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Case Study Report: When Justice Heals

Alternate Title
Odawa Native Friendship Centre: Project Number: 1291-ON
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karen Jacobs-Williams
Description and evaluation of Odawa Native Friendship Centre project which aimed to provide alternatives to mainstream justice system for Aboriginals living in the Ottawa-Carleton region. Sources of information include project files, Aboriginal Healing Foundation National Process Evaluation Survey, interviews with members of Aboriginal Peoples Justice Circle and community service providers, and documents and data collected by community support manager.
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Case Study: The First Nations Economy in the City of Regina

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Del Anaquod
Vikas Khaladkar
Discusses five key elements needed for self-sufficiency: land and natural resources, capital and financing, human resource development, governmental environment, cultural and social environment, and organizational structure. Concludes with recommendations.
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The Cedar Project: A Comparison of HIV-related Vulnerabilities Amongst Young Aboriginal Women Surviving Drug Use and Sex Work in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Azar Mehrabadi
Kevin J. P. Craib
Katharina Patterson
Warner Adam
Akm Moniruzzaman
Barbara Ward-Burkitt
Martin T. Schechter
Patricia M. Spittal
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 19, no. 2, Special Issue: Women and Harm Reduction, April 2008, pp. 159-168
Study uses socio-demographics, drug use patterns, injections practices, sexual experiences, and HIV and HCV prevalence to compare women using drugs and in the sex trade with women who are not.
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The Cedar Project: Historical, Structural and Interpersonal Determinants of Involvement in Survival Sex Work Over Time Among Indigenous Women Who Have Used Drugs in Two Canadian Cities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Richa Sharma
Sherri Pooyak
Kate Jongbnloed
David Zamar
Margo E. Pearce ... [et al.]
International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 87, 2021, p. 103012
A study that focuses on Indigenous female drug using sex workers in British Columbia to discuss the culture of violence and its ties to both historical and ongoing colonization.
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The Cedar Project: Methadone Maintenance Treatment Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Opioids in Two Canadian Cities

Alternate Title
Methadone Maintenance Treatment Among Young Aboriginal People Who Use Opioids in Two Canadian Cities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerome Yang
Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes
Kukpi7 Wayne M. Christian
Kathy Li
Mabel Louie
Martin Schechter
Patricia Spittal
Drug and Alcohol Review, vol. 30, no. 6, November 2011, p. 645–651
Discusses the variables and barriers associated with a medication-assisted treatment for First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals using drugs.
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The Cedar Project: Risk Factors for Transition to Injection Drug Use Among Young, Urban Aboriginal People

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cari L. Miller
Margo E. Pearce
Akm Moniruzzaman
Vicky Thomas
Wayne Christian
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal , vol. 183, no. 10, July 12, 2011, pp. 1147-1154
Discusses various factors associated with injection drug use and the transition to injection drug use to inform the development of prevention programs and policies.
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Challenges to Tuberculin Screening and Follow-up in an Urban Aboriginal Sample in Montreal, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paul Brassard
Kelly K. Anderson
Kevin Schwartzman
Dick Menzies
Mary Ellen Macdonald
Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, vol. 19, no. 2, May 2, 2008, pp. 369-379
Study proves screening to be effective in identifying tuberculin skin test (TST) reactive individuals and how this will not have much impact if barriers to receiving primary health care continue.
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Challenges to Urban Aboriginal Governance

Alternate Title
Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003
Reconfiguring Aboriginal-State Relations
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Gordon Christie
Discusses the Constitution and Aboriginal rights, challenges in meeting the test for Aboriginal rights, the Aboriginal perspective of irrelevance of arguments based on jurisprudential and liberal arguments, and takes a brief look at possibilities for urban governments to address social issues. Excerpt from Canada: The State of the Federation ; 2003. Entire book on one pdf. To access chapter scroll to p. 93.
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A Chance to Speak

