Articles » General
Author/Creator
Aviaq Johnston
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in the Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 13-16
Description
Excerpt from a young adult novel.
Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
Description
Website deals with addictions and related issues.
Tobacco, Alcohol and Marijuana Use among Indigenous Youth Attending Off-reserve Schools in Canada: Cross-sectional Results from the Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Claudia Sikorski
Scott Leatherdale
Martin Cooke
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, vol. 39, no. 6/7, June/July 2019, pp. 207-215
Description
Compares responses from 1700 Indigenous and 22,800 non-Indigenous students in Grades 9-12 who participated in the 2014/15 survey.
Tobacco Use and Misuse among Indigenous Children and Youth in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Radho Jetty
Paediatrics and Child Health, vol. 22, no. 7, 2017, pp. 395-399
Description
Position statement by Canadian Paediatric Society discusses prevalence, risk factors, health impacts, prevention and treatment, and public policy.
The Toronto Indigenous Health Advisory Circle (TIHAC): Advancing Self-Determined Indigenous Health Strategies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Rebeka Tabobondung
Karen Fish
Toward Peace, Harmony, and Well-Being: Policing in Indigenous Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kimberly R. Murray
Jimmy Sandy Akavak
Harley Crowshoe
Mylène Jaccoud
Laurence J. Kirmayer … [et al.]
Towards Healthier Indigenous Health Policies? Navigating the Labyrinth for Answers
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chelsea A. Gabel
Peter DeMaio
Alicia Powell
Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 47-59
Description
"The purpose of this article is to explore how Indigenous people and community stakeholders in Canada understand terms such as self-determination and health and draw conclusions about collaborative efforts between the government and Indigenous communities to support community-controlled health care".
Towards Understanding and Supporting Marginalized Children and Youth in Ontario: The Case of Growing Up Indigenous
Alternate Title
Supports for Success
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Stephanie Elliott
Malaika Hill
James Iveniuk
Rumaisa Khan
Angela Mashford-Pringle
Emma Ware
Description
Presents evidence gathered from focus groups involving youth, parents, service providers and community leaders, as well as statistical information, program inventory, and social network analysis. Focuses on indicators related to education, employment, health and mental health, and sense of belonging.
Traditional Animal Foods of Indigenous Peoples of Northern North America: the Contributions of Wildlife Diversity to the Subsistence and Nutrition of Indigenous Cultures
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Harriet V. Kuhnlein
Murray M. Humphries
Description
Web publication describes and references published literature. Presents data for 527 species, drawing from over 490 ethnographic sources, and additional 91 unique sources reporting nutritional information, and 357 sources containing basic biological information.
Traditional Foods and Indigenous Recipes in B.C.'s Public Institutions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Queenswood Consulting Group
Description
Looks at barriers and facilitators to serving traditional foods with a focus on the health care system and post-secondary institutions, and current programs and initiatives. Qualitative study based on interviews with 60 individuals.
Traditional Foods Are Healthy Foods
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Chelsey Andrews
Description
Includes colouring pages, nutritional information, tips for preparation and recipes using plants and animals found in the Northwest Territories.
Trauma, Child Development, Healing and Resilience: A Review of Literature with Focus on Indigenous Peoples and Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Nicole Sherren
Deanna Yerichuk
Description
Search of literature published between 2010 and 2016 which focused on either Alberta or Canada produced 44 results. Results are arranged under the headings interconnected worldview, development of legal traditions, positive individual and collective identity, and self-determination.
Trends in cardiovascular Care and Event Rates among First Nations and Other People with Diabetes in Ontario, Canada, 1996–2015
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna Chu
Lu Han
Idan Roifman
Douglas S. Lee
Michael E. Green ... [et al.]
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 47, November 25, 2019, pp. E1291-E1298
Description
Study aims to determine if First Nations people with diabetes have experienced the same decrease in cardiac disease as other people in Ontario. Findings indicate that the incidence of cardiac events has declined among First Nations people with diabetes, but remains higher than other people with diabetes in Ontario.
