Open Women's Health Journal, vol. 4, What We Have Known About Community Characteristics, Birth Outcomes and Infant Mortality among Aborig, 2010, pp. 55-61
Description
Assesses birth outcomes and infant mortality, by neighborhood socioeconomic status, among First Nations and non-First Nations in Manitoba.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 12, December 2009, p. 17
Description
Comments on a home built by high school students in Saskatoon, who are enrolled in the Construction Technology Pathway program, and the partners that helped bring such a project to fruition.
Article located by scrolling to page 17.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 11, November 2009, p. 5
Description
Author reflects on Remembrance Day ceremonies, Inherent/Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, social issues and the FSIN election.
Article located by scrolling to page 5.
Canadian Social Work Review , vol. 26, no. 1, 2009, pp. 25-41
Description
Compares coverage of the deaths of two children, one Aboriginal and one non-Aboriginal. Four newspapers were surveyed: Globe and Mail, National Post, Winnipeg Free Press and Telegram (St. John's).
No Action, No Progress: FAFIA’s Report on Canada’s Progress in Implementing the 2008
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action
Description
"Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action Report on Canada's Progress in Implementing Priority Recommendations Made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2008".
Assessment focuses on developing a community profile of the local food system in order to provide a base for capacity building for food related security initiatives.
Related material: Appendices.
B.C. CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women] Group
Description
Contends that the Government of British Columbia stands in violation of its obligations under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Canadian Issues, Journeys of a Generation: Broadening the Aboriginal Well-Being Policy Research Agenda, Winter, 2009, pp. 53-58
Description
Comments on the optimism and hopefulness of Aboriginal youth despite the challenges such as poverty, discrimination and tokenization that they face.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 53.
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--Himachal Pradesh University, 2009.
Focuses on Lee Maracle's Daughters Are Forever and Ravensong, and Beatrice C. Mosionier's In Search of April Raintree and In the Shadow of Evil.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 28-37
Description
Looks at the social work policies and practices with Aboriginal children and families and explores ways to develop better social work services for Aboriginal communities that would affirm and support traditional ways.
INALCO 2009, Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference, Orality (Paris, 2006)
Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Anja Nicole Stuckenberger
Description
Comments on the combination of materiality and spiritual essence of Inuit objects and the integration of Western models of living into tradition Inuit ways.
Paper from Orality in the 21st Century: Inuit Discourse and Practices. Proceedings of the 15th Inuit Studies Conference edited by B. Collingnon and M. Therrien.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 4, no. 1, 2009, pp. 57-65
Description
Looks at a personal narrative about a community-based project that explores perceptions, beliefs and experiences regarding mental health and healing from an Indigenous perspective.
Pediatric Clinics of North America, vol. 56, no. 6, Health Issues in Indigenous Children: An Evidence Based Approach for the General Pediatrician, December 2009, pp. 1239-1242
Description
Discusses different factors to consider when addressing health inequities.
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Judie Bobb
Rian van Bruggen
Shylah Elliott
Lyda Fuller
Mira Hache ... [et al.]
Description
Results of interviews or focus group sessions with 205 women (66 in the Northwest Territories, 66 in Yukon and 73 in Nunavut). Fifty-three percent were Inuit, 30 percent First Nations, 10 percent Caucasian, 5 percent Inuvialuit, 1 percent Métis, and 1 percent immigrant.
Chapter 4.5 of Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau ... [et al.].
Canadian Social Trends, no. 90, Winter, 2010, pp. 49-56
Description
Study examines factors that may be associated with participation in extracurricular activities. Data taken from the children and youth section of the 2006 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS).
Looks at data from a participatory action research project to identify and analyze current and future ethical needs associated with conducting psychological research with Aboriginal youth.
Examines the political, social, and economic influences on First Nation and Métis youth’s attitudes toward higher levels of education and career planning; and looks at some of the institutional and policy structures that support or hinder the ability of First Nation and Métis youth to finding pathways that will lead to sustained employment.
Canadian Diversity=Diversitié canadienne, vol. 7, no. 3, One Path, Many Directions: The Complex and Diverse Nature of Contemporary Aboriginal Reality, Fall, 2009, pp. 85-92
Description
Discusses epidemiology, cost to society and individuals, government commitment, risk factors and socio-economic inequities.
Scroll down to page 85 to read article.
Child Abuse & Neglect, vol. 34, no. 1, 20th Anniversary of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), 1989-2009 (pt.2), January 2010, pp. 57-69
Description
"This paper examined the relative influence of clinical and organizational characteristics on the decision to place a child in out-of-home care at the conclusion of a child maltreatment investigation."
Annual report outlining strategies and actions for economic development, employment, child well-being, land claim obligations and improvement of programs and services.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 12, no. 8, August 2009, p. 13
Description
Comments on the annual event held to remember victims of the sex trade and to enable those who cared about them the chance to share stories about their loved ones.
Article found by scrolling to page 13.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 8, August 2010, p. 14
Description
Brief profile of Father Andre Poilievre, who runs the Str8 Up support group for criminals who are working towards a better life.
Article found by scrolling to page 14.