Vancouver

Discusses how settler colonialism shaped the creation of the UN Regional Training Centre at UBC to reinforce the capitalist international order.

English Thesis (M.A.)--University of Alberta, 2015. Focuses on Unearthed by Janet Marie Rogers, Missing Sarah by Maggie de Vries, and In Plain Sight: Reflections on Life in Downtown Eastside Vancouver by Leslie Robertson and Dara Culhane.

Looks at the ethnic misrepresentation of sex trade workers by the media.

Looks at the culture of the area prior to the illegal evictions in 1984, history of advocacy by and for sex trade workers in Vancouver, and the authors’ struggle to secure reparations, an apology and a permanent memorial. Also discusses these issues in the context of ‘reconciliation’ and the consequences of racialization and criminalization.

Discussion of how media coverage, which depicted Robert Pickton as a single deranged perpetrator, failed to place the crimes in the broader social context which leads to the violent victimization of women.

Submission of a specific claim alleging inadequate compensation for the taking of a right of way in 1905 through Reserves 2, 7, and 8 for the railway use and because this has now been abandoned, the right of way should have been reverted to reserve status. [This file has been saved and made available online with permission from the Indian Claims Commission website before it closed down in March 2009.]

Curators of the exhibition Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun: Unceded Territories describe project which brought together art, activism, history, Indigenous youth, and the wider public to "amplify the artist’s insistence that all of us consider our collective responsibilities to this earth".

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1999.

Art History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2000.

Discusses the complicated Métis connection between their own identity and a physical space beyond their traditional Métis homeland.

Architecture Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University, 1988.

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2000.

Discusses the 16th Annual Women's Memorial March to commemorate women who have been victims of violence.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.

Contends that inner city Aboriginal women should be consulted about their health concerns and involved in the development of policy to ensure improvement in health care service.

Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Trent University, 2009.

Art Education Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2000.

Elder explains the identification, harvesting, preparation and uses of plants found in south central Saskatchewan. Duration: 11:27.

Exhibition review at the Marion Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., 1994. Entire issue on one pdf. To access review, scroll go page 20.

Comments on the march held in support of the missing and murdered women.

Analyzes an inquiry into the death of an aboriginal man in police custody.

Study investigated links between cultural identity and well-being for women in danger of sexual exploitation in Fort St. John, Prince George, and Vancouver, British Columbia.

Presents a music video titled, "The Guantlet" by Mils and Eekwol feat. Luckyiam.

Criminology Thesis (M.A.)--Saint Mary's University, 2013.

Argues that historical stereotypes about women, Aboriginality and sex trade workers continue to place the war on women into the margins of society.

Family members, entertainers and organizer of the Walk 4 Justice discuss the issue of murdered and missing Indigenous women and girls. Duration: 54:35.

Videos of forums held to give Commissioner input about changes to improve safety for vulnerable women and the way police deal with missing persons investigations. Also includes the keynote speech Innovative Approaches to Protecting Vulnerable and Marginalized Women.

Relates to the conduct of police investigations from 1997 to 2002. Includes Pickton case.

Detailed chronology and analysis of police actions in case involving disappearance and murder of numerous women by serial killer Robert Pickton from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

Vancouver Police Department report gives chronology of events and analysis of factors of that contributed to failure to recognize that serial killer Robert Pickton was operating in the area.

President of the Native Women's Association of Canada discusses the validity of British Columbia's inquiry, the reasons for the organization's withdrawal from the process, and the need for a national inquiry. Duration: 44:31.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 2013.

Description of the current context followed by discussion of policy responses at the international, federal, provincial, and municipal levels, and Indigenous social housing. Includes two case studies: British Columbia's housing strategy and the Lu’ma Native Housing Society in Vancouver.

Comments on a mural located in Montreal and painted in memory of women who were killed or disappeared from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Qualitative research study on how young street-entrenched drug users characterize their understandings and experiences of using crystal methamphetamine.

Describes the evolution of the Native Youth Program, some of the challenges and benefits associated with it, and the applicability of similar projects in schools.

Publishing Project (M.Pub)--Simon Fraser University, 2006.

Overview of the material from the INDIANacts conference discussing various themes related to Aboriginal performance art.

Found that changes to the methadone maintenance therapy (MMT) regime disrupted treatment engagement and produced health and social harms. Nine of the 34 participants in study were Aboriginal.

Urban Studies Thesis (M.Urb)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.

Reports news about the University of British Columbia launch of an Aboriginal family practice residency program.

Examines the pain and rage in the performances of Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun work.

Looks at the priorities of the National Film Board with the examination of a series of short films for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics which used Aboriginal people as a marketing tool.

Statistical table.

Curatorial notes for exhibition of the same name mounted at the Museum of Anthropology, British Columbia, 1999. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 38.

History Thesis (Ph.D.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2001.

Discusses the lack of attention paid by authorities and the press to the number of women who had gone missing from the Downtown Eastside. Introduction from Missing Women, Missing News: Covering Crisis in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside by David Hugill.

History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.

Analyzes shortcomings of the investigation and police attitudes towards victims and their families. Excerpt from Well-Being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011.

Designed to educate Indigenous service providers and clients about substance use issues and healing options locatef in Vancouver. Focuses on community strengths and resiliency.