Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
2006 Aboriginal Population Profile for London [Ontario]
Alternate Title
2006 Aboriginal Population Profiles for Selected Cities and Communities ; no. 1
2006 Aboriginal Population Profiles for Selected Cities and Communities: Ontario
2006 Census Aboriginal Population Profile for London, Ontario
Article (Statistics Canada)
E-Books
Author/Creator
Marie-France Germain
Rosalinda Costa
Karen Kelly-Scott
Aboriginal Peoples in Canadian Cities: Transformations and Continuities
Alternate Title
Indigenous Studies Series
E-Books
Author/Creator
David R. Newhouse
Regna Darnell
Jaimy L. Miller
Donna Patrick
Julie-Ann Tomiak ...
Heidi Langville ...
Darrel Manitowabi ... [et al.]
Indigenous Studies Series
The Ascendance of Neo-Conservatism and its Impact on Aboriginal Single Mothers of Southwestern Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Madelina Sunseri
Description
Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 1997.
Ceremony and Transitions: Culture-Based Approaches to Violence Prevention
Author/Creator
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Includes three case studies: Ininew Friendship Centre, Cochrane, Ontario; St. David Catholic Elementary School, Sudbury, Ontario; Ohero:kon (Under the Husk) at Six Nations of the Grand River; and N’Amerind Friendship Centre, London, Ontario.
Community Perspectives on Food Insecurity and Obesity: Focus Groups With Caregivers of Métis and Off-Reserve First Nations Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jasmin Bhawra
Martin J. Cooke
Rhona Hanning
Piotr Wilk
Shelley L. H. Gonneville
International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 14, no. 1, 2015, p. article 96
Description
Interviewees identified low income, reliance on energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods due affordability and length of shelf life, and lack of access to transportation and country foods as underlying causes.
An Exploration of Indigenousness in the Western University Institution
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Caroline M. VanEvery-Albert
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 31, no. 1, Indigenous Knowledges and the University, 2008, pp. 41-55
Description
By focusing on learning the Mohawk language, the author, explores Indigenousness at the University of Western Ontario.
A House of Healing: The Importance of Friendship Centres to Urban Aboriginal Populations
Theses
Author/Creator
Emily Pitts
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.
In Search of Mino Bimaadiziwin: A Study of Urban Aboriginal Housing Cooperatives in Canada
Alternate Title
Partnering for Change Community-based Solutions for Aboriginal and Inner-city Poverty
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tyler Craig
Blair Hamilton
Description
Researchers studied five housing cooperatives developed by and serving Indigenous communities in London and Simcoe County, Ontario, and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Includes recommendations to facilitate development of future cooperatives.
Indigenous (Her)oes and their Healing Work: Ending Violence against Indigenous Women and Girls
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Kennedy
Description
Indigenous Relations Thesis (MIR)--Laurentian University, 2019.
London Museum of Archaeology
Web Sites » Virtual Exhibits
Description
Virtual museum focuses on history of Southwestern Ontario, Lawson Prehistoric Indian Village, includes links to publications and other services.
More Than A Social Justice Project: The Continued Road Towards Truth and Reconciliation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah Burm
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 11, no. 1, 2016, pp. [40]-54
Description
Discusses educational conference, It Matters To Us: Transforming the Legacy of Residential School hosed by Western University Faculty of Education.
NHS Aboriginal Population Profile: London CY [City], Ontario, 2011
Alternate Title
National Household Survey Aboriginal Population Profile: London CY [City], Ontario, 2011
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Statistics Canada
Description
Statistical table.
Our Health Counts London
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Michelle Firestone
Raglan Maddox
Kristen O’Brien
Chloé Xavier
Gertie Mai Muise
Brian Dokis
Janet Smylie]
Description
Surveyed over 750 Indigenous people living, working or accessing health/social services in the city. In addition to health questions, respondents were also asked about other topics such as culture and identity, criminal justice, parenting and involvement with child protection agencies, and missing persons.
