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Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network (UAKN)
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Provides brief information, updates, and progress on initiatives taking place in each of four regions: Western, Prairie, Central, and Atlantic.
2020 Greater Victoria Point-in-Time Homeless Count and Housing Needs Survey
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Everyone Counts: 2020 Greater Victoria Point-in-Time Count
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Chelsea Fiorentino
Diana Gibson
Bernie Pauly
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Enumeration took place on March 11 and March 12, 2020. Contains some statistics on Indigenous peoples.
2020 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver: Final Data Report
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BC Non-Profit Housing Association
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Snapshot took place March 3rd and 4th, 2020, before the state of emergency was declared due to COVID-19. Indigenous peoples accounted for 33% of the respondents, making them 13.2 times more likely to experience homelessness.
2020 Indigenous Connectivity Summit: Policy Recommendations
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Internet Society
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Contains specific polices and recommendations within each of six categories: effective and accurate mapping; inclusivity, community consultation and engagement; capacity building; spectrum rights and sovereignty; infrastructure and ownership; and affordability.
Aboriginal Consultation and Environmental Assessment Handout
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Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
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Explains environmental assessment, how Aboriginal consultation is integrated into federal environmental assessment and assesses the impact on Aboriginal rights.
Aboriginal Cultural Practices: A Guide for Physicians and Allied Health Care Professionals Working at Vancouver Coastal Health
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Aboriginal Health
Vancouver Coastal Health
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Goal is to help staff working in hospital settings to provide culturally responsive services grounded in values, practices, concepts and views of health common to Indigenous peoples the region.
Aboriginal Engagement Guidebook: A Practical and Principled Approach for Mineral Explorers
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Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia
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Offers practical advice and guidance on how to work effectively within the context of the differing viewpoints, expectations and concerns of Aboriginal peoples.
Aboriginal Homelessness in Flin Flon, Manitoba: Final Paper
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Evelyn Peters
Shelly Craig
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Study interviewed 32 homeless people to gain an understanding of their situation and social service agencies to gauge their familiarity with homeless population, services they provided, and changes in the previous five years. Makes eight recommendations for policy responses.
Aboriginal Identity and Terminology
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Linc Kesler
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Looks at the ways that Aboriginal peoples in Canada self-identify, are defined by the state, and the ways in which the two can be in conflict.
Aboriginal Labour Market Bulletin (Volume 3, Issue 2, Spring 2014)
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Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy
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Employment and Social Development Canada
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Contains data on general economic conditions, national maps showing regional variations in unemployment rates and employment gains, regional employment profiles, and brief feature articles.
Aboriginal Peoples in the Superior-Greenstone Region: An Informational Handbook for Staff and Parents
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Rachel A. Mishenene Consulting
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A working document developed as a resource for learning about First Nations, Métis and Inuit using personal views of those living in the region.
Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy: Partnership Development Handbook
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Employment and Social Development Canada
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Divided into nine sections associated with the partnership cycle: defining the partnership; identifying and approaching partners; assessing the partnership climate and building skills, creating infrastructure; delivery of project; monitoring and measuring; troubleshooting; revising and adapting; and moving on. Also includes tools such as checklists, sample letters, presentations, and questions, and templates.
Aboriginal Transition Programs - Literature Review
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Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux
Victoria Bolduc
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Reviews research regarding transitional models as well as interviews of students to determine success and gaps in the transition experience. Presents recommendations.
Aboriginal Women and Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge (ATK): Input and Insight on Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge
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Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)
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Literature search and results of survey conducted to gather information that would contribute to Environment Canada's guidance document for engagement with Aboriginal peoples.
Aboriginal Women: Profile and Changing Population
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Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-341
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Janelle Beaudette
Madelon Chevrie
Renée Gobeil
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Looks at characteristics of Aboriginal women offenders as a whole, and of First Nations and Métis women separately. Focus is on demographic information, sentences and offences, risk and need variables, and release types.
Access to Physiotherapy for Aboriginal Peoples in Canada
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Canadian Physiotherapy Association
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Comments on the gaps and barriers in health care service for Aboriginal patients, groups, and communities and what can be done to improve health outcomes.
