E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Office of the Auditor General of Canada
[Glenn Wheeler
Maria Pooley
Sébastien Bureau
Adnan Hakim]
Description
Audit focused on the Department’s two Indigenous labour market programs: the Aboriginal Skills and Employment Training Strategy and the Skills and Partnership Fund. Covers period between 1 April 2010 and 31 December 2017.
Star House Pole from Old Massett, Haida Gwaii, Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Pitt River Museum
The State of Affairs for Cardiovascular Health Research in Indigenous Women in Canada: A Scoping Review
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephanie A. Prince
Lisa A. McDonnell
Michele A. Turek
Sarah Visintini
Amy Nahwegahbow
... [et al.]
Canadian Journal of Cardiology, vol. 34, no. 4, 2018, pp. [437]-449
Description
Looks at the lack of research on Indigenous women health and its impact.
StatsUpdate: 2018 Nunavut Food Price Survey
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical data compares prices for 11 items to Canadian average.
StatsUpdate: Labour Force, Annual Average for 2017
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
2 statistical tables including definitions and notes.
StatsUpdate: Police-Reported Crime Statistics, 2017
Data » Tables
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical data for crime severity index and crime rate in Nunavut, Canada as a whole, as well as each of the provinces and other territories.
StatsUpdate: Police-Reported Violent Crimes, 2017
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Bureau of Statistics
Description
Statistical data of crime victims, by sex of victims and by province/territory.
Stories from the First Mile: Digital Technologies in Remote and Rural Indigenous Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Nations Innovation and First Mile Connectivity Consortium
Stories of Oka: Land, Film, and Literature
E-Books
Author/Creator
Isabelle St-Amand
Stories of Survival and Revenge from Inuit Folklore: Traditional Story Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inhabit Education
Description
Geared toward Grades 7 to 10. The three stories are: :Nuliajuk, Kaugjagjuk, and Nanurluk.
A Storytelling Approach to Second-Generations Survivors of Residential School: The Impact and Effects
Theses
Author/Creator
Ti7na Lósi Shannon McDonald
Description
Social Work Thesis (M.S.W.)--University of Victoria, 2018.
Structures of Indifference: An Indigenous Life and Death in a Canadian City
E-Books
Author/Creator
Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Adele Perry
Success and Sustainability: Understanding Aboriginal Businesses in the Agriculture Sector--Winter 2018
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Description
Topics include agricultural traditions, characteristics and performance of businesses, and current challenges and future opportunities for growth and development. Results of report based on ten in-depth interviews with business owners.
Supporting First Nations, Métis & Inuit Students Transitioning from First Nations Schools to Provincial Schools: A Resource Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ontario Native Education Counselling Association (ONECA)
Description
Provides information about select resources in the areas of education policies, commissions and inquiries, supportive organizations, fostering success, learning about culture, language and history, alternative secondary schools, Indigenous institutes, and supporting health lifestyles.
Supporting Indigenous Families in the Cree Territory: Lessons from the  Mashkûpímâtsît Awash Initiative
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Faisca Richer
Emilie Robert
Michèle Boileau-Falardeau
Anne-Lou McNeil Gauthier
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 109, no. 5-6, December 2018, pp. 710-716
Description
Examines the successes of a culturally appropriate early childcare and development program and challenges in implementing home visits in three communities in Québec; stresses the importance of hiring local Indigenous female family support workers (FSW) to provide culturally safe programming and outreach services.
Supporting Indigenous Students: A Critical Analysis of the Sociocultural Context of Nursing Education
Theses
Author/Creator
Kay E. Vallee
Description
Nursing Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2018.
The Supreme Court's Indian Residential Schools Cases: The Beatings Continue
Alternate Title
Supreme Court's IRS cases
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thomas L. McMahon
Description
Discussion of 8 cases:
R. v. O'Connor, 1995
John Doe v. Bennett, 2004
Gardypie v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
H.L. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
Cloud v. Canada (Attorney General), 2005
Blackwater v. Plint2005
E.B. v. Order of the [Roman Catholic] Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia,2005
Canada (Attorney General) v. Fontaine, 2017
Survey of First Nations Child Welfare Agencies across Canada: Budgets, Operations, and Outputs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Helaina Gaspard
Description
Results from 63 agencies (57%). Objective was to establish baseline of costs, identify cost drivers, and gain an understanding of current context. Study was conducted between September 25 and November 22, 2017. Includes questionnaire.
The Sweat Lodge Ceremony: A Healing Intervention for Intergenerational Trauma and Substance Use
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Teresa Naseba Marsh
David C. Marsh
Julie Ozawagosh
Frank Ozawagosh
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, 2018, p. Article 2
Description
Provides qualitative evidence of the benefits of integrating traditional Indigenous healing practices -- in particular the sweat lodge ceremony -- into the Western treatment model, Seeking Safety.
Syllabics: A Successful Educational Innovation
Theses
Author/Creator
John Stewart Murdoch
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--The University of Manitoba, 1981.