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
DT Productions
Vernon Boldick
Jordan Bzdel
Londa Bray
Documentary about poverty in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and the accompanying problems of homelessness, gang violence and sexual exploitation. Duration: 35:15.
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Changes in Tobacco Use, Susceptibility to Future Smoking, and Quit Attempts Among Canadian Youth Over Time: A Comparison of Off-Reserve Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tara Elton-Marshall
Scott T. Leatherdale
Robin Burkhalter
K. Stephen Brown
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 10, 2013, pp. 729-741
Looks at smoking behavior in youths between grades six to nine.
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Chicago American Indian Oral History Pilot Project: Transcript Description and Index

Alternate Title
[Occasional papers (D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian)]
Special publication (Chicago American Indian Oral History Pilot Project) ; no.1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian

Interviewees were: Leroy Wesaw, Pat Wesaw, Rose Maney, Amy Lester Skendandore, Floria Forcia, Clarise Krause, Phyllis Fastwolf, Peggy DesJarlait, Rosebud Yellow Robe, Willard LaMere, Mae Chevalier, Marlene Straus, Ada Powers, Roselle Mars, Claire Young, Inez Running Bear Dennison, Susan Powers, Cornelia Penn, Vince Catches, Ann Lim, Dan Battise, Margaret Redcloud, Joe White, and Joan Takahara.

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Chief Illiniwek: Dignified or Damaging?

Alternate Title
Native Chicago
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Joseph P. Gone

Discusses controversy over the use of Chief Illiniwek as a mascot at the University of Illinois. Chapter from book: Native Chicago edited by Terry Straus.

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Children’s Perception of Wolverine in the North Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morgane Bonamy
Andrew B. Harbicht
Thora Martina Herrmann
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 229-244
Study surveys 151 children 8 – 12 years old in seven schools in the Northern Slave Region of the Northwest Territories to assess their knowledge and opinion about the wolverine (gulo gulo). Children in rural areas had more knowledge of the species, and in both rural and urban communities there were negative associations with the species, but also an appreciation of their ecological role.
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City Adopts Month to Fight Racism

Alternate Title
International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - March 21
Articles » General
Eagle Feather News, vol. 10, no. 3, March 2007, p. 13
Looks at the activities planned for Cultural Diversity and Race Relations month in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Article located by scrolling to page 13.
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The City as a "Space of Opportunity": Urban Indigenous Experiences and Community Safety Partnerships

Alternate Title
National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples, 2011
Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: [Fostering Biimaadiziwin]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Vivien Carli
Discusses challenges faced by Indigenous populations and identifies some of the local, national and international initiatives underway to address these issues. Excerpt from Well-being in the Urban Aboriginal Community: Fostering Biimaadiziwin edited by David Newhouse, Kevin FitzMaurice, Tricia McGuire-Adams, and Daniel Jetté. Originally presented at the 2011 National Research Conference on Urban Aboriginal Peoples.
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A City Health Officer

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jean Collard
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, March 1985, pp. 9-10
Brief article written by the Metropolitan Regional Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer in Perth, Australia stresses the importance of health education.
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The City Life of Youths in Greenland

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jette Rygaard
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, Inuit Urbains / Urban Inuit, 2008, pp. 33-54
Article investigates the views held by youth residing in urban communities and compared to those living in smaller communities.
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City of Thompson Youth Homelessness / Housing Instability Count 2016

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Marleny M. Bonnycastle
Maureen Simpkins
Of those surveyed (69), 85% were Indigenous and 57% were Indigenous females; average age for youth experiencing homelessness for the first time was 18, and most common ages were 18 and 21, which coincides with "aging out of care".
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Civic-Indigenous Placekeeping and Partnership Building Toolkit

E-Books
Author/Creator
Future Cities Canada
Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook

Includes five case studies: First Nations–Municipal Community Economic Development Initiative (CEDI), Paqtnkek Mi'kmaw Nation and County of Antigonish, Squamish Nation-The District of Squamish Government-to-Government Collaboration, Lil'Wat Nation - The Village of Pemberton, and the City of Toronto's Our Common Grounds initiative.

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Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth

Alternate Title
[MOA Sourcebooks]
[UBC Museum of Anthropology Pacific Northwest Sourcebook Series]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pam Brown
Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Sourcebook for exhibition of the same name held from June, 2014 to January, 2015. Includes photos of individual works and brief biographies of each artist.
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