An Account of the Advance of the 7th Fusiliers of London to aid in the suppression of the North West Rebellion
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Alexander Campbell
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Alexander Campbell served as a sergeant with the 7th Fusiliers, a battalion of militia which was headquartered in London, Ontario. This unit was called into active service on 1 April 1885 and, within a week, had embarked on their journey west -- a journey made more arduous by the gaps in the railway above Lake Superior. After stops in Winnipeg and Swift Current, the 7th Fusiliers did not reach the area of the fighting until after General Middleton's forces had defeated the Métis at Batoche.
Addressing Funding Policy Issues: INAC-Funded Women's Shelters
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National Aboriginal Circle Against Family Violence (NACAFV)
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Explores vital issues faced by on-reserve women's shelters directors and staff.
Aged-Out Indigenous Children & Youth From the Child Welfare System
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Kay Swakum James
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Social Work Major Paper (MSW) -- University of Fraser Valley, 2020.
Akwe:go Wholistic Longitudinal Study (AWLS): Phase 1: Baseline Report: Final Report
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Sylvia Maracle
Magda Smolewski
Celeste Hayward
Lindsay Kretschmer
Kim Anderson
Cassandra Matta
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Reports results from first year of twenty-year study on the impact of program designed to provide physical, mental, emotional and cultural supports to children between the ages of 7-12. Research sites were Red Lake, Timmins, Sudbury, Midland, and Niagara, Ontario.
Related Material: Phase II, 2015-2017.
Alaska Naming Traditions
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AlaskaWeb
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Brief description of Aleut; Inuit, Eskimo, Eyak, Haida and Tsimshian; Yup'id, Cup'ik and Inuqiaq, Tlingit; and Athapaskan, Tanaina and Kutchin customs.
Alberta First Nations Consultation & Accommodation Handbook
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CIRL Occasional Paper ; 44
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David Laidlaw
Monique Passelac-Ross
CIRL Occasional Paper
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Outlines other Canadian jurisdictions' best practices for integrating economic development and First Nations interests.
American Indigenous Research Association Bibliography
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Lorelei A. Lambert
Analysis of the MNO's Recognition of Six New Historic Métis Communities: A Final Report
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Analysis of the Métis Nation of Ontario's Recognition of Six New Historic Métis Communities: A Final Report
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Darryl Leroux
Darren O’Toole
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Examines main research reports used in the recognition process for: Mattawa/Ottawa River; Killarney; Georgian Bay; Abitibi-Inland; Rainy Lake/Lake of the Woods; and Northern Lake Superior communities.
Anishinaabemowin Climate Change Glossary
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Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities
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Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)
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Divided into the four seasons with Ojibwe terminology, impacts and stories, and discussion notes and anecdotes associated with each.
Forms part of the Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit for Indigenous Communities.
Arctic Giants: Book Study
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Uqalimaarummaq Reader ; [10]
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Nunavut Arctic College
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Teacher's resource for adult students includes learning activities, instructor notes and handouts to help strengthen literacy and communication skills using the book of Inuit legends.
Assessing the Impact of the First Nations and Inuit Child Care Initiative (FNICCI) across Inuit Nunangat
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Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
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Identifies gaps in funding for early childhood development funding and recommends policy changes.
Assessment of the Situation: The Perspective of People in the Field: Initiative on Suicide Prevention in Quebec First Nations
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Jeanne Bazinet
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Outlines recommendations resulting from the experiences of the interviewees: interventions with aboriginal individuals contemplating suicide, training and needs of suicide prevention workers, and organization of services.
Ava and the Little Folk: Traditional Story Study
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Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
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Inhabit Education
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Geared toward Grades 6 to 8. Tells the story of an Inuit orphan who, abandoned by his village, ends up living with a group of magical dwarfs.
B.C. Adoption Update [2014]
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Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
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Contains disaggregated data for Aboriginal children in five categories: waiting children, after care plans, adoptive homes, placements, and transfer of custody.
First update to the initial 2014 report Finding Forever Families: A Review of the Provincial Adoption System.
Baby Annie
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Del Graff
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Investigate review into the circumstances surrounding the death of a two-week-old infant whose family was involved with Alberta's child intervention system.
Balancing History
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Jenn Ashton
Andrea Lister
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Created to be used with the article Warp, Weft, Weave: Joining Generations published in vol. 53, Issue, 3, 2020 of British Columbia History magazine. Designed for students in Grades 8 to 12.
