Injection and Non-injection Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adam F. Clarkson
Wayne M. Christian
Margo E. Pearce
Kate A. Jongbloed
Nadine R. Caron ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 5, July/August 2015, pp. 265-270
Sample of 605 individuals between the ages of 14 and 30 years of age from Prince George and Vancouver, British Columbia. Those who had been taken from their biological parents were more likely to be HIV-positive, homeless, paid for sex, diagnosed and hospitalized with mental illness, self-harmed, and had thought about or attempted suicide.
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The Cedar Project: Prevalence and Correlates of HIV Infection Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia M. Spittal
Kevin J. P. Craib
Mary Teegee
Catherine Baylis
Wayne M. Christian
et al.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, no. 3, 2007, pp. 226-240
Argues that prevention and treatment programs are urgently required in Vancouver and Prince George as both have elevated HIV and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) prevalence.
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The Changing Face of Homelessness

Alternate Title
Pressure Point
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brad Newcombe
Karen O'Shannacery
Doug Peat
Discussion on how best to reach out to the homeless and the services that are available including Lookout Emergency Aid Society and Dunsmuir House Hostel for Men. Duration: 27:39.
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Chief Supernatural Being with the Big Eyes

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ernest Swanson
April Liu
BC Studies, no. 209, Spring, 2021, pp. 125-128
Looks at Ernest Swanson and Mark Illing's Augmented Reality exhibit inspired by the stories of Walter McGregor. The AR exhibit allows visitors to follow safety protocols during the COVID19 pandemic.
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A Collaborative Sharing of Stories on a Journey toward Reconciliation: “Belonging to This Place and Time”

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kauʻi Keliipio
Kim Perry
Colleen Elderton
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 350-361
Three non-Indigenous teacher-educators reflect on the ways their responses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the corresponding provincial mandates have been positively and constructively influenced by their professional relationships with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people.
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Creating and Sustaining Positive Paths to Health by Restoring Traditional-Based Indigenous Health-Education Practices

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dawn Marsden
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 135-145
Project aimed at improving access to traditional-based health services found health and education practices are intertwined and recommends restoring more traditional-based practices into the mainstream.
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Death and the Rise of the State: Criminal Courts, Indian Executions, and Early Pacific Northwest Governments

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Wendi A. Lindquist
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 42, no. 2, CONNECT—New Voices on Canada , June 2012, pp. 142-155
Discusses how the creation of colonial and territorial governments shifted treatment of interracial homicide into the legal arena rather than using past practices of direct retaliation.
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Death of Jailed Elder Brings Call for Inquiry

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kate Harries
Windspeaker, vol. 25, no. 1, April 2007, p. 8

Supporters of Harriet Nahanee are calling for a public inquiry as to why the elder was jailed even though she was in a weakened physical state.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.

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The Dialogues Project: An Aboriginal Point of View (Intervention)

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Wade Grant
Canadian Issues, Aboriginal Immigrant Relations Today, Summer, 2012, pp. 24-25
Introduces project that brought together new immigrants, urban Aboriginals and local First nations to discuss their ancestral histories. To access article scroll to p. 24.
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Discourses of Blame: An Analysis of Media Coverage in the Robert Pickton Case

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jori Dusome
INvoke , vol. 6, Gangs, Violence Against Women, and Medicine, 2020, pp. [14-29]
Analyzes 29 articles from two highest circulation newspapers in British Columbia The Province and The Sun using four theoretical frames: pathological deviant; the Madonna and whore; spatialization of disordered behavior and deviant people; and single deranged male.
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The Downtown Eastside and Aboriginal Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shawna Narayan
Selina Demetrick
Canadian Journal of Native Studies , vol. 38, no. 2, 2018, pp. 165-168
Authors examine the intersecting social, economic, racial, and colonial/systemic factors that create a reality for Indigenous women living in the Vancouver DTES that includes elevated incidences of poverty, violence, substance use, and health concerns. Provide commentary and recommendations surrounding the creation of policy, programs, and interventions.
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[Eden Robinson]

Alternate Title
ROBINSON, Eden
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alan Twigg
Vickie Jensen
Eden Robinson
Brief biography and profile, as well as an interview with the author of Traplines, Monkey Beach and Blood Sport.
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Editor's Introduction to Aboriginal Policy Studies

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Andersen
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-2
Introduction to issue featuring articles on self-identification in Canadian census, gang violence, gambling research, and the University of Regina and Vancouver's Urban Aboriginal Housing and Wellness Strategy.
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Educating Bodies for Self-Determination: A Decolonizing Strategy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Denise Nadeau
Alannah Young
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 87-101
Focuses on a program developed for urban Aboriginal women, which the uses the principles of "remembering, reclamation and collective witness" in the process of decolonization.
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Elevated Rates of HIV Infection Among Young Aboriginal Injection Drug Users in a Canadian Setting

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cari L. Miller
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Patricia M. Spittal
Thomas Kerr
Kathy Li
Martin T. Schechter
Evan Wood
Harm Reduction Journal, vol. 3, no. 9, March 08, 2006, p. [?]
Study found that youth were more likely to test seropositive for either HIV or Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and argues that these findings demonstrate that culturally relevant, evidence based prevention programs are urgently required.
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Enbridge Says New Pipelines "National Priority", as Whistle-Blowers Arrested

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David P. Ball
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 11, February 2013

Comments on demonstrators against building a pipeline due to the effects on nature and the environment.

Page 1 of insert entitled Raven's Eye; Special Section Providing Aboriginal News from BC & Yukon.

Insert has been scanned out of sequence.

Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll down to access article.

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Erasing Indigenous Indigeneity in Vancouver

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jean Barman
BC Studies, no. 155, Autumn, 2007, pp. 3-30
Focuses on the forced relocation of the Kitsilano Reserve, originally located near the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver. (For illustrations, see EBSCOhost version)
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An Ethnographic Analysis of Aboriginal Alternative Programs

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Meg Neufeld
Tiffany Gallaher
Lindsay Thompson
Nazmul Hasan
Looks at the failure of the public school system to support the success of Aboriginal students due to funding, assessment, program design, training, curriculum and continuity of goals.
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