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Section 4 Review: In Regard to the Death of Gage Guimond

Alternate Title
The CFSA Section 4 Report into the Death of Gage Guimond, July 21, 2005-July 22, 2007.
Warrior For Change ... Gage Guimond
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Andrew Koster
Alice McEwen Morris
Tara Petti
Robert Allec
Sylvia McKay ... et al.]
Description
Outlines the legislative framework for provision of First Nations child and family services in Manitoba, assesses the actions and procedures of Sagkeeng Child and Family Services, and examines the circumstances surrounding toddler's death, which took place while in the care of his great aunt. Public release version.
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Seeds of Encouragement: Initiating an Aboriginal Youth Mentorship Program

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Carpenter
Alex Rothney
Joseph Mousseau
Joannie Halas
Janice Forsyth
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 2, 2008, pp. 51-69, 174
Description
Preliminary findings from a youth mentoring program involving high school youth designing and delivering programs for children in an elementary school in Winnipeg.
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The Seven Oaks Reader (Excerpts)

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Myrna Kostash
TransCanadiana, vol. 8, Canadian Sites of Resistance: Solidarity-Struggle-Change(?), 2016, pp. [73]-80
Description
The Reader gathers texts with differing perspectives to narrate the "battle" between armed settlers and armed Métis buffalo hunters on June 19th, 1816. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 73.
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Sidelights on the History of Assiniboia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Edgar S. Russenholt
Transactions of the Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba, no. 20, Series 3, 1963-1964, p. [?]
Description
Interesting facts about this area of Winnipeg - the people, water routes, role of the horse and the buffalo, and the work involved.
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Sites of Meaning, Meaningful Sites? Sport and Recreation for Aboriginal Youth in Inner City Winnipeg, Manitoba

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janice Forsyth
Michael Heine
Native Studies Review, vol. 17, no. 2, 2008, pp. 99-113
Description
Examines how sport and recreation were constructed in the Public Use Facilities Study and the Winnipeg Free Press, and how these events reinforced the boundaries between those who do not have access to sport and those who do.
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Social Cohesion? A Critical Review of the Urban Aboriginal Strategy and its Application to Address Homelessness in Winnipeg

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan C. Walker
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, 2005, pp. 395-416
Description
Finds addressing the problem based on need perpetuates an old model of charity, failing to recognize there the larger issue of socio-economic disparity and need to incorporate self-determination and self-government into programming.
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Social Housing and the Role of Aboriginal Organizations in Canadian Cities

Alternate Title
Aboriginal Quality of Life [Series]
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ryan Walker
IRPP Choices, vol. 14, no. 4, May 2008, pp. 3-18
Description
Study outlines the general situation, discusses four case studies (Lu’ma Native Housing Society, Vancouver; Corporation Waskahegen, Quebec; Métis Urban Housing Association of Saskatchewan; Kinew Housing, Winnipeg) and makes recommendations.
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Someone's Mother, Sister or Daughter: Street Sex Workers, Their Families and Transitioning Out of Street Sex Work

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susan Strega
Leslie Brown
Sinéad Charbonneau
Sohki Aski Esquao (Jeannine Carriére)
Caitlin Janzen
Qwul'sih'yah'maht (Robina Thomas)
Description
Project consisted of analysis of print media coverage and interviews. Five topics came to the forefront: leadership, mothering, families and transitioning out of sex work, ethical and effective service, and the media.
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State of Equity in Education Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Winnipeg Indigenous Executive Circle
Description

Examines progress on the Calls to Action published in the previous year's report and results of survey of Winnipeg school divisions and faculties of education in Manitoba with respect to school trustee representation, number of Indigenous teachers, employment equity policies, staff profile, student profile, and student enrollment in Bachelor of Education programs.

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2020 Report

 

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State of the Inner City [2016]: Reconciliation Lives Here

Alternate Title
A Marathon Not a Sprint: Reconciliation and Organizations in Winnipeg's Inner City
Bringing Our Community Back: Grassroots and Reconciliation in Winnipeg's Inner City
E-Books
Author/Creator
[Niigaan Sinclair]
[Tamara Margaret Dicks]
[Timothy Maton]
Description

Focuses on Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Stryker: A Film by Noam Gonick

Documents & Presentations
Description
Includes: synopsis, story, director's notes, biography of Noam Gonick, cast list, cast biographies, crew list and music notes.
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Supporting Aboriginal Sex Workers' Struggles

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jessica Yee
Canadian Dimension, vol. 43, no. 1, January/February 2009, pp. 45-47
Description
Looks at the reasons for the disproportionate number of Aboriginal people in the sex trade.
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Sustainable Urban Economic Development: An Aboriginal Perspective

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Loxley
The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Special Issue on Sustainability, Summer, 2002, pp. 29-32
Description
Profiles an Aboriginal workers' co-operative in Winnipeg, Neechi Foods, which has developed a series of community economic development (CED) principles that employ a more comprehensive view of "sustainability" than the traditional.
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Therapeutic Landscapes of Home: Exploring Indigenous Peoples' Experiences of a Housing First Intervention in Winnipeg

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dominic A. Alaazi
Jeffrey R. Masuda
Joshua Evans
Jino Distasio
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 147, December 2015, pp. 30-37
Description
At Home/Chez Soi (AHCS) project was a mental health and homeless program which ran from 2009 to 2013. Four themes emerged from Interviews conducted with 14 participants: security, mobility, socio-cultural perceptions of home, and separation from ceremony. Suggests that Western model of "home" does not necessarily mesh with that of Aboriginals.
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This River

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Katherena Vermette
Erika MacPherson
Alicia Smith
Iris Ng
David Christensen
Description
Short documentary focuses on the organization Drag the Red which searches the Red River for clues relating to missing members of the Indigenous community in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Duration: 19:00.
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Tobacco Smoking Status Among Aboriginal Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda J. Ritchie
Jeff L. Reading
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 63, Supplement 2, 2004, pp. 405-409
Description
Conclusions indicate that Aboriginal youth require culturally specific tobacco control strategies in order to achieve the best possible outcome.
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Towards Full Engagement of First Nation, Inuit and Métis Students: A Study to Support Learning of Students in Transition

Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
David Wipf
Van Harper
Charlene Scrimshaw
Cort Dogniez
Harold Robertson ... [et al.]
Description
Methods included literature review, "talking circles" to engage parents and students in discussion, visits to schools in Edmonton and Winnipeg, and analysis and categorization of information. Goal was to develop practical ideas which could be incorporated into day-to-day operations.
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Troubling History, Troubling Law: The Question of Indigenous Genocide in Canada

Alternate Title
Arts in Action ; no. 1
Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Adam Muller
Description
Discusses the meaning of genocide and whether or not genocide occurred based on two underlying issues. Chapter 3 from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing, and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.
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