Truth Respect and Recognition: Addressing Barriers to Indigenous Maternity Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Janet Smylie
Wanda Phillips-Beck
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 8, February 25, 2019, pp. E209-E215
Description
In response to the study “Prenatal Care among Mothers Involved with Child Protection Services in Manitoba.” Authors note several biases in the study including: failure to discuss negative stereotypes resulting in differential care, and a disregard of resurgent community-led models of care.
Tsilhqot’in in the Time of COVID: Strengthening Tsilhqot’in Ways to Protect Our People
Alternate Title
Dada Nentsen Gha Yatastig = I am Going to Tell You about a Very Bad Disease
E-Books
Author/Creator
Emma Feltes
Jocelyn Stacey
Crystal Verhaeghe
Tuberculosis among Northern Manitoba First Nations, 2008–2012: Program Performance On- and Off-Reserve
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Andrew Basham
Brenda Elias
Anne Fanning
Pamela Orr
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 6, December 2019, pp. 688-696
Description
Retrospective review of Tuberculosis (TB) Program performance in northern Manitoba. Information on 149 people diagnosed with TB and 3560 of their contacts was extracted from the Manitoba TB Registry and analyzed. Results indicate that program performance is dependent on residence on or off reserve and that action is needed to address multiple program performance factors.
Tuberculosis in Canada and the United States: A Review of Trends from 1953 to 2015
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samuel Kwaku Essien
Tasha Epp
Cheryl Waldner
Wendy Wobeser
Vernon Hoeppner
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 110, no. 6, December 2019, pp. 697-704
Description
Study analyzes data collected on Tuberculosis (TB) in North America in order to reveal long term trends surrounding infection rates, HIV coinfection rates, and incidence rates among different ethnicities.
Tuberculosis in the Qu'Appelle Agency: 1885-1926
Theses
Author/Creator
Igor Zverev
Description
Population Health Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Tuberculosis Transmission in the Indigenous Peoples of the Canadian Prairies
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Smit Patel
Catherine Paulsen
Courtney Heffernan
Duncan Saunders
Meenu Sharma ...
Malcolm King
Vernon Hoeppner ...
Kathleen McMuffin ...
Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan ... [et al.]
Plos One, vol. 12, no. 11, 11 14, 2017, p. [?]
Description
Examines tuberculosis transmission in the Canadian prairies to inform a national policy to deal with the disease.
Twenty “Must-Read” Research Articles for Primary Care Providers in Nunavik: Scoping Study and Development of an Information Tool
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vincent Paquin
Glenda Sandy
Gentiane Perrault-Sullivan
Gabriel Fortin
Michel Cauchon ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Project evaluated and selected 20 research articles which were then summarized and presented to 190 health workers and regional stakeholders in Nunavik in 6 thematic emails: Child Development, Infectious Diseases, Traditional and Modern Medicine, Metabolism, Nutrition and Contaminants, and Inuit Perspectives. Article lists were also published online.
Twice as Good: A History of Aboriginal Nurses
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Description
Looks at four periods: 1900 to 1945, 1945 to 1969, 1969 to 1989, and 1989 to 2006. Sources include records of Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, National Archives of Canada, secondary literature, and personal recollections.
Twilight Dancers
Alternate Title
CBC Short Docs
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Theola Ross
Paola Marino
Description
Comments on a group of Indigenous teenagers who use square dancing to help heal from the trauma of a suicide epidemic and bullying in their remote community.
Duration: 16:31.
Type 2 Diabetes in Canadian Aboriginal Adolescents: Risk Factors and Prevalence
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Shelley Spurr
Jill Bally
Carol Bullin
Krista Trinder
Journal of Pediatric Nursing, vol. 36, 2017, pp. 111-117
Description
Looks at Indigenous ancestry, family history, obesity, and hypertension as risk factors to increase type 2 diabetes among Indigenous populations.
Understanding Community Crisis Response in Isolated Indigenous Communities: A Community Portrait
Theses
Author/Creator
Kaila de Boer
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--McGill University, 2017.
