CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 185, no. 14, October 1, 2013, pp. e1201-e1202
Description
Discusses how malnourished Aboriginals in Canada served as unwitting and unprotected subjects in government-sponsored experiments in the 1940s and 1950s.
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, The Electronic Drum: Community Radios Role in Indigenous Language Revitalization, March 2013, p. [?]
Description
Discussion about the end of the Oxlajuj B'aq'tun and the start of a new era that should be seen as an opportunity for positive renewal to generate changes in society.
The Journal of the Canadian Rheumatology Association: Focus on Aboriginal Health and Rheumatology
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Henry L. Averns
Cheryl Barnabe
Joyce Greene
Harold Boudreau
Alka Bhalla ... [et al.]
Description
Entire journal issue discusses rheumatic diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis in the Aboriginal population with a focus on care, barriers and gaps. Full issue on one pdf.
Linking Arms Together: (Part 8): Keynote Address Grand Chief Edward John
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Edward John
Description
Speaks about Indigenous human rights internationally and within Canada at Linking Arms Together symposium held at York University, June 28, 2013.
Duration: 46:40.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 2, no. 2, Literacy & Democracy, December 2013, pp. 69-76
Description
Examines how government actions into the 1970s, including the killing of sled dogs, negatively affected Inuit people. Also discusses the progress made from the Qikiqtani Truth Commission’s recommendations.
Examines the historical cultural clash between traditional and western worldviews, and an alternative Indigenous frameworks to support multicultural national identity.
History Honours Paper (B.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2013.
Rob Rae speaks on the role of education and colleges for providing opportunity and support for First Nations people. Phil Fontaine speaks to First Nations education systems and lack of funding from the Federal government and potential of Aboriginal youth.
Duration: 1:16:09.
Four women from across Canada who are artists, scholars, activists discuss topics such as racism, leadership, contemporary life, culture, popular misconceptions about Aboriginal peoples, and cross cultural relations.
Duration: 1:22:38.