Clear Skies: A Family Violence Story
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Healthy Aboriginal Network
Zoe Hopkins
Ezra Claytan Daniels
Sean Muir
Tara Audibert
Description
Video version of graphic novel.
Duration: 15:01.
Clearing the Path to Truth: Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation and the Loss of Aboriginal Life, by James Daschuk, and the Narrative of Canadian history. A Commentary
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary-Ellen Kelm
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 26, no. 2, 2015, pp. 43-52
Description
Discusses how the work, through its examination of colonial policies, helps to contextualize the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Clearing the Plains and Changing the National Conversation: James Daschuk’s Clearing the Plains as a Work of Popular and Public History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ian Mosby
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 26, no. 2, 2015, pp. 53-59
Description
Examines the reasons why the book held interest for the general population, rather than just within academic circles.
Clearing the Plains and Teaching the Dark Side of Canadian History
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan Neylan
Journal of the Canadian Historical Association, vol. 26, no. 2, 2015, pp. 60-69
Description
Professor discusses students' responses while using the book by James Daschuk in a third-year Canadian Native History course.
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Russell S. Kirby
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 35, no. 3, Summer, 2015, pp. 312-314
Description
Book review of: Clearing the Plains by James Daschuk.
Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Wotherspoon
Canadian Ethnic Studies, vol. 47, no. 1, 2015, pp. 179-181
Description
Book review of Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of Aboriginal Life by James Daschuk.
Climate Change in the North American Arctic: A One Health Perspective
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Emily J Jenkins
Joseph P Dudley
Eric P Hoberg
Alan J Parkinson
Ecohealth, vol. 12, no. 4, 2015, pp. 713-725
Description
Looks at the effects of climate change on the wildlife, vegetation, and lifestyles on north communities.
Climate Change Influences on Environment as a Determinant of Indigenous Health: Relationships to Place, Sea, Ice, and Health in an Inuit Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Agata Durkalec
Chris Furgal
Mark W. Skinner
Tom Sheldon
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 136-137, July 2015, pp. 17-26
Description
Study suggests that while use of sea ice can result in physical injury, there are also benefits related to mental/emotional, spiritual, social and cultural health which need to be considered when discussing the impact of changing environmental conditions.
Closing Canada's Indigenous Education Gap
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Universities Canada
Description
Comments on the principles Canadian universities adopted to improve Indigenous student success.
Closing the Aboriginal Education Gap in Canada: The Impact on Employment, GDP, and Labour Productivity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Matthew Calver
International Productivity Monitor, no. 28, Spring, 2015, pp. 27-46
Description
Suggests there could be large economic gains from further investments to improve Aboriginal education.
Closing the Circle: A Case for Reinvesting in Aboriginal Child, Youth and Family Services in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU)
Description
Outlines detailed recommendations on ways to improve the Aboriginal child welfare system.
Closing the Education Gap in Canada: Assessing Progress and Estimating the Economic Benefits
Alternate Title
CSLS Research Report ; 2015-03
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Matthew Calver
CSLS Research Report
Description
Assessment of educational attainment and labour market outcomes between 2001 and 2011 and updated estimates of benefits accrued by eliminating the gap. Statistics broken down by province, sex, age, Aboriginal identity, registered Indian status, and residence on- and off- reserve.
Appendix.
Closing the Gap: Seeking Reconciliation, Advancing First Nations Well Being and Human Rights: Submission to Canada's Premiers
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Assembly of First Nations (AFN)
Description
Lists proposed commitments to address issues.
Clowning Tops Hip Hop: Reflections on Teaching at a First Nations School
Theses
Author/Creator
Susan Davis
Description
Curriculum and Instruction Thesis (M.Ed.)--University of Victoria, 2015.
The CMHR and the Ongoing Crisis of Murdered or Missing Indigenous Women: Do Museums Have a Responsibility to Care?
Alternate Title
Canadian Museum of Human Rights and the Ongoing Crisis of Murdered or Missing Indigenous Women: Do Museums Have a Responsibility to Care?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amber Dean
Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, vol. 37, no. 2-3, Caring for Difficult Knowledge: Prospects for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights , 2015, pp. 147-165
Description
Discusses whether the Canadian Museum of Human Rights has a responsibility to address the ongoing impact of Canada's colonization of Indigenous peoples, examines the controversy surrounding The Forgotten exhibition and looks at Rebecca Belmore's performance pieces Vigil and Trace.