Understanding Depression among Pregnant Aboriginal Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Amrita Roy
Description
Community Health Sciences Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2017.
Understanding Fall-Risk Factors for Inuvialuit Elders in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julia S. Frigault
Audrey R. Giles
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 1, March 31, 2019, pp. 13-27
Description
Study uses the social determinants of Inuit health (SDoIH) as a conceptual framework, conducts 12 semi structured interviews and participant observations to assess how factors of personal health status and conditions, personal health practices and coping skills, physical environments, social support networks, and access to health services affect older Inuvialuit adults’ likelihood of experiencing a fall.
Understanding First Nations Women's Heart Health
E-Books
Author/Creator
Linda Diffey
Lorena Fontaine
Annette S.H. Schultz
Understanding Our Past, Reclaiming Our Culture: Conceptualizing Métis Culture and Mental Health in British Columbia
Theses
Author/Creator
Monique D. Auger
Description
Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--Simon Fraser University, 2017.
Understanding Sport, Physical Activity and Wholistic Health in First Nations Youth
Theses
Author/Creator
Kieran C.T. Peltier
Description
Kinesiology Thesis (M.Sc.)--Nipissing University, 2021.
Understanding the Experiences and Processes of Health Canada's Evacuation Policy for Pregnant First Nations Women in Manitoba
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Lawford
Description
Feminist and Gender Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Ottawa, 2017.
Understanding the Impact of Indian Residential Schools on Cultural Identity: Canadian Indigenous Perspectives and Practices of Spirituality: A Qualitative Study with Storytelling as Narrative
Theses
Author/Creator
Carole L. Patrick
Description
Psychology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Saybrook University, 2017.
The Unforgotten: A Five-Part Film Exploring the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Peoples Living in Canada
Alternate Title
The Unforgotten Toolkit: An Educational Guide to Learn About, Reflect on and Dismantle Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
Build.Films
Networked Health
Ewan Affleck
Description
Five vignettes explore effects of colonialism and systemic discrimination from birth through to elderhood. Accompanied by Educational Guide. Duration: 35:51.
Unhealhty Choices: The Role of Citizenship in the Federal Government Response to Tuberculosis in Indigenous Populations 1945-2015
Theses
Author/Creator
Ginette Thomas
Description
Social Work with Specialization in Political Economy Thesis (Ph.D.)--Carleton University, 2017.
United by the Problem, Divided by the Solution: How the Issue of Indigenous Women in Prostitution Was Represented at the Deliberations on Canada’s Bill C-36
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Zoë Goodall
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 31, no. 2, 2019, pp. 232-265
Description
An analysis of the discussion regarding Indigenous sex workers during deliberations for Bill C-36, calling for the eventual abolition of prostitution in Canada. Both those for and against the proposed bill acknowledged the issue of Indigenous women in the sex trade.
"Unlike Their Playmates of Civilization, the Indian Children's Recreation Must be Cultivated and Developed": The Administration of Physical Education at Pelican Lake Indian Residential School, 1926-1944
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Braden Paeora Te Hiwi
Historical Studies in Education, Revisiting the Histories of Indigenous Schooling and Literacies, Spring, 2017, pp. 99-117
Description
Looks at the implementation of sport, exercise and recreation as part of an assimilation policy to provide character traits to the students.
Unmet Health Needs and Discrimination by Healthcare Providers among Indigenous People with Multimorbidity - A Respondent-Driven Sampling Study of an Urban Indigenous Population in Toronto, Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
George Tjensvoll Kitching
Description
Public Health Thesis (MSc) -- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2017.
Unmet Needs of Indigenous Peoples Living with HIV
Alternate Title
Rapid Response Service (Ontario HIV Treatment Network) ; no. 141
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Danielle Giliauskas]
Description
Brief overview of 58 reviews and primary studies published since 2009 which describe health disparities and lived experiences and various interventions, strategies, and programs that have been used to address unmet needs.
