Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Description
Reports significant findings on business goals, strategies, and growth factors.
Promising Practice Five: Work with Aboriginal Communities on Human Trafficking Prevention
Alternate Title
An Exploration of Promising Practices in Response to Human Trafficking In Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
[Nicole A. Barrett]
Description
Based on a three-month review of publicly available reports and semi-structured interviews. Section 2.5 from: An Exploration of Promising Practices in Response to Human Trafficking in Canada. Scroll to p. 41.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat
Alternate Title
NISPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Firelight Research
Description
Study includes results of literature review, working group and key informant interviews, and an environmental scan of actions and interventions. Focus is on Inuit youth and report is organized around six topic areas: links between childhood adversity and suicide, and promising practices with respect to addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters, current supports within the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Suicide Prevention across Inuit Nunangat: NIPSPS Research and Data Collection Project
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Description
Reports results of environmental scan which involved a literature review of both grey and academic publications, a series of key informant interviews with 20 individuals working in the field. Six topic areas are covered: links between childhood adversity and suicide and promising practices for addressing child sexual abuse, social emotional development, safe shelters focusing on children and youth, current supports in the justice system, and parenting and family support programs.
Promising Practices in Timiskaming First Nation
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network Production
Ken Clement
Merv Thomas
Jason Lawrence
Description
Focuses on the community's efforts to deal with Hepatitis C through education, outreach, and healing.
Duration: 27:33.
Promising Practices: Increasing and Supporting Participation for Aboriginal Students in Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
R.A. Malatest & Associates
Description
Assessed institutions' programs focused on access, healthcare, teacher education, and Aboriginal studies as well as student services. Site visits were conducted at Carleton University, Negahneewin College, Sault College, Shingwaulk Knoomaage Gamig, Trent University, and University of Toronto.
Promoting Educational Equity for Indigenous Children in Canada through Quality Early Childhood Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Looks at indicators of equity gaps and policy reforms that would reduce equity gaps.
Promoting From Within the Community: Employing Local Residents in Culture-Based Inner-City Family Services Organizations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Brown
Cheryl Fraehlich
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 3, Winter, 2010, pp. 85-101
Description
Studies the responses of forty-four staff members to the question "How did you get connected to the agency?"
Promoting the Relationships of Plants and Health Within Westbank First Nation
Theses
Author/Creator
Joel Liman
Description
Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems Thesis (M.Sc.)--The University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2011.
Promoting Young Indigenous Children's Emergent Literacy in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jessica Ball
Description
Recommends seven key elements and guiding principles for strategy to improve literacy development among young Indigenous children.
Property, Human Ecology and Delgamuukw
Theses
Author/Creator
Thomas Cheney
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2011.
Proposal Writing for Health Communities: Workbook
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lincoln Heaney
Travis Holyk
Description
Manual takes a systematic approach to developing a well-written and well-organized proposal with all the necessary elements that most funding agencies require.
Prosperity Through Property: An Idea Whose Time has Come
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Patrick Brazeau
Policy Options, vol. 31, no. 7, July/August 2010, pp. 84-85
Description
Book review of:Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights by Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara and André LeDressay.
Protecting the Earth is Everyone's Responsibility
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 7, July 2010, p. 5
Description
Argues that people should do whatever they can to reduce pollution including driving less, reduce water usage, and stop using disposable diapers.
Article found by scrolling to page 5.
Protecting the Sacred Cycle: Xwulmuxw Slhunlheni and Leadership
Theses
Author/Creator
Qwul'sih'yah'maht Robina Anne Thomas
Description
Indigenous Governance Thesis (Ph.D.)--Univeristy of Victoria, 2011.
Protesting the "Protest": Understanding "Non-Native" Reactions and Responses to the Six Nations Land "Occupation and Protest" in Caledonia, Ontario
Theses
Author/Creator
Amanda Vyce
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--McMaster University, 2010.
Providers' Perceptions of Barriers to the Management of Type 2 Diabetes in Remote Aboriginal Settings
Alternate Title
Barriers to Aboriginal Diabetes Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Onil K. Bhattacharyya
Elizabeth A. Estey
Irit R. Rasooly
Stewart Harris
Merrick Zwarenstein
Jan Barnsley
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 5, 2011, pp. 552-563
Description
Study conducted in the Sioux Lookout Zone highlights key problems associated with the delivery of appropriate care and offers suggestions for improving clinical outcomes.
