A comprehensive document covering all new, and ongoing Aboriginal initiatives, services, and programs currently taking place at Simon Fraser University.
Website promotes national and international Aboriginal health research that is relevant to the well-being of Aboriginal communities, with a focus on prevention of HIV/AIDS, gender and domestic violence, and diabetes and related conditions.
Arctic, vol. 66, no. 3, September 2013, pp. 279-290
Description
Study conducted between 2007 and 2010 consisted of 105 semi-directed interviews with residents of 11 communities in the Kivalliq and Qikiqtaaluk regions. Since killer whale population appears to be on the rise, perceptions of the animal and its consumption of subsistence species has implications for marine ecosystem management.
Canadian Journal of Education, vol. 36, no. 2, Indigenous Education: Pathways to (Re)membering, 2013, pp. 4-33
Description
Looks at author's journey to remain true to Indigenous knowledge traditions while doing research and using traditional teaching tools used in Anishinaabe literary.
East Asia-Arctic Relations: Boundary, Security and International Politics ; paper no. 5
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
P. Whitney Lackenbauer
James Manicom
Description
Suggests the intersection of Asian and Canadian interests in the arctic are convergent and makes recommendations for Canada to safeguard its interests to enhance cooperation and sustainable development.
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 60, December 2013, pp. 11-17
Description
Overview of the quality of water in Aboriginal communities and interviews Grandmothers about the nature of water, its meaning and the importance of water to Aboriginal women.
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.
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 58, no. 4, Winter, 2013, pp. 526-546
Description
Recommends curriculum which supports a learning climate involving teachers critically assessing their own power, privilege, biases, and misconceptions.
Research Report Crime Prevention among Indigenous Peoples: An Exploration of Opaskwayak Restorative Justice
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
John Hansen
Darlene Lanceley
Description
A discussion on the decolonization through Indigenous justice programs and the use of Indigenous knowledge to foster crime prevention among Indigenous youth.
Analyzes losses from the deaths of four people from Fort Hope and Lansdowne House to determine the economic and social losses of the families and how long the losses will be felt.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 1, Special Issue: Pathways to Property: The Northern Governance and Economy, 2013, pp. 32-34
Description
Overview of panel presentation by students at the Northern Governance and Economy Conference. Presentation was part of their final assignment for 2012.
Study examines the philosophy and practice of expressive therapies for trauma and links to Aboriginal culture, experiential learning, spirituality and creative arts.
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 23, no. 4, Special Issue: Exploring the Governance Landscape of Indigenous Peoples and Water in Canada, Spring, 2013, pp. 1-18
Description
Looks at Inuit uses and relationships with the river.
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 27, no. 1, 1990, pp. 52-65
Description
Examines the contentious role of oral histories in ethnohistorical reconstruction and discusses how six elderly individuals living in the Yukon used named locations in space to talk about past events.
Discusses a research methodology that provides opportunity for non-Indigenous researchers to be connected to the cultural, political, and social meanings and understandings of Indigenous knowledge.