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Conversations with Our Elders

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anne-Marie Miller
[Irene Adamson
Mary Hager
Martha Taylor]
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 14, no. 4, Women of the North, Fall, 1994, pp. 70-71
Description
Presents brief interviews with an female Elders.
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Education -- Other -- Schools for Indians -- Yukon

Archival » Archival Items
Description
Folder containing correspondence to and from Reverend H.C. Montgomery regarding subsidization of denominational schools and discrimination, education of children in Yukon, missionary work. Comments on these letters.
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General Correspondence - W

Documents & Presentations
Description
Correspondence between Mrs. A. Warner and John Diefenbaker regarding Diefenbaker's remarks at the opening ceremonies at Inuvik and regarding a sculpture there.
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Live and Learn and Eat Snow Through Travel

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 18, no. 12, April 2001, p. 5
Description

Author discusses the experience of attending the first annual Whitehorse Comedy Festival.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.

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Northern Housing Report 2020

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Author/Creator
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Statistics on labour market and economy, affordability, social and affordable housing, core housing need, and the rental and homeowner market for Yellowknife, Whitehorse and Iqaluit.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Danny Kasi, Resident, Old Crow, Yukon

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File contains an individual presentation by Danny Kasi focusing on self-government and and the ways that First Nations may achieve it - through First Ministers conferences, the Supreme Court of Canada and "the world court." Kasi also briefly discusses education and the lack of housing in his community. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Rae Stephensen, Manager, Co-Op Store, Old Crow, Yukon

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File contains an individual presentation by Rae Stephensen relating to education, health and housing problems in Old Crow, Yukon. He focuses on education and the need for more high schools and post-secondary institutions in northern Yukon. A lengthy question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Individual Presentation by Vickey Josie

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File contains an individual presentation by Vickey Josie relating to alcohol and drug abuse in Old Crow, Yukon. She states that the youth of her community are unable to view adults as role models when a significant portion of the adult population has substance abuse problems. Josie believes the community ban on alcohol is not working and calls on the Commission for help to battle these social problems. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Opening Prayer and Remarks

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File contains opening remarks for the sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Westmark Hotel, Whitehorse, Yukon, on Wednesday, November 18, 1992 by Commissioner Georges Erasmus. Erasmus welcomes the participants and explains the Commissions mandate, composition, and goals. He also introduces the Commissioners, including Commissioner for the day Johnny Smith.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Alcohol Related Birth Defects Committee

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File contains a presentation by the Alcohol Related Birth Defects Committee by Betsy Jackson and Lorraine Stick. Jackson and Stick discuss FAS/FAE related issues as they pertain to Aboriginal communities in Yukon. They discuss the composition of their committee and its mandate, as well as their activities and contacts with other organizations across Canada and in Alaska. Following their presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of these issues with them.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Alicia Vance, Jody Sydney, Kathy Alfred, First Nations Management Program, Yukon College

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File contains a presentation by Alicia Vance, Jody Sydney, Kathy Alfred of the First Nations Management Program, Yukon College. Vance discusses improving leadership and unity in Aboriginal communities. Sydney discusses traditional culture and how the clan system is being used in Teslin, Yukon. Alfred discusses how education and programs can help solve social problems in Aboriginal communities. The assembled Commissioners discuss the ideas raised with the presenters.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Barbara Russell, Skookum Jim Campus

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File contains a presentation by Barbara Russell, and Cheryl Mullens from Skookum Jim Campus. Russell discusses how and why she thinks the school system needs to be changed in the Yukon. Amongst the concerns she lists are racism and discrimination, the need for Aboriginal faculty, and the need for listening on the part of teachers to Aboriginal students. Mullens discusses the need to make the schools equal in terms of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal curriculum in fields such as history, the need for learning at ones own pace, and the need for more programs for pregnant teenagers.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Calvin Linstrom

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File contains a presentation by Calvin Linstrom. Linstrom discusses Tagish/Tlingit concerns, and ideas for economic development, education and culture. Linstrom also discusses his peoples relations with the Yukon government. Following his presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with Linstrom. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Clara Schinkel, Tagish Governance Society

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File contains a presentation by Clara Schinkel and Peter Sidney, Tagish Governance Society. Schinkel describes the history of the Tagish people and their community (including the seizure of their reserve lands by the government), and makes specific requests to the Commission in terms of assistance, self-governance, education, and land claims. Sidney and Schinkel discuss some of the issues raised with the assembled Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Dr. Durocher and Dr. Skinner, Representatives, Yukon Medical Association

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File contains a presentation by Dr. Chris Durocher and Dr. David Skinner, representatives, Yukon Medical Association, that focuses on numerous issues relating to health care in the North, including under-representation of First Nations people at the administrative and health workers levels, the relationship between poverty and ill health, and little to non-existent treatment for First Nations persons with mental health problems.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Joannie McKinnon, Yukon Fish and Wildlife Association

