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Decolonizing Hydrosocial Relations: The River as a Site of Ethical Encounter in Alan Michelson's TwoRow II

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shaun A. Stevenson
Decolonization, vol. 7, no. 1, Indigenous Peoples and the Politics of Water, 2018, pp. 94-113
Uses the Mohawk artist's video art installation to highlight differences in settler and Indigenous attitudes towards water in general and the Grand River in particular; explores contested agreements, and considers possibilities for a decolonized relationship between Canada and Indigenous nations.
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Deepening Knowledge to Inspire Action: Including Aboriginal Perspectives in Teaching Practice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Nardozi
Jean-Paul Restoule
Kathy Broad
Nancy Steele
Usha James
In Education, vol. 19, no. 3, [Indigenous Education] in Education, Pt. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 108-122
Comments on the need to address three common questions from teacher candidates, to help encourage teachers to include more Aboriginal perspectives in the classroom.
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Delivering Away From Home: The Perinatal Experiences of First Nations Women in Northwestern Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry O'Driscoll
Len Kelly
Lauren Payne
Natalie St. Pierre-Hansen
Helen Cromarty ... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, vol. 16, no. 4, Fall, 2011, pp. 126-130
Study included systematic review of literature about prenatal education and care, and maternal health literacy, as well as interviews with 13 women who had been relocated from remote communities to Sioux Lookout, Ontario to give birth.
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Dene and Western Medicine Meet in Image-based Storytelling

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alison Crawford
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. 36, September 10, 2018, pp. E1085-E1086
This personal essay describes the author’s experience and learning which resulted from co-teaching about narrative medicine with a Dene colleague. Discusses issues of consent, colonialism and Indigenous world-views.
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Describing the Process of Ethical Conduct of Research in an Ontario-wide First Nations Diabetes Research Project

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer D. Walker
Robyn Rowe
Carmen R. Jones
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 190, no. Suppl, November 7, 2018, pp. S19-S20
Project engaged Elders, First Nations patients, care-providers, and researchers to create a community-based, participatory research project which functions within the OCAP (ownership, control, access and possession) research principles. Researchers found that the collaborative approach allowed greater understanding of the complexity of diabetes, and a focus on strengths-based interventions.
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Desecration of the Dead: An Inter-Religious Controversy

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ronald L. Grimes
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 10, no. 4, Autumn, 1986, pp. 305-318
Looks at the conflicting attitudes between archeologists and Indigenous people regarding the excavation of Indigenous burial sites.
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Destabilizing the Consultation Framework in Alberta's Tar Sands

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Mills
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 51, no. 1, Destabilizing Canada / Le Canada déstabilisé, Winter, 2017, pp. 153-185
General discussion of consultation and consent, and analysis of recent legal cases which illustrate how Indigenous peoples in Alberta have been excluded from decision-making involving the oil industry.
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Detection of Later Stage Breast Cancer in First Nations Women in Ontario, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda J. Sheppard
Anna M. Chiarelli
Loraine D. Marrett
Lucia Mirea
E. Diane Nishri
et al.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 101-105
Discusses the diagnosis of primary invasive breast cancer between First Nations and non-First Nations women, and the need for screening programs aimed at detecting breast cancers earlier.
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Developer/Adapter Method: A Community-Based Approach to Improve Health in Indigenous Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet E. McElhaney
Joyce Helmer
Marion C. E. Briggs
Melissa K. Andrew
Katherine S. McGilton ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge, 2021, pp. 291-307

Looks at the use of a more wholistic and culturally relevant approaches to Indigenous health care.

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Developing Diabetes Interventions in an Ojibwa-Cree Community in Northern Ontario: Linking Qualitative and Quantitative Data

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joel Gittelsohn
Stewart B Harris
Sara Whitehead
Thomas MS Wolever
Anthony JG Hanley
Annette Barnie
Louisa Kakegamic
Alexander Logan and Bernard Zinman
Chronic Diseases in Canada, vol. 16, no. 4, Autumn, 1995, pp. [157-164]
Using results of research, more culturally appropriate prevention programming can be designed.
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Developing Palliative Care Programs in Indigenous Communities Using Participatory Action Research: A Canadian Application of the Public Health Approach to Palliative Care

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mary Lou Kelley
Holly Prince
Shevaun Nadin
Kevin Brazil
Maxine Crow ... [et al.]
Annals of Palliative Care, vol. 1, no. Supplement 2, 2018, pp. S52-S72
Describes a six-year research project “Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities: Generating a Theory of Change to Guide Program and Policy Development". The goal of the project was to develop community capacity to deliver culturally appropriate palliative care services tailored to each community's needs. The research was conducted in partnership with four First Nations in Ontario and Manitoba.
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Development and Planning: After Land Claims