Co-Management: The Evolution of the Theory and Practice of Joint Administration of Living Resources
Alternate Title
Annual Meeting of IASCP (International Association for the Study of Common Property) ; 2nd, 1991
TASO Research Report. Second series ; no. 1
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fikret Berkes
Peter George
Richard Preston
Description
Reviews systems of management; centralized, state level versus local-level, community based.
"Paper Presented at the Second Annual Meeting of IASCP, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Sept. 26-29, 1991."
The Coldwater Narrows Specific Land Claim: A Story of Colonization?
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Samantha Craig-Curnow
HPS: The Journal of History and Political Science, vol. 4, 2015, pp. 1-13
Description
Uses example of the Chippewas Tri-Council land claim to show the process of colonial government of Indigenous communities.
Collaborative Conservation and Contexts of Resistance: New (and Enduring) Strategies for Survival
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Anna J. Willow
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 39, no. 2, 2015, pp. 29-52
Description
Questions benefits and risks of participation in natural resource management due to the fact that the process rules were established in advance of Aboriginal participation.
Collaborative Process on Indian Registration, Band Membership and First Nation Citizenship: Report to Parliament
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations]
Description
Initiated in response to the Descheneaux decision dealing with denial of status to some members of First Nations due to sexual discrimination. Took place to seek input on implementation of removal of 1951 cut-off from the Indian Act, remaining inequities related to registration and membership and transferring responsibility for membership and citizenship to First Nations. Consisted of community consultations, online survey, regional events and expert panels.
Collaborative Public Health System Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention Among Urban Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Piotr Wilk
Martin Cooke
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 6, no. 4, September 2015, pp. 1-14
Description
Argues that collaborative or cross-sector approaches may enhance ability of public health system to address risk of chronic disease among urban Aboriginal peoples.
Collecting Contemporary Native Arts in the Boreal Forest of Western Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William A. Tracy
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 28, no. 1, Art and Material Culture of the North American Subarctic and Adjacent Regions, 1991, pp. 101-109
Description
Discusses factors that influence value and output such as provenance, market location, and producer-collector (consumer) interactions.
Collection of Documents on Gender Discrimination and the Indian Act
Web Sites » Organizations
Description
Includes legislative histories of Bill C31, its predecessors and successors, committee reports, United Nations periodic reports, reports and background information from social organizations, domestic and international challenges.
Collective Memory in Transition: Macdonald, Cornwallis and Statue Removal in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Ben McHutchion
Description
Art History Thesis (M.A) -- Queen's University, 2019.
Colonel Otter Attacking the rebels at Cut Knife Hill, North-West Territory - Sketch. - 1885.
Documents & Presentations
Description
Sketch of the battle scene between Lt.-Col. William Otter's troops and Poundmaker's men at Cut Knife Hill.
Historical note:
On 2 May 1885 Lieutenant Colonel William Otter was defeated by Poundmaker's war chief Fine-Day at the Battle of Cut Knife near Battleford, SK. A flying column of Canadian militia and army regulars was defeated by Poundmaker despite their use of a Gatling gun.Colonel Otter's Brigade Approaching the South Saskatchewan
Images » Photographs
Description
Sketch of Col. W.D. Otter's brigade of men and equipment approaching the South Saskatchewan River; tents scattered in foreground and background.
Colonial Costuming: Representations of Playing Indian in Photographs, Settler Colonialism and the Appropriation of Native North American Culture
Theses
Author/Creator
Hilkka Ingrid Forster
Description
Film and Photography Preservation and Collections Management Thesis (M.A.)--Ryerson University, 2015.
Colonial Exploitation: The Canadian State and the Trafficking of Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robyn Bourgeois
UCLA Law Review, vol. 62, no. 6, 2015, pp. 1426-1463
Description
Argues that colonialism and state's actions are responsible for Aboriginal women's vulnerability to trafficking.
[Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Stefanie Kunze
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, 2015, pp. 190-192
Description
Book review of: Colonial Genocide in Indigenous North America edited by Andrew Woolford, Jeff Benvenuto, Alexander Laban Hinton.