Unprecedented Public Health Effort Tackles Soaring TB Rates in Nunavut
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carolyn Brown
CMAJ, vol. 191, no. 36, September 09, 2019, pp. E1010-E1011
Description
Describes the planning and implementation of a mass-screening clinic in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut following the death of a young Inuk women in 2017.
Urban Indigenous Mental Wellness: Cities, Cultures, and Belonging
Theses
Author/Creator
Emma Cruddas
Description
Thesis (M.A.)--Dalhousie University, 2019.
Urbanization and Indigenous Peoples in Canada: Responses for the Questionnaire from the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Association of Friendship Centres
Description
Questions were posed about key factors driving urbanization, impacts on social, economic and cultural cohesions, discrimination, identity, recognition and culture, at risk populations, and Indigenous-led initiatives and state responses.
The Use of Technology to Improve Health Care to Saskatchewan's First Nations Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
I. Khan
N. Ndubuka
K. Stewart
V. McKinney
I. Mendez
Canada Communicable Disease Report, vol. 43, no. 6, Indigenous Health, June 1, 2017, pp. 120-124
Description
Includes discussion of pilot projects, literature review, and results of consultations with staff from the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority and physicians serving in northern communities.
Using the First Nations Medicine Wheel as an Aid to Ethical Decision Making in Health Care
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Annette Schroeter
Nicole Brunton
Kara Kakekagumick
Helen Cromarty
Barbara Linkwich
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 37, no. 2, 2017, pp. 179-191
Description
Study uses thematic and NVivo 10 analysis to review the structured interviews of 30 study participants; most participants found the Medicine Wheel to be a useful framework for health-care decision making.
Vancouver Homeless Count 2019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Homelessness Services Association of BC
BC Non-Profit Housing Association
Urban Matters CCC
Description
A total of 495 survey respondents were Indigenous, representing 39% of the population, and proportion was higher for unsheltered (46%) than sheltered (34%). Snapshot was taken March 13, 2019.
The Waiting Game: Exploring the Lived Experiences of First Nations Who Are Waiting for Housing to Determine Appropriate Policy and Planning Directions
Theses
Author/Creator
Catriona Moggach
Description
Urban Development Thesis (MPl)--Ryerson University, 2017.
Water Journey: Methods for Exploring the Research Priorities for Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Hepatitis C
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Chris Macklin
Malcolm King
Alecia Kallos
Sharon Jinkerson-Brass
Sandra Laframbiose
... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-based HIV/AIDS Research , vol. 8, Winter, 2017, pp. 44-59
Description
Details the methods used by project's research team for engaging communities and individuals affected by Hepatitis C in the development of leadership and health management strategies.
We Are Your Children, We Are Your Future: Developing Indigenous-Centred Parenting Support for Children with Mild to Moderate Anxiety
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeannine Carriere
Cathy Richardson
Cheryle Henry
Description
Discusses Indigenous family structures, factors unique to Indigenous children, contemporary examples, challenges faced by parents, and models of practice.
We Can Do Better: Housing in Inuit Nunangat
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Lillian Eva Dyck
Dennis Glen Patterson
Lynn Beyak
Gwen Boniface
Dan Christmas
Tobias Enverga ... [et al.]
Description
Discusses current conditions, consequences, contributing factors, and ways to alleviate the situation.
"We get our education from the land": Student Perspectives of Indigenous Food Sovereignty
Theses
Author/Creator
Megan Matthews
Description
Health Thesis (MA) -- Dalhousie University, 2019
What It Takes to Support a Loved One with FASD: A Photovoice Project for the CanFASD Research Network Family Advisory Committee
Alternate Title
What It Takes to Support a Loved One with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dorothy Reid
Simon Laplante
Ray Marnoch
Tammy Roberts
Jennifer Noah ... [et al.]
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 13, no. 2, Special Audiovisual Edition, 2019, p. [14]
Description
Caregivers supporting a family member with FASD speak about their experiences, challenges, and resiliency.
What it Takes...
Duration: 10:19