E-Books
Author/Creator
Patricia Marten
Judith Bartlett
Elaine Burland
Heather Prior
Charles Burchill ... [et al.]
Profiles of Métis Elders
Alternate Title
Métis Perspectives and Traditional Health Knowledge Series
Documents & Presentations
Description
Highlights the profiles of 14 Métis Elders who are committed to protecting traditional health knowledge and healing practices.
Promising Practices in First Nations Child Welfare Management and Governance: Weechi-it-te-win Family Services: Utilizing a Decentralized Model in the Provision of Bi-Cultural Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Peter Ferris
Estelle Simard
George Simard
Jacqueline Ramdatt
Description
Highlights the structure and philosophy of an agency which provides services to 10 communities in the Rainy Lake District of Ontario
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.
Prostitution in Vancouver: Violence and the Colonization of First Nations Women
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melissa Farley
Jacqueline Lynne
Ann J. Cotton
Transcultural Psychiatry, vol. 42, no. 2, June 2005, pp. 242-271
Description
Fifty-two percent of the 100 women surveyed identified as First Nations. Results are separated into First Nations and non-First Nations.
Protecting the Health of First Nation Personnel at Contaminated Sites: A Case Study of Mid-Canada Radar Line Site 050 in Northern Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Bruce C. Wainman
Jean-Philippe Weber
Celine Sutherland
Billy Katapatuk
Evert Nieboer
Arctic, vol. 58, no. 3, September 2005, pp. 233-241
Description
Description of the safety precautions used and the testing of the health monitoring protocol.
Protein Intake Is Inversely Associated with Abdominal Obesity in a Multi-Ethnic Population
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anwar T. Merchant
Sonia S. Anand
Vlad Vuksan
Ruby Jacobs
Bonnie Davis
Koon Teo
Salim Yusuf
Journal of Nutrition, vol. 135, no. 5, May 2005, pp. 1196-1201
Description
Evaluates the dietary and lifestyle determinants of abdominal obesity in a population which includes Canadians of Aboriginal ancestry.
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.
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
Putting the ‘Last-Mile’ First: Re-framing Broadband Development in First Nations and Inuit Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rob McMahon
Susan O’Donnell
Richard Smith
Jason Woodman Simmonds
Brian Walmark
Description
Looks at how First Nations and Inuit communities are using broadband networks and information and communication technologies; and discusses the broadband projects and federal broadband Initiatives in First Nations and Inuit communities.
The Qikiqtani Truth Commission: Bibliography
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Qikiqtani Truth Commission
Description
Sources relevant to the Commission's research.
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
Quest for Cultural Safety: A Grounded Theory Study of Cultural Spaces Between Aboriginal Patients and Hospital Nurses
Theses
Author/Creator
Caroline Helen Foster-Boucher
Description
Nursing Thesis (M.N.)--University of Alberta, 2010.
Racism, Sexism, and Colonialism: The Impact on the Health of Aboriginal Women in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary Hampton
Carrie Bourassa
Kim McKay-McNabb
Canadian Woman Studies, vol. 24, no. 1, Womens Health and Well-Being, Fall, 2005, pp. 23-29
Description
Argues that because Aboriginal women suffer from multiple oppressions there are even greater impacts on their health than that of Aboriginal men.
The Rationale for Developing a Programme of Services by and for Indigenous Men in a First Nations Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie George
Melody Morton Ninomiya
Kathryn Graham
Sharon Bernards Samantha Wells
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 158-167
Description
Article summarizes the results of the mixed-methods research conducted in Kettle & Stoney Plain First Nation that focused on the mental health needs of Indigenous Men. Research examines the factors that contribute to mental health issues, the experience of men seeking supports and services, and identifies ways to address mental health in this community.
Raven's Children II: Aboriginal Youth Health in B.C.
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kim van der Woerd
Brittany Dixon
Tricia McDiarmid
Aileen Murphy ... [et al.]
Reaching Agreement for an Aboriginal E-health Research Agenda: The Aboriginal Telehealth Knowledge Circle Consensus Method
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M.A. Maar
A. Seymour
B. Sanderson
L. Boesch
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 1, January-March 2010, pp. 1-13
Description
Discusses the development of eHealth research agenda initiatives including the knowledge gaps which impede adoption in rural Aboriginal communities in Canada.
