Canada

Looks at the research on Métis spirituality and how it relates to their nationhood.

A special edition of the Home Mission Journal on residential schools.  

Reports results of series of questions asked of 1,539 respondents regarding residential schools.

Produced as part of government response to litigations and the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Links to one document for each of the residential schools. Contain information such as: name of school and variants; chronological history; management; school buildings; land; enrollment statistics; school incidents and principals/administrators.

Developed to accompany the exhibition Resilience which featured Indigenous women artists' works displayed on billboards in inner cities and on highways.

Related material: Project Templates; curatorial essay The Resilient Body by Lee-Ann Martin and her curator's talk.

Brief list of books which are either Indigenous cookbooks or contain Indigenous recipes.

Educational animated short (8:26 min.).

Examines the ideas of rest and art being used to combat the effects of colonization.

Restoring Our Roots is research project that creates an inclusive sense of community using traditional land-based teachings to improve mental health by encourage Indigenous youth to reconnect with their own culture.

An overview of the research on Indigenous children's overrepresentation within the welfare system.   

Looks at a project that interweaves Indigenous and Western point-of-views to improve emergency care for northern communities.

Goal of project is to support self-sufficiency and economic growth, improve fiscal capacity to govern while managing risk, increase transparency and accountability, and clarify governments' responsibility for service provision. Contains links to eight chapters and project summary.

History Thesis (MA) University of British Columbia, 1985.

Presentation by Coordinator of Native Studies, Athabasca University preceding the Round Table discussion on education.

Documentary looks at the little-known story of Indigenous influences on and contributions to the evolution of contemporary rock and blues music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy Castillo, Jimi Hendrix, and Taboo.

Purpose of study was to look at services available in each province and compare them those available in Saskatchewan, highlight gaps in Saskatchewan and make recommendations in light of supports available elsewhere.

Uses Cree/Nêhiyaw cultural teachings to support development of healthy relationships with peers, dating partners, family and community. Designed for Grade 9 students.

Includes information for teachers and ten student handouts.

Examines an anti-racism educational program to address racism in Canada.  

Examines the use of Métis women-specific methodology to improve research within Métis communities.

Three short features are discussed: Honour Thy Father by Gerald Auger; It Had To Be Done by Tessa Desnomie; and Deb-we-win Ge-kend-am-aan, Our Place in the Circle by Lorne Olson.

Extensive list covering many primary source documents found at the Public Archives of Canada, now known as the National Archives. There are also many rare 19th century and early 20th century secondary sources that may not be readily available in libraries outside of Ottawa.

Lists approximately 150 works.

Reviews reforms made by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to their Open Suite of Programs and Peer Review (OSP) processes and its impact on Indigenous health research.

An examination of the story and the discourse on the Battle of Seven Oaks using an examining of the primary sources of the time.

Designed for Grade 1-3 art classes.

Includes list government policies and legislation, quotes, rebuttal to common arguments, and points that can raised by Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Note: Language and content reflect the attitudes of the times but would be considered offensive by modern standards.

2nd edition

See: "The Half-Breeds" p. 97-110; "The Indians" p.110-137; and "The Esquimaux" p. 137-142.

2 volumes

Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Thesis (PhD) -- Charles University, 2021.

Lesson plans for Grades 4--8. Indigenous Perspectives section begins on p. 329.

Focuses on the Mi'maq, Haudenosaunee, and the Anishinabe nations. Answer key.

For use with chapter from textbook Voices and Visions: A Story of Canada.

Nine modules: Origins and Connections to the Land; Pre-Contact Cultures; Early European Exploration and Colonization; Nouvelle-France and Cultural Integration; French-English Rivalry; Refugees, Warriors and Reformers; Negotiating Confederation; Furs, Farms and the Métis; and Treaties, War, and the Changing West.

Integrates Dene, Inuvialuit and Inuinnait perspectives on history.

"Territorial Pilot 2011-2012".

Statistics for populations changes, gender, age, education, type of framing activity and income.

Art History Thesis (BA) -- University of British Columbia, 2020.

History Thesis (PhD) -- Memorial University, 2002.

For use with the book by Monique Gray Smith. Includes summary, essential questions, key concepts, vocabulary and learning activities for each chapter of book. Recommended for ages 9-13.

Gives background to the issue, discusses the reports produced by the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, Human Rights Watch, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, and United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, and reports on the response of the federal and provincial governments.