Newfoundland and Labrador

[Book Reviews]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Nathaniel Pollock
Native Studies Review, vol. 20, no. 1, 2011, pp. 126-128
Description
Review of: Where the Pavement Ends: Canada's Aboriginal Recovery Movement and the Urgent Need for Reconciliation by Marie Wadden.
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Bringing Light to a Dark Topic

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Marion Soublière
Inuktitut, no. 96, Spring, 2005, pp. 11-12
Description
Brief article on the young cast of Forever To Say Good-Bye who performed at the Labrador Creative Arts Festival in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland.
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Canada's Tibet: The Killing of the Innu

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Colin Samson
James Wilson
Jonathan Mazower
Description
Survival International report criticizing governments' treatment of the Aboriginal group from Labrador and Quebec.
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A Case Study in Progress: The Role of Memorial University's School of Social Work in the Context of Aboriginal Self-Government

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gail Baikie
Gillian Decker
Native Social Work Journal, vol. 5, Articulating Aboriginal Paradigms: Implications for Aboriginal Social Work Practice, November 2003
Description
Looks at how the School of Social Work needs to find an appropriate way to support Aboriginal social welfare systems and Aboriginal students.
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Ceremonial Robes of the Montagnais-Naskapi

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alika Podolinsky Webber
American Indian Art Magazine, vol. 9, no. 1, Winter, 1983, pp. 60-77
Description
Describes the rituals and beliefs associated with the painted Caribou skins.
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Climate Change Policy Response for Canada's Inuit Population: The Importance of and Opportunities for Adaptation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Tristan Pearce
Frank Duerden
Chris Furgal
Barry Smit
Global Environmental Change, vol. 20, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 177-191
Description
Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts
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Community-Derived Research Dissemination Strategies in an Inuit Community

Alternate Title
Research Dissemination Strategies in Nunatsiavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Erica L. Pufall
Andria Q. Jones
S. A. McEwen
Charlene Lyall
Andrew S. Peregrine
Virginia L. Edge
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 5, 2011, pp. 532-541
Description
Discusses how and by whom research information should be purveyed to the community.
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Cormack's Quest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen R. Bown
The Beaver, vol. 80, no. 2, April/May 2000, pp. 34-[?]
Description
Describes explorer William Epps Cormack's walk across the interior of Newfoundland and his attempt to locate any members of Beothuk tribe, who were feared extinct due to the effects of European settlements on the coast.
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Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket in 2012-2013

Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nutrition North Canada (NNC)
Description
Measures cost of a nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using 67 standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Prices from 2011 to March 2013 for comparison purposes. Includes link to list of items in the basket.
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Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket in 2013-2014

Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nutrition North Canada (NNC)
Description
Measures cost of a nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using 67 standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Prices from March 2011 to March 2014 for comparison purposes. Includes link to list of items in the basket.
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Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket in 2015-2016

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nutrition North Canada (NNC)
Description
Measures cost of a nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Prices from March 2011 to March 2016.
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Cost of the Revised Northern Food Basket in 2016-2017

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nutrition North Canada (NNC)
Description
Measures cost of a nutritious diet for a family of four for one week using standard food items. Used by Nutrition North Canada to determine subsidies. Table has been modified to show only the comparison with the base year, March 2011, and the yearly differences from March 2016 and March 2017.
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Days Gone By

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Abel Atsatata
Inuktitut, no. 86, 2000, pp. 35-42
Description
Personal recollections of Abel Atsatata, an Inuk man from Labrador, who was born in 1916.
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Divided by Ship

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Elise Stolte
Canadian Geographic, vol. 126, no. 2, March-April 2006, p. 12
Description
Focuses on study about the impact on community, environment and the sustainability of mining at Voisey's Bay, Newfoundland.
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Doin' the Locum Motion

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Chris Rolton
Inuktitut, no. 91, 2002, pp. 103-[?]
Description
Book review of: Doin' the Locum Motion by Dr. Chris Rolton. Accompanied by autobiographical note and excerpt.
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Early Childhood Education and Care: Next Steps

Alternate Title
Parliament of Canada ; 2nd Session, 40th Parliamanet
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Art Eggleton
Wilbert Joseph Keon
Description
Overview of early learning policies and programs in provinces and territories as well as from other countries.
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The Economic Cost of COVID-19: Supporting the Recovery of Indigenous Firms and Communities

Alternate Title
APEC Research Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Bergman
Description
Information from interviews with chiefs, community officials and businesses and existing knowledge. Includes statistics on the pandemic's effect on community well-being, individual and community-owned businesses, the Atlantic First Nations fishery, employment, community program resources, health outcomes, food security, and use of relief supports.
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Ecosystem Management and Forestry Planning in Labrador: How Does Aboriginal Involvement Affect Management Plans?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Wyatt
David Natcher
Stephanie Merrill
Canadian Journal of Forest Research, vol. 41, no. 11, 2011, pp. 2247-2258
Description
Compares forest planning strategies, one with collaboration with the Innu Nation, to look at the at the benefits of Indigenous participation in the planning of forestry management
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The Effect of Community-Level Factors on Suicide in Inuit Nunangat

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Penney
Ellen Bobet
Éric Guimond
Sacha Senécal
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 77-84
Description
Looks at suicide rates in Inuit Nunangat from 1989 to 2003 using socio-cultural characteristics from the Census and Aboriginal Peoples Survey to compare community elements. Scroll down to page 77 to read article.
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Entrepreneurship among First Nations Women in the Atlantic Region

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Monica Diochon
Alison Mathie
Eileen Alma
Sheila Isaac
Description
Project's objective was to build research capacity. Phase one consisted of on-line survey to establish baseline information. Phase two consisted of case studies conducted in four communities; involved interviews with 39 entrepreneurs and focus group discussions with 40 non-entrepreneurs.
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Examining Partnership Arrangements Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Businesses

Alternate Title
Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lori Ann Roness
Description
Looks at 10 partnerships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal companies emerging in Atlantic Canada and the objectives, benefits & challenges for them to increase opportunities for community economic development.
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