Bare Essentials: An Introduction to Essential Skills
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College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading
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Introduction to nine essential skills, definitions and profiles.
Bill C-33: First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act
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Legislative Summary (Parliamentary Information and Research Service) ; 41-2-C33-E
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Tonina Simeone
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Bill introduced in the House of Commons by the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development April 10, 2014.
Bill C-92 Compliance Guide for Social Workers and Service Providers
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[Koren Lightning-Earle
Hadley Friedland]
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Bill C-92: : An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families which came into force on January 1, 2020, established national minimum standards for Child and Family Service provision to Indigenous children and families.
Boyfriend or Not - Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking of Aboriginal Women and Girls in Canada: Report to the Embassy of the United States
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Native Women's Association of Canada
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Focuses on "boyfriend" method of recruitment. Reports results of interviews with experiential survivors and service providers and literature review.
Brief Respecting Social Housing in Nunavik
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Makivik Corporation
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Report presented to the Standing Committee on Finance concerning pre-budget consultations on the housing crisis and lack of action by Canadian government.
A Brief Review of Literature on Boarding School Education for Indigenous Students and Recent Australian Media Coverage of the Issue
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Tessa Benveniste
Samantha Disbray
John Guenther
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Focuses on literature relating to driving forces and motivations of governments, education and scholarship providers, and students and families for this education option when students reside in remote locations.
Brightly Beaded: North American Indian Glass Beadwork
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Michael H. Logan
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Brief document to accompany exhibition of the same name.
Bringing Our Children Home: Report and Recommendations
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Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs
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Discusses the current failing child welfare system and offers ten recommendations for improvement.
Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries, Scholarships, and Awards (BBF) Program Recipients' Outcomes Report
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Indspire Research Knowledge Nest
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Indspire
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Reports results of Indspire's 2020 National Education Survey which was developed to gather information on post-secondary and labour market outcomes, recipients' experience with the program, and areas where additional support is required. Sample size was 6,500.
Building Community Resilience in Whati, Northwest Territories
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Briefing (Conference Board of Canada) ; March 2014
[Conference Board of Canada Publication ; 6097]
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Stefan Fournier
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Explores way to enhance capacity and well-being in Tłįcho community by identifying strengths and vulnerabilities and pinpointing strategies to increase capacity and manage change and opportunities.
Building Leaders: Early Childhood Development in Indigenous Communities: Discussion Paper
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Public Policy Forum
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Brief document provides background information for roundtable discussions which were held in locations across Canada.
Building Leaders: Early Childhood Development in Indigenous Communities: Research Paper
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Public Policy Forum
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Provides summary of past and current policies and programs in Canada, discusses initiatives in Aboriginal communities and common themes or objectives, looks at international Indigenous communities for similarities in concerns and challenges and how they are responding.
Building the Scholarship of Remote Presence Telementoring: Extending the Application in Health Education and Practice Invitational Forum: March 3-5, 2014
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University of Saskatchewan College of Nursing
International Centre for Northern Governance & Development
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Report summarizes discussions that took place at the Remote Presence Forum March 3-5, 2014.
Business Planning Workbook
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[Aboriginal Business Service Network]
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Created to assist Aboriginal entrepreneurs in their efforts to establish successful enterprises.
Camp Setup = Dechı̨tah ats’et’ı̨ gha seenı ́ots’ı̨ ́ ɂáh
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Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
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Media » Film and Video
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Dehcho First Nations
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Describes setting up a tent and benefits of spruce matting.
Campaigning in the North West Territories
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James Mortimer Austin
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A write up on the experiences of James Austin, a member of the Ontarian Midland Battalion involved in the suppression of the 1885 uprising. Austin relates the story of his trek west from Ontario, but missed all major actions. Austin later became a Presbyterian minister.
Canada and the Atrocious Indian Act
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CERS Working Paper
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Christa Jonathan
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Focuses on how Canada has developed as a racialized state, with special focus on the Indian Act.
[Canada's Response to the Follow-up Questions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Concerning its Inquiry into the Issue of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women]: Annex1A
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Government of Canada
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Information provided by the Government of Canada under the follow-up procedure to the concluding observations of the Committee.