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Exploring the Relationship Between Substance Use and Economic Development in Atlantic First Nation Communities

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Wien
Lisa Perley-Dutcher
Debbie Martin
Carla Moore
Aislin Mushquash
Chris Mushquash
Report combines information gathered from in-depth qualitative interviews in three case study communities and quantitative data about patterns of non-prescription substance use and non-insured health benefits prescribed medications.
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Financing the Membertou Professional Centre

Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Slaman
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Background on the Mi’kmaw community's decision to build a second commercial rental property.
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First Nation Chiefs’ Wage Disparity: Atlantic Provinces: Per Capita (Annual Salary)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP)
Based on information from 2014 generated as a result of the First Nations Financial Transparency Act. "Total compensation is salary plus expenses compared to the total registered population. Per capita income measures the average income earned per individual in a given area (city, region, or reserve) in a stated year. It is calculated by dividing the area’s total income by its total population."
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First Nation Networks Help Protect Indigenous Languages and Culture

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kevin Burton
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 6, no. Special Issue 2, Connectivity in Northern and Indigenous Communities, October 2018, pp. 46-49
Describes the development and administration of Atlantic Canada's First Nation Help Desk network, which provides broadband services to 30 Mi’kmaq, Maliseet, and Innu First Nation communities.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On-Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2012

Alternate Title
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
FNIHB Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2010-2012
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Data sources: 2007-2011 First Nation and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from 2008-2010 First Nation Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (RHS), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and Statistics Canada are also included.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On-Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2013

Alternate Title
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
FNIHB Atlantic Region Health Status Report, 2013
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Information from First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (regional and national) program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database for years 2008 to 2012. Data from Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and Statistics Canada are also included.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2014

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
[Health Canada]
Data sources: First Nations and Inuit Health program reports, Non-Insured Health Benefits Pharmacy Claims, Regional Health Survey, Aboriginal Peoples' Survey, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), and Statistics Canada. Covers period from 2009 to 2013.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2015

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
Atlantic Region
[Health Canada]
Data sources: First Nations and Inuit Health program reports, Non-Insured Health Benefits Pharmacy Claims, First Nations Regional Health Survey, First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), and Statistics Canada. Covers period from 2010 to 2014.
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First Nations and Inuit Health: Health Status of First Nations On-Reserve in Atlantic Canada 2016

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch - Atlantic Region
Health Canada
Data sources: 2011 to 2016 First Nations and Inuit Health Branch program reports and the Non-Insured Health Benefits (NIHB) Pharmacy Claims database. Data from the First Nations Information Governance Centre, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Statistics Canada and the Public Health Agency are also included.
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First Nations Control Models: Exploring the Devolution of Health Program Funding in Atlantic Canada

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Control Models Working Group
Atlantic First Nations Health Partnership
Investigates types of models that could be used to successfully devolve First Nations Inuit Health Branch programs and services to First Nations. Provides overview of existing models of control over federal health resources in Canada and internationally as well as models that exist in other service areas.
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First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study: Results from the Atlantic Region 2014

Alternate Title
FNFNES Results from the Atlantic Region 2014
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurie Chan
Olivier Receveur
Malek Batal
William Batal
Study involves five components: household interviews collecting information on dietary patterns, lifestyle and general health status; environmental concerns and food security; sampling traditional foods for contaminants; sampling water for trace metals; hair sampling for mercury; and surface water sampling for pharmaceuticals
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The Four Lives of a Micmac Copper Pot

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Calvin Martin
Ethnohistory, vol. 22, no. 2, Spring, 1975, pp. 111-133
Explains how the copper kettle allowed people to become more nomadic.
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[The Future of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Broadcasting: Conversation and Convergence Series: Halifax Gathering, May 18th, 2017]

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Francella Fiallos
Maureen Googoo
Aggie Baby
Annie Claire
Morris Prokop
Brian Beaton … [et al.]
Includes links to documents, audio recordings of sessions, and programming. Pt. 1: Indigenous Voices? Challenges in Community Radio featuring Francella Fiallos, Maureen Googoo, Aggie Baby. Review of gatherings in Manitoba, Nunavut, Alberta, and British Columbia. Pt. 2: Decolonization? Hand the Media Back! A View from Pjilasi Mi'kma'ki featuring Annie Claire. Pt. 3: Preserving Indigenous Language: Challenges and Solutions featuring Morris Prokop. e-Centres: Community-Based Production/Broadcast Facilities featuring Brian Beaton. Pt.
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The Giant Beaver: A Prehistoric Memory?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jane C. Beck
Ethnohistory, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1972, pp. 109-122
Oral tradition, in combination with a study of the distribution of the Pleistocene giant beaver, suggests a folktale may be a type of fossil memory about an extinct species.
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Government of Nova Scotia. Office of Aboriginal Affairs