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File contains a presentation by Joannie McKinnon, President of the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Association. McKinnon discusses her groups desire to take part in land claims talks and work co-operatively with First Nations on wildlife management issues. Following her presentation Erasmus asks her a question which she answers.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Louise Bouvier, Yukon Indian Women's Association

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File contains a presentation by Louise Bouvier, Yukon Indian Women's Association. Bouvier, the organization's President, discusses their program the Dene Nets'edet'an which is a community healing project intended to treat "family violence, alcohol and drug abuse, sexual abuse, mission school syndrome, et cetera." Dene Nes'edet'an differs from past approaches in emphasizing After-care: an emphasis on long term recovery treatment for dealing with traumas. Following Bouvier's presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss the program with her.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Margaret McCullough, Yukon Human Rights Commission

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File contains a presentation by Margaret McCullough of the Yukon Human Rights Commission. McCullough discusses the Commissions activities and her witnessing of racism and discrimination in Yukon society. She also discusses some of the steps the Commission has taken to educate about racism. Following her presentation McCullough discusses racism and related issues with the assembled Commissioners.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Mark Wedge, Yukon Indian Development Corporation

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File contains a presentation by Mark Wedge of the Yukon Indian Development Corporation. Wedge discusses his views on education and how different cultures have different basic definitions of the concept. Wedge discusses some traditional Tlingit and Hopi views, as well as educational legislation and constitutional issues. Following his presentation the assembled Commissioners engage Wedge in a discussion on the issues raised.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Norma Shorty, Kwanlin Dun First Nation

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Author/Creator
Norma Shorty
Description
File contains a presentation by Norma Shorty, Kwanlin Dun First Nation. Shorty describes the history of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation, and its reserves in the Whitehorse area. Shorty suggests that since the government contributed to the destruction of traditional systems of Kwanlin Dun learning, it should contribute to rebuilding them. Following Shorty's presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss language, education, and rights issues with Shorty.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation by Winnifred Felker, Skookum Jim Friendship Centre

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File contains a presentation by Winnifred Felker, Skookum Jim Friendship Centre. Felker discusses the activities and programming of the Friendship Centre, and protests that the National Association of Friendship Centres was only granted 17% of a funding request, when these Centres do work dealing with 15 of the Commission's 16 points of mandate. Following Felker's presentation the assembled Commissioners discuss some of the issues raised with him.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentation on Behalf of Dr. Dave Bridgeman, Chiropractor, by Antonia Jack

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dave Bridgeman
Description

Presentation on behalf chiropractor which discusses "the ongoing and seemingly discriminatory practice by the Non-Aboriginal system which outright prevents the Aboriginal from choosing the care of the chiropractic doctor for his or her ills in time of need, and having it covered by the insurance program that is in place for Native people." 

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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Presentations by Shirley Adamson, Council for Yukon Indians

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File contains a presentation by Shirley Adamson, Council for Yukon Indians. Adamson, chairperson for the Vuntut Gwich'in Council, discusses the self-governance negotiations which her organization has embarked upon with the Government of Canada. The respective First Nations parties involved in such negotiations included the Vuntut Gwi'chin Tribal Council, the Na-cho Ny'a'k Dun First Nation, the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations, and the Teslin/Tlingit First Nation.
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Rural Migration + Homelessness in the North

Alternate Title
Rural Migration and Homelessness in the North
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michael Young
Description
Uses review of literature, focus group interviews, statistical data and the administration of Quality of Life for Homeless and Hard-to-House Individuals inventory to assess reasons for homelessness, gaps in services and potential solutions for individuals residing in Inuvik and communities in the Beaufort Delta.
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The Summer Lake Club

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laurel Parry
The Northern Review, no. 31, Northern Literature, Fall, 2009, pp. 108-111
Description
A young girl's memories of summertime in the Yukon.
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Survey of Issues and Challenges to Providing Market Housing Finance in the Territories

Alternate Title
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series ; 13-009
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study of same name which was comprised of literature review and interviews with key informants and focus groups in eight communities in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and the Yukon.
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Truth and Native American Epistemology

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lee Hester
Jim Cheney
Social Epistemology, vol. 15, no. 4, 2001, pp. 319-334
Description
Observations on Native American epistemological beliefs and Euro-American philosophical tradition.
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Understanding Integrated Care: The Aboriginal Health Initiative Heads North

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kali Romano
Amy Passmore
Trent Kellock
Jennifer Nevin
UBC Medical Journal, vol. 3, no. 1, September 2011, pp. 34-35
Description
Looks at program offered at the Whitehorse General Hospital which allows Aboriginal people to access traditional practices, which are merged with western healthcare.
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Using a Community of Practice Model to Create Change For Northern Homeless Women

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Poole
Judie Bopp
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope for Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [122]-130
Description
Looks at three communities which worked virtually to discuss and act on culturally safe and gender specific services for Northern women experiencing homelessness, and mental health and substance use concerns.
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[Whitehorse Point-in-Time Count] 2018 Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Kate Mechan]
Description
Survey of people experiencing sheltered and unsheltered homelessness was conducted on April 17, 2018. Seventy-three percent of sample were Indigenous
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