Ontario

Evidence In-Sight: Engaging First Nation, Inuit and Métis Families

Alternate Title
Engaging First Nation, Inuit and Métis Families
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health
Description
Report was developed for two child and youth mental health agencies (one a First Nations agency) seeking to understand the current literature related to best practices.
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Evidence - Special Committee on Violence against Indigenous Women: Thursday, December 5, 2013

Alternate Title
IWFA no. 3, 2nd Session, 41st Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Susanne Decock
Anita Olsen Harper
Carole Brazeau
Stella Ambler
Irene Mathyssen ... [et al.]
Description
Superintendent, Aboriginal Policing Bureau, Ontario Provincial Police and representatives from National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence appeared before the Committee.
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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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Examining Patterns of Food Exchange and Dependency at Moose Fort, 1783-1785

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Daniel Ruten
University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Research Journal, vol. 3, no. 2, April 2017, pp. 1-10
Description
Looks at flow of foodstuffs between Hudson's Bay Company men and the James Bay Cree who lived near the Fort. Argues that traders were consistently reliant upon provisions supplied by Indigenous trappers, hunters, and fishers.
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Expanding Nahmah Miigwan Services

Alternate Title
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nina Kent
Case Studies in Aboriginal Business
Description
Brief case study of consulting company that works exclusively with First Nations communities to build reilience in communities through Ontario Works employment programming.
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An Experience of Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Northern Ontario

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marcie Romenco
Indigenous Social Work Journal, vol. 10, Issues That Relate to Indigenous Relations, 2016, pp. 59-68
Description

Provides an Indigenous social workers insight into food security and sovereignty challenge for Indigenous communities. To view article scroll down to page 59.

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An Exploratory Regional Study on Child Welfare Outcomes in Aboriginal Communities: A Project Report Prepared for

The Association of Native Child and Family Services Agencies of Ontario and the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brad McKenzie
Marlyn Bennett
Betty Kennedy
Shannon Balla
Linda Lamirande
Description
Results from literature review on child welfare and community-based research on the usefulness of Looking After Children framework.
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Exploring Resilience and Indigenous Ways of Knowing

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Patricia D. McGuire (Kishebakabaykwe)
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 2, Fall, 2010, pp. 117-131
Description
Looks at the understanding of knowledge, healing and resilience among Aboriginal peoples in Canada, with a focus on the Anishinaabe of the Lake Nipigon area of northern Ontario.
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Exploring Water Governance and Management in Oneida Nation of the Thames (Ontario, Canada): An Application of the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kate Cave
Ryan Plummer
Rob de Loë
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, 2013, pp. 1-27
Description
Attempts to explore institutions associated with water in First Nation communities and their effects on water governance and management.
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Factor Analysis of Ethnic Variation in the Multiple Metabolic (Insulin Resistance) Syndrome in Three Canadian Populations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
T. Kue Young
Daniel Chateau
Min Zhang
American Journal of Human Biology, vol. 14, no. 5, September 2002, pp. 649-658
Description
Of the three groups studied (Aboriginals, Inuit, non-Aboriginals) for obesity, blood pressure and lipid/glucose factors, Aboriginals had the highest scores with Inuit scores not much higher than non-Aboriginals.
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Factors Contributing to the Cessation of Solvent Use

Theses
Author/Creator
Kathryn Elizabeth Irvine
Description
Social Work Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2006. Purpose of this study is to explore the experiences of five Aboriginal individuals who formerly used solvents and factors related to their transition to non-use.
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Factors That Support Indigenous Involvement in Multi-actor Environmental Stewardship

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nicholas J. Reo
Kyle P. Whyte
Deborah McGregor
M. A. (Peggy) Smith
James F. Jenkins
AlterNative, vol. 13, no. 2, 2017, pp. 58-68
Description
Discusses the results of a cross-case study of 39 regional partnerships in the Great Lakes region. Found six factors influence willingness to stay engaged: respect for Indigenous knowledge, control of knowledge mobilization, intergenerational involvement, self-determination, cross-cultural education, and early involvement.
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Failing Canada's First Nations Children

Alternate Title
16x9
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hannah James
Shawnda Mamakwa
Description
Documentary about children being forced to leave their reserves in order to attend high school. Follows a student from Kingfisher Lake First Nation to Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Between 2000 and 2011 seven students from remote First Nations have been found dead in Thunder Bay. Duration: 33:11.
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Fair

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hamza Hussain
Yuktha Kowlessur
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 1, 2018, p. 20
Description
Students' poem reflects classroom lessons on Shannen Koostachin and her advocacy for quality education and schools on reserve.
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“Fake Vegans”: Indigenous Solidarity and Animal Liberation Activism

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Marie Legge
Rasha Taha
Journal of Indigenous Social Development, vol. 6, no. 1, 2017, pp. 63-81
Description
Discusses the experiences of members of the Hamilton-Halton Animal Liberation Team (HALT) while demonstrating in support of Haudenosaunee-negotiated hunting rights in Short Hills Provincial Park in Ontario which are being protested against by local property owners and animal rights activists.
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Family Law for Aboriginal Families

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Lawrence Martin
Linda Kitchigeesick
Description
Provides general information to anyone experiencing a relationship breakdown and options available. It is not meant to provide specific advice about a personal situation. Duration:1:28:04.
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