Providing a Lens for First Nations Youth to View Hope in Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Michael D. Topshee
Description
Integrated Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--McGill University, 2011.
Providing Culturally Sensitive and Linguistically Appropriate Services: An Insider Construct
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sharla Peltier
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 35, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 1, Summer, 2011, pp. 126-134
Description
Discussion on English dialect differences and culturally relevant assessment and intervention practices for Aboriginal communities.
Provincial Gang Strategy: Forum & Community Consultation Reports
Alternate Title
Building Healthier Communities: Final Report on Community Recommendations for the Development of the Saskatchewan Prevention / Intervention Street Gang Strategy
Saskatchewan Communities Speak: Provincial Gang Strategy Phase 2 Community Consultation Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Robert Henry
Dave Shanks]
Description
Reports on Phase I and II of the project. Five overarching themes emerged: infrastructure and leadership; addressing trauma, colonization, and settler colonialism; knowledge translation and mobilization; addressing systemic oppression and structural issues of poverty and homelessness; and institutional supports. Consultations took place in communities throughout Saskatchewan.
Provisional Government of Assiniboia: Acknowledging the Contribution of Original North American Peoples to the Creation of Manitoba
Web Sites » Personal
Author/Creator
Norma J. Hall
Description
Website contains links to detailed chronology, historical documents, bibliography of online published primary sources, laws, bills, and terminology.
Psychological Decolonization: Getting Back My Indian Soul
Alternate Title
American Academy of Religion Eastern International Regional Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Margaret Robinson
Description
Looks at self investigation of identity, racialization and linking to Native history.
Pubic Libraries as Aids to Sense Making in Urban Aboriginal Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Monique Woroniak
Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management, vol. 5, Spring, 2010, pp. 1-16
Description
Reports on the possibilities that exist in urban library settings for Aboriginal outreach programming.
Public Health Should Promote Co-operative Housing and Cohousing
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amy Lubik
Tom Kosatsky
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 2, April 2019, pp. 121-126
Description
Advocates models of housing based on First Nations’ Longhouses in order to promote social cohesion and combat social isolation. Argues that this strategies would be especially helpful to seniors.
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Final Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Inquiry Commission on Relations between Indigenous Peoples and Certain Public Services in Québec: Listening, Reconciliation and Progress: Summary Report
Alternate Title
Commission d'enquête sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics
Viens Commission
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jacques Viens
Description
Public Memory of the Battle of Tourond's Coulee/Ka Nootinikayhk daan la Koolii Dii Tourond
Alternate Title
2010 - The Year of the Métis
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Darren Prefontaine
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 4, April 2010, p. 17
Description
Discusses the 125th anniversary of the Métis victory at Tourond's Coulee and history of the battle.
Article found by scrolling to page 17.
Pursuing First Nation Self-Determination: Realizing Our Rights and Responsibilities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shawn A-in-chut Atleo
Description
Draft document released at the 2011 Assembly of First Nations (AFN) General Assembly. The goal is for First Nations to drive the change for self-determination, by working towards a methodical and clear plan away from the Indian Act.
Puvaluqatatiluta, When We Had Tuberculosis: St. Luke's Mission Hospital and the Inuit of the Cumberland Sound Region, 1930-1972
Theses
Author/Creator
E. Emily S. Cowall
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2011.
Qalupalik
Alternate Title
Nunavut Animation Lab
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ame Papatsie
Description
Animated short of legend about a half-human sea monster who traps disobedient children if they venture too close to shore. Accompanying material, Qalupalik: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 5:34.
Qalupalik: Lesson Plan
Alternate Title
[Nunavut Animation Lab]
Documents & Presentations
Description
Target audience Grades three to six in the subject areas of First Nations, English, and Fine Arts. Accompanies animated film of same name.
Qapirangajuq: Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Igloolik Isuma Productions
Kunuk Cohn Productions
Zacharias Kunuk
Ian Mauro
Norman Cohn
Stéphane Rituit ... [et al.]
Description
Leaders, Elders and hunters speak about the social and ecological impact of warming in the Arctic. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.
Duration: 54:07.
The Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Sources relevant to the Commission's research.
Qimmit: A Clash of Two Truths
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ole Gjerstad
Joelie Sanguya
Description
Documentary examines the controversy surrounding the decline in the sled dog population between 1950-1970. Many Inuit believe that dogs were killed as part of government policy, while officials deny this claim.