Recent Dissertations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jonathon Erlen
Jay Toth
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 3/4, Special Issue: The National Museum of the American Indian, Summer - Autumn, 2005, pp. 738-743
Description
A list of Indigenous-related theses and dissertations, 2000-2005 alphabetical by author.
Reclaiming Connections: Understanding Residential School Trauma Among Aboriginal People: A Resource Manual
E-Books
Author/Creator
Deborah Chansonneuve
Reclaiming Power and Place: Executive Summary of the Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Power and Place: The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls: Volume 1b
E-Books
Author/Creator
National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Reclaiming Tradition Around The Kitchen Table: a Model for HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health Education
Alternate Title
Around The Kitchen Table: a Model for HIV, Hepatitis and Sexual Health Education
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chee Mamuk Aboriginal Program
Description
Outlines the successes and challenges Chee Mamuk had in the creation of a culturally appropriate traditional model and provides recommendations for future implementations.
Recommendations re Inquest Report for Brian Lloyd Sinclair
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Marc Cormier]
Description
Sinclair was a 45-year-old Aboriginal man who died after sitting for 34 hours waiting for medical attention at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre's emergency department.
Reconciling Indigenous Need With the Urban Welfare State? Evidence of Culturally-appropriate Services and Spaces for Aboriginals in Winnipeg, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Geoffrey DeVerteuil
Kathi Wilson
Geoforum, vol. 41, no. 3, May 2010, pp. 498-507
Description
Discussion on the effectiveness of a non-Aboriginal recovery system and the provision of culturally appropriate
services and programs to meet the needs of Aboriginal people.
Recruiting and Retention Concerns Health Care Team
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jennifer Hansford
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 11, February 2010, p. 22
Description
Explores problems some Aboriginal communities have recruiting and retaining health care professionals.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.22.
Red Women Rising: Indigenous Women Survivors in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Muree Martin
Harsha Walia
Description
A comprehensive report on the participatory research project funded by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG, MMIW) facilitated through the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre (DEWC). Project engaged 113 Indigenous and 15 non-Indigenous women drawing on their experience and expertise as survivors of gendered colonial violence.
Reducing Health Disparities: A Priority for Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Morton Beiser
Miriam Stewart
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 2, Reducing Health Disparities in Canada, March/April 2005, pp. S4-S5
Description
Discusses initiatives taken by the Canadian government to address the problem of health care for "vulnerable populations" such as Aboriginals, immigrants, refugees and the poor.
Regional Consultation Process on the Reform of the Income Assistance: Final Report: Quebec Region
Alternate Title
Placing Client Wellness at the Heart of Services
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission (FNQLHSSC)
Regional Profiles of First Nations Communities: According to Current Provincial Health Authority Regions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Council
Description
Provides a picture of health care administration governance including Bands, Tribal Councils, health transfer programs and health plans.
Registered Indians and Tobacco Taxation: A Culturally-Appropriate Strategy?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
A. E. Dennis Wardman
Nadia A. Khan
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. 6, November/December 2005, pp. 451-454
Description
Discusses aspects of tobacco use, unique taxation aspects on-reserve, and rates of respiratory infection.
Rejecting, Revitalizing, and Reclaiming: First Nations Work to Set the Direction of Research and Policy Development
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Keely Ten Fingers
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 96, no. Supplement 1, Aboriginal Health Research and Policy: First Nations-University Collaboration in Manitoba, January-February 2005, pp. S60-S63
Description
Argues that First Nations peoples must develop their own quality-of-life indicators, research ethics and protocols.
The Relationship Between Fructose Consumption and Risk of Obesity in Two Aboriginal Populations
Theses
Author/Creator
Zohreh Emad
Description
Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Montreal, 2010.
The Relationship Between Socio-economic and Geographic Factors and Asthma Among Canada's Aboriginal Populations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Eric J. Crighton
Kathi Wilson
Sacha Senécal
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 69, no. 2, 2010, pp. 138-150
Description
Studies the health issue of asthma and the increase in prevalence among Aboriginal populations.