Rekindling the Flame: An Exploration of the Relationships Between Health, Culture and Place among Urban First Nations Men Living in London, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Cindy Smithers Graeme
Description
Geography Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2017.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 121: Opening Ceremony and Opening Remarks by Commissioners Georges Erasmus and Paul Chartrand
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an opening ceremony and opening remarks for the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Radisson Hotel, Ballroom West, London, Ontario, May 11, 1993. Following an opening ceremony and an introduction by Moderator Lucille Kewayosh, Commissioners Paul Chartrand and Georges Erasmus discuss the composition, mandate, and goals of the Commission to date.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 121: Radisson Hotel, Ballroom West, London, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 121 contains a transcript of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Radisson Hotel, Ballroom West, London, Ontario, May 11, 1993. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations by various Aboriginal and community organizations. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 122: Radisson Hotel, Ballroom West, London, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Description
RCAP 122 contains a transcript of the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Radisson Hotel, Ballroom West, London, Ontario, May 12, 1993. This sitting of the Commission includes presentations by various individuals, Aboriginal and community organizations. Each presentation can be viewed individually on this site.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Ceremony, Presentation on Behalf of the First Naitons Post-Secondary Counselling Unit
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains an opening ceremony and presentation by Marshall George on behalf of the First Nations Post-Secondary Counselling Unit, from the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Radisson Hotel, Ballroom West, London, Ontario, May 12, 1993. George discusses unemployment, related social problems, and post-secondary education issues. Following the presentation Commissioners Erasmus and Chartrand discuss some of these with George.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Deborah Herman, Co-ordinator, Kettle Point Caregivers
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Deborah Herman, Co-ordinator, Kettle Point Caregivers. Herman discusses healing, specifically her organization's community healing project. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the issues raised with Herman.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Elder Arthur Honyust
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation on behalf of the Native News Network by Elder Arthur Honyust. Elder Honyust, an Oneida Elder from the Turtle Clan, discusses his views on a new relationship between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal people, self-determination for Aboriginal people, self-sufficiency, and treaties. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the issues raised with Honyust.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Hugh Dickie
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Hugh Dickie. Dickie discusses Elder's concerns, education, culture, and related community issues.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Jean Koning
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Jean Koning. Koning discusses her views as a Canadian citizen and member of the Anglican Church of Canada on Aboriginal issues. Amongst the issues she raises are history curricula, rights struggles, and cultural concerns. Following her presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the issues raised with Koning.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Marvin Conner
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Marvin Conner. Conner discusses his personal views on Aboriginal spirituality, Native-Newcomer relations, self-government, and related issues. Following Conner's presentation Commissioner Georges Erasmus makes closing remarks, followed by a closing prayer which concludes the Commission's sitting for the day.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mary Simon, Melva George, Christine Keechago and Amanda Blackbird
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Mary Simon, Melva George, Christine Keechago and Amanda Blackbird. The presenters discuss education concerns in their Ojibwa and Oneida communities, particularly with regard to Aboriginal language curricula.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mayor Tom Lawson and Walter Kornas
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Mayor Tom Lawson of Grand Bend, Ontario, and Walter Kornas. Lawson, presenting as an individual, discusses economic self-sufficiency with regard to reserves. Lawson discusses business partnership programs, on-reserve banking, and related security issues. Following the presentation Lawson and Kornas discuss economic self-sufficiency and entrepreneurship issues with Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Paul Doxtator
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Paul Doxtator. Doxtator discusses justice and penal issues. Doxtator makes a series of recommendations to improve the penal system for Aboriginal people involving financial resources and programming. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with Doxtator.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Paul Hogan
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Paul Hogan. Hogan discusses his personal views on a variety of issues facing Aboriginal people. These include education, urban issues, self-governance, governmental relations, land rights, language concerns, and the Indian Act. Following Hogan's presentation Commissioners Erasmus and Chartrand discuss some of the issues raised with him.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Rob Belfrey
Documents & Presentations
Description
This file contains a transcript of a portion of a sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at The Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario. This portion includes a presentation by Rob Belfrey of the Ogemawahj Tribal Council, at a Round Table discussion of self-government.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on beahlf of N'Amerind Youth Group, Vydal Sands
