Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 33, no. 1, January 2011, pp. 187-194
Description
Discusses how First Nations children on reserves receive less child welfare funding than other children in Canada despite the fact that First Nations children have higher child welfare needs.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 6, no. 1, 2011, pp. 114-125
Description
Looks at the relationship between cannabis use in aboriginal youth and a positive identification with their CPS (Child Protection Services) caseworker.
Residents gathering for a hearing of the Carrothers Commission at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
Working with Communities and the Private Sector in the Canadian Arctic
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Sangita Sharma
Erin Mead
Joel Gittelsohn
Lindsay Beck
Cindy Roache
Description
Program combined store-based and community-based activities which promoted healthy eating and physical exercise. Describes project and outcomes, and discusses implications for research, policy and practice.
Chapter from Population Health Intervention Research Casebook.
Scroll to p. 36.
Empowering Communities to Support School Nutrition
Population Health Intervention Research Casebook
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Rhona Hanning
Kelly Skinner
Michelle Gates
Allison Gates
Len Tsuji
Description
Project was a collaboration with the communities of Fort Albany, Kashechewan and Attawapiskat First Nations and involved three distinct programs designed to address high rates of obesity and low diet quality.
Chapter from Population Health Intervention Research Casebook.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 4, April 2011, p. 7
Description
Highlights two Métis shows featured by the CBC, ê-miywahkamikahk and Wahkootowin, to celebrate the year after the year of the Métis.
Article found by scrolling to page 7.
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal , vol. 183, no. 10, July 12, 2011, pp. 1147-1154
Description
Discusses various factors associated with injection drug use and the transition to injection drug use to inform the development of prevention programs and policies.
One image of a series of 9 images numbered QC-3693-3 to 11 of Mistusenni rock, now under water at Diefenbaker Lake. Mistusenni, a 400 ton glacial erratic, 14 feet high, 79 feet in circumference, was sacred to the Cree and Plains Indians. Attempts to remove the rock failed. Fragments were used to construct a monument for historic site marker near Elbow. Seen in various images, CFQC Staff Wally Stambuck, Jeff Howard and Zenon Pohorecky.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 17-42
Description
Explores the relationships, through policy, between the Canadian state and urban Aboriginal peoples focusing on the cities of Thompson and Brandon, Manitoba.
Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jessica Dempsey
Kevin Gould
Juanita Sundberg
Description
Advocates for promotion of private property ownership as opposed to collective ownership as the path to poverty reduction.
Chapter 12 from Rethinking the Great White North: Race, Nature, and the Historical Geographies of Whiteness in Canada edited by Andrew Baldwin, Laura Cameron and Audrey Kobayashi.
Chief Bruno meeting with councillors [of the Carrothers Commission] at Rae, N.W.T. which was studying the future directions of government in the Northwest Territories.
Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of Chief Red Pheasant aiding in the escape of John Applegarth, Farm Instructor, and Applegarth's wife from Red Pheasant reserve. Caption: "Chief Red Pheasant and his brother tried to prevent further bloodshed in the Eagle Hills district by warning local Indian officials to flee south to safety."
From the book Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion by Blair Stonechild and Bill Waiser.
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 31, no. 1, 2011, pp. 1-16
Description
Contends that childcare is an essential service needed in post-secondary institutions and should be considered as important as other tools for learning.
Looks at key themes which emerged from year long consultations with Aboriginal communities, Aboriginal Children's Aid Societies, service providers and organizations.