Colonial Legacies and Collaborative Action: Improving Indigenous Peoples’ Health Care in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lloy Wylie
Stephanie McConkey
Ann Marie Corrado
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 5, Special Issue: The Impact of Reserve and Reservation Systems on Indigenous Well-Being, November 22, 2019
Description
Research uses qualitative interviews with Indigenous and non-Indigenous health care and social services providers to examine the barriers that Indigenous people face when accessing healthcare; suggests possible strategies to improve responsiveness.
Colonial Trauma: Complex, Continuous, Collective, Cumulative and Compounding Effects on the Health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and Beyond
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Terry Mitchell
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 14, no. 2, Growing Roots of Indigenous Wellbeing, October 31, 2019, pp. 74-94
Description
Authors examine colonial traumas—Indigenous separation from land, culture, and relations—which occur as a result of ongoing and neo-colonial practices, as a determinant of Indigenous peoples’ physical and mental health.
Colonial Violence in Sixties Scoop Narratives: From In Search of April Raintree to A Matter of Conscience
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Petra Fachinger
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 115-135
Description
Author analyzes three different novels in order to provide a complex and nuanced perspective on the different ways that the ‘60’s Scoop has been treated by Indigenous authors over a prolonged period (1983-2018). Includes discussion of Beatrice Mosionier In Search of April Raintree, Robert Arthur Alexie's The Pale Indian, and James Bartleman's A Matter of Conscience.
Colonization and the Decline of Women's Status: The Tsimshian Case
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jo-Anne Fiske
Feminist Studies, vol. 17, no. 3, Fall, 1991, pp. 509-[?]
Description
Examines how the fur trade altered gender relations and enhanced the position of males relative to females.
The Colonizer & the Colonizer Who Refuses: Cultural Production and Colonial Crisis at Oka, Ipperwash, Burnt Church & Caledonia
Theses
Author/Creator
Katherine L.E. Milley
Description
Education Thesis (PhD) - University of Toronto, 2019.
[The Comeback]
Alternate Title
Ideas (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) ; February 10, 2015
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Paul Kennedy
John Ralston Saul
Hayden King
Description
Discussion centred around Saul's latest book The Comeback: How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power And Influence.
Duration: 53:59.
[The Comeback: How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power and Influence]
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Monique Giroux
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 2, 2015, pp. 258-260
Description
Book review of: The Comeback: How Aboriginals Are Reclaiming Power and Influence by John Ralston Saul.
The Commission, the Community, and the Cree Woman in the Attic: Georgina Lightning's Older Than America in Canada's Culture of Redress
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
K. L. Killebrew
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 31, no. 1-2, Spring-Summer, 2019, pp. 136-169
Description
Film criticism which discusses Lightning’s movie as an act of resistance to colonial backlash to reconciliation, and to settler narratives regarding Indian Residential Schools.
Communication Tools and Sources of Education and Information: A National Survey of Rural and Remote Nurses
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Kosteniuk
Norma J. Stewart
Erin C. Wilson
Kelly L. Penz
Ruth Martin-Misener
Debra G. Morgan
Chandima Karunanayake
Martha L. P. MacLeod
Journal of the Medical Library Association , vol. 107, no. 4, October 2019, pp. 538-554
Description
Analyzed data from a subset of responses to the cross-sectional survey "Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada II". Found that most nurses relied on online/electronic sources more often than in-person education to update their nursing knowledge.
Communities of Access: Examining Emerging Geographies of Inuit Art in Canada Through the Lens of the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Inuit Art Centre and Kenojuak Cultural Centre and Print Shop
Theses
Author/Creator
Chrys Avgi Apostolatos
Description
Art History and Visual Culture Thesis (M.A.)--University of Guelph, 2019.
Community and Commerce: A Survey of Aboriginal Economic Development Corporations in Ontario
Alternate Title
Research Report (Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business) ; Spring 2015
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB)
Environics Research Group
Description
Results based on interviews which took place between November 2014 and March 2015 with senior executives of 24 community-owned enterprises. Builds on research conducted in 2013 in Ontario, as well 2011 national survey.