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samuel Corrigan
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 2, 1983, pp. 243-244
Introduction to a special Issue which examines land claims settlements in Canada with an emphasis on long range planning and economic development.
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The Development of Legal Aid Ontario's Aboriginal Strategy

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Legal Aid Ontario
Comments on the purpose of Legal Aid Ontario (LAO), presents background information, current services, initiatives, provides a sample analysis and addresses future development of the three to five year strategic plan.
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The Development of Ojibway Language Materials

Alternate Title
The Development of Ojibwe Language Materials
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shirley Pheasant-Williams
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 27, no. 1, Advancing Aboriginal Language and Literacy, 2003, pp. 79-83
Discusses the development of language materials for Aboriginal teachers and their students and research that has been done in this area.
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Diabetes and First Nations People

Alternate Title
Diabetes in Ontario: An ICES Practice Atlas
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Baiju R. Shah
Sonia Anand
Bernie Zinman
Minh Duong-Hua

Looks at the prevalence and mortality rates of diabetes mellitus in First Nations people in Ontario. 

Chapter 13 from Diabetes in Ontario: an ICES Practice Atlas edited by Janet E. Hux, Gillian L. Booth, Pamela Ml Slaughter and Andreas Laupacis.

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Diabetes in the Métis Nation of Ontario: Lay Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Baiju R. Shah
Karen Cauch-Dudek
C. Fangyun Wu
Statistics on incidence, prevalence, access to and process of care, and complications and other conditions associated with the disease. Data sources: Métis Nation of Ontario's Citizenship Registry, Ontario Health Insurance Plan, Discharge Abstract Database, National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, and Ontario Drug Benefit Program.
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Diabetes Prevalence in First Nations Communities by NIHB Region

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Chiefs of Ontario]
Maps include statistics on incidence, number newly diagnosed per 100 individuals, and skin and soft tissue complications in four regions: Moose Factory, Southern Ontario, Sioux Lookout, and Thunder Bay as well as for the province as a whole.
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Diabetes Prevalence, Incidence and Mortality in First Nations and Other People in Ontario, 1995–2014: A Population-based Study using Linked Administrative Data

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer D. Walker
Morgan Slater
Carmen R. Jones
Baiju R. Shah
Eliot Frymire ... [et al.]
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 192, no. 6, February 10, 2020, pp. E128-E135
Study uses health services and population data from Ontario for the 20-year period between 1995 and 2014. Data analysis indicates that while prevalence of diabetes has decreased overall, First Nations people and especially First Nations women continue to see higher rates than others. Authors recommend the implementation of culturally relevant prevention and treatment strategies
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Dietary Intake and Development of a Quantitative Food-Frequency Questionnaire for a Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Chronic Diseases in Canadian First Nations in North-Western Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sangita Sharma
Xia Cao
Joel Gittelsohn
Lara S. Ho
Elizabeth Ford ... [et al.]
Public Health Nutrition, vol. 11, no. 8, August 2008, pp. 831-840
Sample consisted of 129 Oji-Cree and Ojibway men and women between 18 and 80 years of age who resided on remote and semi-remote reserves.
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Differences in Sexual Risk-Taking Behavior with State of Inebriation in an Aboriginal Population in Ontario, Canada

Alternate Title
Differences in Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviour with State of Inebriation in an Aboriginal Population in Ontario, Canada.
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ted Myers
Sandra L. Bullock
Liviana M. Calzavara
Rhonda Cockerill
Victor W. Marshall
Journal of Studies on Alcohol, vol. 58, no. 3, May 1997, pp. 312-[?]
Study showed level of inebriation had no significant effect on decision to participate in unprotected sexual intercourse.
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Discursive Power and Problems of Native Inclusiveness in the Public Education System: A Study of Mandated School Councils

Alternate Title
NALL [New Approaches to Lifelong Learning] Working Paper; no. 23, 2001
WALL Working Paper; no. 23, 2001
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
George E. Burns
Study found that parental, elder and community participation was needed to improve the quality of education for Aboriginal children, youth and adults.
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Disenfranchised Spirit: A Theory and a Model

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Gehl
Pimatisiwin, vol. 11, no. 1, 2013, pp. 31-42
Discusses Western and Aboriginal concepts of identity and how regaining status under Bill C-31 of the Indian Act impacted one individual's life.
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