Relationship of Lead, Mercury, Mirex, Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene, Hexachlorobenzene, and Polychlorinated Biphenyls to Timing of Menarche Among Akwesasne Mohawk Girls
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Melinda Denham
Lawrence M. Schell
Glenn Deane
Mia V. Gallo
Julia Ravenscroft
Anthony P. DeCaprio
Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment
Pediatrics, vol. 115, no. 2, February 2, 2005, pp. 127-134
Description
Analysis of multi chemical exposure among adolescent girls suggests that the attainment of the first menstrual period may be sensitive to relatively low levels of lead and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) congeners.
Relationships of Ethnicity, Physical Activity and Diet With Adiposity Development in Aboriginal Youth
Theses
Author/Creator
Kristal Dawn Anderson
Description
Kinesiology Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2010.
The Relevance of Postcolonial Theoretical Perspectives to Research in Aboriginal Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette J. Browne
Victoria L. Smye
Colleen Varcoe
Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, vol. 37, no. 4, December 2005, pp. 16-37
Description
Critically examines the relevance of postcolonial theoretical perspectives to nursing research in regards to Aboriginal health.
Relocating From the Mushkegowuk Territory for Hemodialysis: The Cree Illness Experience and Perceived Quality of Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carrie D. Kolewaski
Margo L. Paterson
Karen E. Yeates
Cheryl E. King-Van Vlack
Pimatiwiwin: A Journal of Aboriginal and Indigenous Community Health, vol. 8, no. 3, Winter, 2010, pp. 103-150
Description
Study found that in addition to hemodialysis being life-altering, patients also experienced negative clinical interactions from healthcare providers due to misperceptions about beliefs and behaviours.
Renovating Programs in Support of Lands and Economic Development: Gender Roundtable
Alternate Title
Roundtable on Gender and Aboriginal Economic Development
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Allan Clarke
Vera Pawis Tabobondung
Beverley O'Neil
Roberta Stout
Nadine Roach ... [et al.]
Description
Looks at the National Association of Friendship Centres and the Friendship Centre Movement perspective on urban Aboriginal economic development and the basic systemic, socio-economic and educational barriers facing urban Aboriginal women.
Report by Lieut. William F. Butler (69th Regt.) of His Journey from Fort Garry to Rocky Mountain House and Back, During the Winter of 1870-71. to Hon. Adams G. Archibald Lieut. Gov. Manitoba, 10th March, 1871.
Alternate Title
Great Lone Land
On Security and Policing in the Saskatchewan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
William F. Butler
Description
Excerpt from The Great Lone Land, originally published in 1873.
Report on the Health Status and Health Needs of Aboriginal Children and Youth
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Southern Alberta Child & Youth Health Network
Calgary Health Region Aboriginal Health Program
Description
Results of community consultation process and literature review focus on incorporation of both Aboriginal and western perspectives for health improvement as well as current strengths and weaknesses.
Report on the Section 4 Review of Southeast Child and Family Services
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Southern First Nations Network of Care
Description
Review was triggered when a fourteen year girl from Little Grand Rapids First Nation hung herself in a garage in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was in the care of the Agency, which had placed her in the city. Both service delivery and operations were examined.
Report on Trends in First Nations Communities, 1981 to 2016
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indigenous Services Canada
Description
Looks changes in the Community Well-Being (CWB) index, which is comprised of four components (education, labour force activity, income and housing).
Research on Contested Ground: Women, Mining and Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Catherine Coumans
Pimatisiwin, vol. 3, no. 1, Spring, 2005, pp. 9-32
Description
Focuses on the women in mining towns who are often in marginal economic and social positions.
Resilience Moderates the Relationship Between Exposure to Violence and Posttraumatic Reexperiencing in Mi'kmaq Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Marc Zahradnik
Sherry H. Stewart
Roisin M. O'Connor
Doreen Stevens
Michael Ungar ... [et al.]
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, [Indigenous Health Special Issue], April 2010, pp. 408-420
Description
Comments on the goals and two key findings from the study.
Resiliency and Holistic Inhalant Abuse Treatment
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Colleen Anne Dell
Debra E. Dell
Carol Hopkins
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 4-13
Description
Describes the National Native Youth Solvent Addiction (NNYSA) program, an innovative response to abuse.