Some images may be disturbing to viewers.
Duration: 68:08.
QTC Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Alternate Title
Qikiqtani Truth Commission Final Report: Achieving Saimaqatigiingniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Commission was established to create a record of how government policies between 1950 and 1975 affected the Inuit living in the Baffin region. Report based testimonies and interviews, and archival research. Includes recommendations.
Quebec First Nations' Health and Social Services Governance Process: Effective Governance for the Wellness of First Nations
E-Books
Author/Creator
Georges A. Legault
Quebec First Nations Information Governance Framework
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emilie Grantham
Quels Sont les Facteurs Favorisant ou Inhibant la Réussite Éducative des Élèves Autochtones?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hélène Archambault
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 107-116
Description
Examines the personal, academic and psychosocial factors that encourage or inhibit educational success. Emphasis is on Aboriginal students in Québec.
Article in French.
Quest for Identity in Native Canadian Fiction: A Study of Jeannette Armstrong, Ruby Slipjack, and Tomson Highway
Theses
Author/Creator
Shyamali Kar
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Assam University, Silchar, 2010.
Focuses on the works Slash, Whispering in the Shadows, Honour the Sun, Silent Words, and Kiss of the Fur Queen.
Questions Need to be Answered, Says Family Member of Pickton's Last Victim
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Stefania Seccia
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 8
Description
Reflects on the life and personality of Mona Wilson, a victim of serial killer Robert Pickton, and the naming of a corporation after Wilson's First Nation's name, Running Bear.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.8.
Race, Gender and Colonialism: Public Life Among the Six Nations of Grand River, 1899-1939
Theses
Author/Creator
Alison Elizabeth Norman
Description
Theory and Policy Studies in Education Thesis (Ph.D.)-- University of Toronto, 2010.
Racial Necrogeographies and the Making of White Space: The Life and Death of Nineteenth-Century Indigenous and Black Burial Places in Rural Ontario
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William Felepchuk
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 2019, pp. 73-87
Description
Looks at burial sites desecrated by settlers, how these acts represent an attempt to erase Indigenous and Black existence, and how these communities have pushed back by reclaiming and reconsecrating their scared places.
Racing Solidarity, Remaking Labour: Labour Renewal From A Decolonizing And Anti-Racism Perspective
Theses
Author/Creator
Winnie Wun Wun Ng
Description
Adult Education and Counselling Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, 2010.
Racism Experiences of Urban Indigenous Women in Ontario, Canada: “We All Have That Story That Will Break Your Heart”
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anita C Benoit
Jasmine Cotnam
Doe O'Brien-Teengs
Saara Green
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Mixed methods research study explores how Indigenous women in two Canadian urban centers experience racism. Findings indicate that participants experience racism in ways that can be classified as individual, collective or institutional, and cultural and rage from historical events to contemporary manifestations.
Radio Drama: A Pilot Project for Nutritional Health Communication in Inuit Communities
Theses
Author/Creator
Cassandra Anne Matta
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2011.
The Radio Eye: Cinema of the North Atlantic, 1958-1988
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Mark David Turner
Northern Review, no. 33, Canadas Role in the Circumpolar World, Spring, 2011, pp. 165-168
Description
Book review of: The Radio Eye by Jerry White.
Rampart House
E-Books
Author/Creator
Yukon Tourism and Culture
Description
Historic site located near the mouth of Boundary Creek (Shanàghan K’òhnjik) and right next to the boundary between the United States and Canada.
The Rankin Inlet Birthing Centre: Community Midwifery in the Inuit Context
Alternate Title
Community Midwifery in the Inuit Context
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vasiliki Kravariotis Douglas
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 2, 2011, pp. 178-185
Description
Comments on the success and limitations of the Centre.
The Raven and the First Men: From Conception to Completion
Alternate Title
UBC Museum of Anthropology Pacific Northwest Sourcebook Series
[MOA Sourcebooks]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anne Cross
Description
Brief text accompanies numerous photographs of different stages involved in the creation of the sculpture by Bill Reid.
Original written in 1990.
Raven Feather and the Tsimshian: A Look at The Mountain Goats of Temlaham illustrated by Elizabeth Cleaver
Alternate Title
Picturing Children and Youth: A Canadian Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lisa Polkosnik
Description
This story illustrates the importance of respecting and protecting the environment and wild life.