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Vydal Sands on behalf of the N'Amerind Youth Group of London, Ontario. Sands discusses the activities of his group, alternative schooling for Aboriginal students, and social issues which affect Aboriginal youth. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the issues raised with Sands.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of Atenlos Women's Group, Donna Sears, Bernice Ireland
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Donna Sears and Bernice Ireland on behalf of the Atenlos Women's Group. Sears discusses the "epidemic" of violence in Aboriginal communities, particularly with regard to family violence.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of Can-Am Indian Friendship Centre, Curtis Hopkins
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Curtis Hopkins on behalf of the Can-Am Indian Friendship Centre. Hopkins discusses urban and cultural concerns as they pertain to friendship centres. Hopkins also discusses language, criminal justice, and education issues. Following the presentation Commissioners Erasmus and Chartrand discuss some of the issues raised with Hopkins.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of N'Amerind Elders Group, Elder Dorothy Day
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Elder Dorothy Day on behalf of the N'Amerind Elders Group of London, Ontario. Elder Day discusses Aboriginal history, colonization, education, reserve life, government policy, and crime concerns. Following Elder Day's presentation Commissioner Erasmus thanks her for sharing her views with the Commission.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of Nokee Kwe Adult Education Centre, Bernice Ireland, Roly Williams
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by President Bernice Ireland and student Roly Williams on behalf of the Nokee Kwe Adult Education Centre. President Ireland discusses the unique needs of Aboriginal adult students, the centre's history and mandate. Williams discusses funding cutbacks, racism and discrimination, cultural concerns, and self-governance issues. Following the presentations the two presenters discuss some of the issues raised with Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of Stony Point First Nation, Robert George
Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert George
Description
File contains a presentation by Robert George on behalf of the Stony Point First Nation. George discusses his peoples history, how he says they were defrauded of their lands and kicked off their reserve by the government, how the Kettle Point Council claims they were one reserve together but that they dispute this, and details of the dispute between his people, Indian Affairs, and Kettle Point. Following the presentation Commissioners Georges Erasmus and Paul Chartrand discuss the issues raised with George.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of the Native Journalists Association, Linda Powless, Dan Smoke
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Lynda Powless and Dan Smoke on behalf of the Native Journalists Association. The presenters discuss the composition and mandate of their organization which is national in scope, its' history, and upcoming founding convention. They also discuss some of the journalistic work their members have done. Following the presentation the presenters discuss some of the issues raised with Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of the Native News Network, Miles Morrisseau
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Miles Mourrisseau
Description
Presenter discusses bias towards Aboriginal people in the mainstream Canadian media, the role of Aboriginal media in achieving self-determination, its role in healing Aboriginal communities, and his personal experiences as an Aboriginal journalist. Following the presentation Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the issues raised.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of the Seven Bands Community Futures Committee, Mark French
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Mark French on behalf of the Seven Bands Community Futures Committee. French discusses the history of Aboriginal-European relations in Canada, colonization, assimilation, and his own ideas on self-determination and self-governance. Following the presentation Commissioner Erasmus discusses some of the ideas raised with French.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on behalf of Urban Native Parents Association, Jerome Kennedy, Tara Johnson
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Jerome Kennedy and Tara Johnson of the Urban Native Parents Association. Kennedy discusses the historical background of Aboriginal-Non-Aboriginal relations in Canada and related educational concerns. Johnson discusses the importance of Aboriginal language rights and education. Following the presentations Commissioners Chartrand and Erasmus discuss some of the issues raised with the two presenters.
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presention on Behalf of N'Amerind Friendship Centre, Tom Dockstader and Closing Prayer
Documents & Presentations
Description
File contains a presentation by Tom Dockstader, N'Amerind Friendship Centre. Dockstader discusses N'Amerind's history as one of the oldest Friendship Centres in Canada. Dockstader discusses the mandate and goals of the Centre. Dockstader delivers comments on four areas of interest to the Commission: healing, self-determination, self-government, and relationships between natives and non-natives. Following the presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with Dockstader, after which the Commission conclude's its' sitting for the day.
A Speech Prepared for Georges Erasmus: President, The Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Description
Transcript of convocation speech given at the University of Western Ontario on June 14, 2006.
Trauma-Informed Schools
Alternate Title
"Ask me about trauma and I will show you how we are trauma-informed": A Study on the Shift Toward Trauma-Informed Practices in Schools
OFIFC Research Series ; vol. 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Description
Reports on student engagement sessions and the development of a trauma-informed school toolkit.
Uncovering SARS-COV-2 Vaccine Uptake and COVID-19 Impacts among First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples Living in Toronto and London, Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Stephanie McConkey
Beth Rachlis
Lisa Avery
Graham Mecredy ... [et al.]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 194, no. 29, 2022, pp. E1018-E1026
Description
A discussion regarding the low COVID vaccination rates, compared to general population, of urban Indigenous populations in two Ontario cities.