Albany

Chief complaints were the racist attitudes toward children, administration's emphasis on superiority of staff, and principal's attempts to control fraternization between students and teachers. Petition from community is focused on reinstatement of the six teachers who resigned because of the situation at the school.

Examines patterns of differences, with respect to body burden of organochlorines(PCBs), between residents of the Ontario First Nations of Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Hamilton to assess whether the presence of Site 050 at Fort Albany influenced higher organochlorine body burden.

Describes numerous barriers to healthy eating and physical activity in youths in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario.

Project was a collaboration with the communities of Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat First Nations and involved three distinct programs designed to address high rates of obesity and low diet quality. Chapter from Population Health Intervention Research Casebook.

Urban and Regional Planning Thesis (M.Pl.)--Queen's University, 2008.

Describes research project undertaken to better manage forthcoming resource extraction initiatives in traditional territories.

Case involves the Canadian government's refusal to provide survivors and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission with records regarding the Ontario Provincial Police's investigation into abuses committed at the school located in Fort Albany.

Looks at the contaminants levels of potential agriculture sites in Fort Albany First Nation.

Study conducted at Peetabeck Academy in Fort Albany found that those who participated in the program had significantly higher mean intakes from the "Vegetable and Fruit" food group.

Investigates the socio-cultural impacts of the Euro-Canadian agrarian initiative on the food systems of Fort Albany First Nation.

Discusses context and process from the perspective of Fort Albany First Nation community participants. Information was gathered through interviews, direct observation, and written and photo-documentation.

Describes a training program that upgraded homes at the Fort Albany First Nation and provided educational and employment opportunities, all on a limited budget.

Looks at the Cree concepts of land and place while on a canoe trip with youth, adults and elders of Fort Albany First Nation on James Bay.

Traditional ecological knowledge in the Fort Albany First Nation is being lost between generations.

Health Studies and Gerontology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 2013.

Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 1998.

Describes the value of using Indigenous knowledge (TEK) from residents of Fort Albany First Nation to provide information about places of environmental concern near Fort Albany, Ontario.

File contains an individual presentation by Mary Lou Iahtail, teacher at Moosonee Public School in Moosonee, Ontario. She describes her experiences at the Fort Albany Residential School in Ontario where she learned to read and write in Cree. Iahtail states that a Cree immersion program is needed at her school and calls for the Commission to fund Cree immersion programs so the Cree language does not disappear.

File contains a presentation by Chief Edmond Metatawabin describing the arrival of missionaries in the James Bay and the missions and residential schools that were constructed. He describes the St. Anne's Residential School Reunion and Conference in August 1992 as the beginning of healing for those former students in attendance. He urges the Commission to look at the findings of the Conference and to help address the healing of the survivors in his community and throughout Canada. A question-and-answer session with the Commissioners follows the presentation.

File contains a presentation by Chief Edmund Metatawabin focusing on Aboriginal self-government. He states that local First Nations government must be empowered first to oversee health and family services, education, public works and security, police protection, housing, and other issues relating to First Nations on a local level. Once that structure is in place can Aboriginal leaders call for self-government on a national level. Cecilia Scott, youth representative, speaks briefly about the importance of education for Aboriginal youth.

Images for the Edmund Metatawabin collection, the Archives of Ontario and CBC Radio.

General discussion of the establishment and operations of schools and student life, followed by in-depth look at St. Anne's and 41 pages of photographs of students.

Looks at media coverage of the Declaration of Emergency which was issued for the housing crises in the communities of Kashechewan, Attawapiskat, and Fort Albany in 2012, with particular attention to the backlash that occurred against Chief Teresa Spence's hunger strike. Chapter six from Understanding Atrocities: Remembering, Representing and Teaching Genocide edited by Scott W. Murray.

Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis in Fort Albany, Ontario identified 32 themes which could then be transformed into 12 strategies.

Information collected supports the contention that Fort Albany First Nation residents were exposed to contaminants from the nearby abandoned radar site.

Looks at the experiences of the Fort Albany First Nation during the Environmental Assessment process of the proposed Victor Diamond Mine and reflects on associated social justice issues.

Looks at the significance and use of wampum beads in the diplomatic process during the French and British periods at Fort Niagara. Shows beads found there were produced at Albany.