Community- and Individual-level Factors Associated with Smoking and Heavy Drinking among Aboriginal People in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hmwe Hmwe Kyu
Katholiki Georgiades
Harriet L. MacMillan
Michael H. Boyle
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 2, January/February 2015, pp. 22-28
Description
Variables included: place of residence, community socio-economic status, perceived social problems, age, sex, education, income, employment, marital status, Aboriginal heritage and social support. Data from 2001 Aboriginal Peoples Survey.
Community Archival Practice: Indigenous Grassroots Collaboration at the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Krista McCracken
American Archivist, vol. 78, no. 1, 2015, pp. 181-191
Description
Case study emphasizes the importance of archival practices which follow cultural and ethical best practices and involve the community in order to correct past biases and ensure that Indigenous voices are present in the historical record.
Community-Based Management Development For Aboriginal Self-Government
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy Gibson
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 35, no. 1, 2015, pp. 33-43
Description
Describes how the band facilitator employed a community-based approach to implement the Tlicho Management Development Program.
A Community-based Participatory Research Methodology to Address, Redress, and Reassess Disparities in Respiratory Health among First Nations
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Punam Pahwa
Sylvia Abonyi
Chandima Karunanayake
Donna C. Rennie
Bonnie Janzen
Shelley Kirychuk
Joshua A. Lawson
Tarun Katapally
Kathleen McMullin
Louise Hagel
Roland F. Dyck
Mark Fenton
Vivian Ramsden
Niels Koehncke ... James A. Dosman
BMC Research Notes, vol. 8, 2015, p. article no. 199
Description
Results based on interview-based surveys and data from 874 individuals from two reserve communities in Saskatchewan.
Community-Based Participatory Research With Aboriginal Children and Their Communities: Research Principles, Practice and the Social Determinants of Health
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lola Baydala
Lia Ruttan
Jill Starkes
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 10, no. 2, Special Edition: 10th Anniversary of the Reconciliation: Touchstones of Hope For Indigenous Children, 2015, pp. [82]-94
Description
Comments on areas for improvement in Canada's performance on Aboriginal child health and wellness focusing on CBPR as a meaningful and equitable research methodology.
Community-Based Sport Research with Indigenous Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tara-Leigh F. McHugh
Nicholas L. Holt
Chris Andersen
Federacion Espanola de Asociaciones de Docentes de Educacion Fisica, vol. 28, 2015, pp. 219-224
Description
Examines the benefits of community-based research to look at the impact of sports participation for Indigenous youth and ways to enhance those sport experiences.
A Community Development Approach to Mental Health Services
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Kamin
Romeo Beatch
Northern Review, no. 7, Rural and Northern Social Work, Summer, 1991, pp. 92-111
Description
Looks at providing social services to people living in remote Arctic communities of the Northwest Territories.
Community Engagement in Environmental Assessment for Resource Development: Benefits, Enduring Concerns, Opportunities for Improvement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aniekan Udofia
Bram Noble
Greg Poelzer
Northern Review, no. 39, Consultation and Resource Development in Northern Communities: Russia, Scandinavia & Canada, 2015, pp. 98-110
Description
Looks at the benefits of getting a community involved in environmental assessment (EA) and discusses capacity, streamlining environmental assessment, and participation in resource development.
Community Perspectives on Food Insecurity and Obesity: Focus Groups With Caregivers of Métis and Off-Reserve First Nations Children
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jasmin Bhawra
Martin J. Cooke
Rhona Hanning
Piotr Wilk
Shelley L. H. Gonneville
International Journal for Equity in Health, vol. 14, no. 1, 2015, p. article 96
Description
Interviewees identified low income, reliance on energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods due affordability and length of shelf life, and lack of access to transportation and country foods as underlying causes.
Community Setting as a Determinant of Health for Indigenous Peoples Living in the Prairie Provinces of Canada: High Rates and Advanced Presentations of Tuberculosis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maria J. Mayan
Rebecca Jayne Gokiert
Tristan Robinson
Melissa Tremblay
Sylvia Abony
... [et al.]
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, June 18, 2019
Description
Paper uses qualitative description to examine the way that community settings act as determinants on tuberculosis (TB) detection and rates among Indigenous peoples. Researchers found delays in diagnosis and misdiagnosis to be high in urban centers, while issues of shame and stigma were prominent in rural and remote communities, low levels of TB knowledge were present in all communities.