Web Sites » Governmental
Author/Creator
Government of Nova Scotia
Provincial government site (OAA) providing links to contact information for First Nations, reports on-ongoing negotiations, news releases, business plans (officers goals and objectives for 2004/05), Mi'kmaq history (RealPlayer needed) etc.
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Governmental Fiduciary Failure in Indigenous Environmental Health Justice: The Case of Pictou Landing First Nation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana Lewis
Heather Castleden
Richard Apostle
Sheila Francis
Kim Francis-Strickland
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 15, no. 1, 2020, pp. 61-72

Examines the correlation between the dumping of pulp and paper mill effluent near the Pictou Landing First Nation and the high levels of cancer amongst its Indigenous population.   

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Grandmothers' Voices: Mi'kmaq Women's Vision of Mid-Life Change

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Charlotte J. Loppie
Pimatisiwin, vol. 3, no. 2, Winter, 2005, pp. 45-78
Explores the mid-life period of Mi 'kmaq women, with findings revealing that the mid-life vision encompasses an evolving perspective of self and life.
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The Health of the Nova Scotia Mi'kmaq Population: A Final Research Report

Alternate Title
Research Report on the Health of the On Reserve Mi’kmaq Population
The Health of the On-Reserve Mikmaq Population in Nova Scotia: Data from 2002-03
[Regional Longitudinal Health Survey Report: Nova Scotia, 2002-2003]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlotte Loppie
Fred Wien
Data from the First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey conducted in 2002-2003.
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The Health of the Nova Scotia Mi'Kmaq Population: A Summary Report

Alternate Title
The Health of the On Reserve Mikmaq Population in Nova Scotia: Data from 2002-03
[Regional Longitudinal Health Survey Report: Nova Scotia, 2002-2003: Summary Report]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlotte Loppie
Fred Wien
Data from First Nations Regional Longitudinal Health Survey (FNRLHS).
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Highlighting Successful Atlantic Indigenous Businesses

Alternate Title
The Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program, AAEDIRP
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fred Bergman
Study comprised of an online survey and interviews with businesses, government officials, including Economic Development Officers, and organizations that provided financial support. Five main obstacles were identified: economic conditions, high cost of doing business, access to equity or capital, high cost of borrowing, and restrictive government policies.
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The Highway Runs East: Poverty, Policing, and the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Nova Scotia

Articles » General
Author/Creator
J. Robert Larmer
Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 27, 2018, pp. 89-136
Article examines the stories of four deceased Aboriginal women: Victoria Rose Paul, Loretta Saunders, Nora Bernard, and Tanya Jean Brooks. Argues policing, mental health and addiction, and socioeconomic fragility contribute to the vulnerability of Indigenous women and discusses these issues in the context of the Marshal Inquiry, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, and the national calls for reconciliation.
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History of Canadian Indians: 1840-1867

Alternate Title
Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. V
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Duncan C. Scott

Overview of the history of First Nations people, with special attention given to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Topics covered include: education, legal status and the Indian Affairs Department. Excerpt from: Canada and Its Provinces, Vol. V, edited by Adam Shortt and Arthur Doughty.

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History, the Courts and Treaty Policy: Lessons from Marshall and Nisga'a

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
J.R. (Jim) Miller
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 1

Discusses landmark court cases dealing with fishing rights in Nova Scotia and a dispute involving Aboriginal title which took place in British Columbia. Chapter two from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 1, which vol. 1 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.

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Honouring Our Elders: A History of Eastern Arctic Archaeology

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Daniel Gendron
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 27, no. 1-2, Architecture Paléoesquimaude / Palaeoeskimo Architecture, 2003, pp. 521-525
Book review of: Honouring Our Elders edited by William W. Fitzhugh, Stephen Loring and Daniel Odess.
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Identifying Gaps in Asthma Education, Health Promotion, and Social Support for Mi'kmaq Families in Unama'ki (Cape Breton), Nova Scotia, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rob Watson
Heather Castleden
Tui'kn Partnership
Jeffrey Masuda
Malcolm King
Miriam Stewart
Preventing Chronic Disease, no. 9, August 2012, p. article E139
Interviews youths aged 8-12 and caregivers from five Mi'kmaq communities about existing educational and health support in the community.
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Implementation of Jordan's Principle: Understanding and Addressing Disparities in Health and Social Services for Status First Nations Children Living On-Reserve

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lucyna Lach
Anne Blumenthal
Vanda Sinha
Webinar covers background to the child-first principle, progress in implementation, Federal and provincial governments' operational narrowing of its application and refusal to acknowledge cases, Pictou Landing Band Council (PLBC) & Maurina Beadle v. Canada, court rulings, and description of study which will collect systems information. Duration: 1:15:59.
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