Report looks at events surrounding the death of a two-and-a-half month old infant and the services provided to the infant and family. Concludes with recommendations for the Tribal Council Health and Family Services and provincial social agencies to change policies and processes when at-risk children have been identified.
Aboriginal Policy Studies, vol. 6, no. 1, 2016, pp. 1-2
Description
Introduction to issue featuring articles on self-identification in Canadian census, gang violence, gambling research, and the University of Regina and Vancouver's Urban Aboriginal Housing and Wellness Strategy.
Annual Report of the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario ; 2016
Follow-Up Reports on Value-for-Money Audits, Annual Report 2016, Volume 2
E-Books
Author/Creator
Auditor General of Ontario
Description
Chapter 3 section 3.02 of the Follow-Up Reports on Value-for-Money Audits, Annual Report 2016, Volume 2. Committee recommendations and detailed status of actions.
Contends that all Canadians should be interested in the Final Report, the Executive Summary and the Calls to Action produced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 161, July 2016, pp. 19-26
Description
Study notes that while racial inequalities exist in both the United States and Canada, the magnitude of these inequalities as well as the racial groups affected by them, differ between the two countries.
Documents on Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security ; no. 8
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shelagh D. Grant
Description
Examines the government's decision to move 92 Inuit to two locations on uninhabited and inhospitable High Arctic islands as a way to assert Canadian sovereignty in the region.
Overview of documents published in Canada, Greenland, Australia and New Zealand focusing on provisions related to collective consent, guidelines for storing human biological material and other data, and Indigenous peoples' rights to this data.
Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Sevan Nadin
Mary Lou Kelley
Holly Prince
Maxine Crow
Description
Discusses the palliative care program developed by the community through the Improving End-of-Life Care in First Nations research project. Evaluation looks at implementation (resources, essential activities, participants, and services), accountability/success indicators, and value of the program. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected via Weekly Client Tracking Forms, questionnaires, focus group/interviews, and program documents.
Discusses the Northern Aboriginal Broadcasting program, the Canada-Territorial Cooperation Agreements on Aboriginal Languages, and support for National Aboriginal Day activities.
Independent civilian observer's mandate was to evaluate Montreal police force's investigation into allegations of sexual violence and abuse of power by the provincial police.
Study included interviews with 141 individuals who had been in the contact with the program, experts in the field of Indigenous youth social development and sport programming, document and literature review, analysis of financials, and seven case studies with youth to examine program impact.