National online survey was conducted in September, 2016 and had a sample of 521 Indigenous and 1,529 non-Indigenous respondents.
Results for individual provinces and regions can be found here.
Research Program of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robert A. Milen
Description
Looks at options for participation in legal and political institutions, including examples from New Zealand and Scandinavia, and initiatives at the provincial level.
Survey conducted online between March 22 and April 29, 2019, with stratified samples of 682 Indigenous and 695 non-Indigenous youth (ages 16 to 29), distributed across the 10 provinces and three territories.
Related material:
Detailed Data Tables: Indigenous Youth.
Study period was 2007-2012. Standardized cancer incidence and mortality rates were estimated by Métis status, top four cancer sites, and all cancers combined.
Study consisted of a literature review, ten interviews, and four case studies: Tłı̨chǫ All‐season Road Project, Hope Bay Mining Ltd, Offshore Oil and Gas Strategic Environmental Assessment, and Adams Lake Cumulative Effects Land Use and Management Assessment
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Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol. 63, no. 1, Spring, 2017, pp. 1-20
Description
Using interviews with Indigenous high school students to discuss the influences to the their educational experiences and what can be learned from those students' voices.
The Cooperative Commonwealth Federation Government and the Formation of the Union of Saskatchewan Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James M. Pitsula
Prairie Forum, vol. 19, no. 2, Fall, 1994, pp. 131-151
Description
Discusses key reasons for the formation of the Union of Saskatchewan Indians in 1946, the predecessor to the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 44, November 06, 2017, pp. e1352-e1359
Description
Study interpretation concluded that deaths were occurring at an alarming rate, particularly young women or those using injection drugs. Argues that these results reflect intersections of current and historical injustices, substance use and barriers to care.
Non-profit, national organization developing and implementing solutions for environmental issues affecting First Nations lands and resources. Website contains links to full text articles in the CIER library and CIER publications and products.
Investigation examined RCMP members' conduct in six areas: public intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons reports, domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Appendices include interim report and RCMP Commissioner's preliminary review and response.
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 100, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 182-201
Description
Argues that teaching the history of residential schools in Canada requires an examination of how that history has been recorded and preserved; that this examination reveals an incompatibility between the colonial frameworks in archival institutions and structures of Indigenous knowledges. Discusses the impact of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Canadian archival practices.
Un changement de sujet : Perspectivisme et multinaturalisme dans les représentations inuit des transformations interespèces
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sean P.A. Desjardins
Études Inuit Studies , vol. 41, no. 1-2, Bestiaire inuit = Inuit Bestiary, 2017, pp. 101-124
Description
Article argues that two pre-contact Inuit artifacts, recovered from the Pingiqqalik site, depict interspecies transformation; author argues that this is evidence that interspecies relations were influenced by a cosmology rooted in multinaturalism.
American Review of Canadian Studies, vol. 47, no. 2, Makippugut (We Are Standing Up): Public Policy and Self-Determination in Nunavik, 2017, pp. 162-175
Description
Looks at the evolution of Nunavik status as a member of the circumpolar and Canadian world, as well as the need for Quebec to adopt an Arctic policy after a history of neglect.
Topics include definition of relationship, jurisdiction, intergovernmental fiscal relationships, wealth creation, and future actions to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians.
Canadian Family Law Quarterly, vol. 36, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 171-191
Description
Discusses the crisis of the overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the child welfare system as a direct consequence of the residential school system.
Arctic, vol. 72, no. 3, September 10, 2019 , pp. 229-244
Description
Study surveys 151 children 8 – 12 years old in seven schools in the Northern Slave Region of the Northwest Territories to assess their knowledge and opinion about the wolverine (gulo gulo). Children in rural areas had more knowledge of the species, and in both rural and urban communities there were negative associations with the species, but also an appreciation of their ecological role.
Examines the different definitions of Indigeneity used by the different nation-states in the Arctic regions. Finds that Russian definitions exclude large Indigenous groups (Sakha & Komi) and shows that not all Arctic Indigenous groups are included in the Arctic Council.
Of those surveyed (69), 85% were Indigenous and 57% were Indigenous females; average age for youth experiencing homelessness for the first time was 18, and most common ages were 18 and 21, which coincides with "aging out of care".
Inquest investigated the deaths of seven youths who had relocated to Thunder Bay, Ontario to complete their high school education.
2017 Report.
2018 Report
Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Martin [Marty] D. Irwin
Description
Article from 1993 Conference proceedings, discusses challenges facing municipalities and First Nations in the formation of urban Reserves.
Excerpt from Continuing Poundmaker & Riel's Quest: Presentations Made at a Conference on Aboriginal Peoples and Justice compiled by Richard Gosse, James Youngblood Henderson, Roger Carter.
File containing a newspaper article from the Globe and Mail regarding the court's underapplication of Diefenbaker's Bill of Rights, including reference to cases involving the Indian Act.