Taitsumanialuk, les collections de l’Arctique canadien et du Groenland dans les musées français au XIXe siècle
Alternate Title
Taistumanialuk, the Arctic Collections from Canada and Greenland in Nineteenth century French Museums
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gwénaële Guigon
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 42, no. 1, Arctic Collections and Museology: Presentations, Disseminations, and Interpretations, 2018, pp. 87-115
Description
Article offers a historical perspective on the cataloguing and description of various undocumented Arctic artifacts in French Museums.
Taking the “Aboriginal Perspective” Seriously The (Mis)use of Indigenous Law in Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Fraser Harland
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 16/17, no. 1, 2018, pp. 21-50
Description
Article examines Supreme Court of Canada decision in the landmark case to see to what extent judges gave equal weight to Indigenous legal traditions.
Legislation and Cases Cited:
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Constitution Act, 1867,
Constitution Act, 1982,
Forest Act, R.S.B.C. 1996
Royal Proclamation (1763)
Tales from the Tenant: The Quest for Housing in a Colonized Country
Alternate Title
Finding Housing Off Reserve with Jim & Ella
Finding Housing on Reserve with Jim & Ella
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Francesca Fionda
Joshua Pawis-Steckley
no. 3
Description
Two comics which illustrate the challenges associated with finding adequate housing both on and off reserve.
Talking about Special Education
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC)
First Nations Schools Association (FNSA)
Description
Series of 14 information booklets. Topics include individual education plans, parents' guide to plans, speech and language therapy, attention deficit/hyperactive disorder, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, Autism spectrum disorders, gifted education, trauma-sensitive teaching, occupation therapy, physiotherapy, assistive technology, and positive behaviour interventions.
Talking Together to Improve Health: Key Informant Interviews
Alternate Title
Talking Together to Improve Health = Gi-noondidaa ji mina-maajiishkag noojimoowin
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Talking Together To Improve Health Research Team]
Description
Purpose of project was to identify principles and practices of effective and respectful engagement between First Nations communities and public health units in Northeaster Ontario. Interviewees were drawn from five organizations: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Aboriginal Engagement and Outreach, Health Sciences North/Northeastern Ontario Cancer Centre, North-East Local Health Integration Network, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, and Weeneebayko Area Health Authority.
Teacher Guide: Beyond 94: Truth and Reconciliation in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ian McCallum
Description
For use with the CBC website which tracks progress on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action in child welfare, education, language and culture, health, justice and reconciliation.
Teaching Aboriginal Education : Responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action for Early Childhood Classrooms
Theses
Author/Creator
Danielle Desjardins
Description
Education Graduating Paper (MEd) -- University of British Columbia, 2018.
Teaching History for Truth and Reconciliation: The Challenges and Opportunities of Narrativity, Temporality, and Identity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James Miles
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 53, no. 2, Spring, 2018, pp. 294-311
Description
Contends history educators are especially implicated in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action through their responsibility to teach Indigenous and Canadian history, including the injustices of settler colonialism. Identifies three challenges of teaching history for truth and reconciliation and suggests strategies for reframing these challenges as opportunities.
Technology and Inuit Identity: Facebook Use by Inuit Youth
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Alexander Castleton
AlterNative, September 2018, pp. 228-236
Description
Article interviews students from the Arctic college in Iqaluit to explore how they use the social network, Facebook. Discusses the relationship between technologies and Inuit identity and argues that, like other contemporary cultures, Indigenous cultures are dynamic and integrating and evolving with modern technologies.
Their Voices Will Guide Us: Student and Youth Engagement Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Charlene Bearhead
Description
Teacher's resource for educating students about the important role Indigenous women fulfill in their families, communities, and nations, the impact of the high levels of violence experienced by women and girls and how this violates their Treaty, Constitutional, and human rights. There are seven focus areas under each age group (ESC-Grade 4, Grades 5-8, and Grades 9-12): foundational learning, inquiring minds, resources, themes, finding their voices, sharing the message and inspiring change; and sample activities.
There Is No Question of American Indian Genocide
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Melissa Michal Slocum
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 1-30
Description
Article introduces the special edition on the genocide of Indigenous Peoples in the Americas; the author examines the way that international definitions of genocide actively work to exclude Native Americans and works to redefine the term from a Haudenosaunee perspective.
There Is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children’s Art from Indian Residential and Indian Day Schools: Inkameep Indian Day School
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Legacy Art Gallery, University of Victoria
The Third Space
Alternate Title
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, Lecture 3
[2018 CBC Massey Lectures]
[Ideas with Paul Kennedy]
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Tanya Talaga
Description
Tanya Talaga, prize-winning journalist and author of Seven Fallen Feathers delivers the the third of the 2018 Massey Lectures in Vancouver.
Talaga discusses Indigenous kinship structures and the way in which colonial laws have created a disconnect between Indigenous peoples and their communities and cultures.
Duration: 53:59
“This Story Needs a Witness”: The Imbrication of Witnessing, Storytelling, and Resilience in Lee Maracle’s Celia’s Song
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura J. Beard
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 30, no. 3-4, Fall-Winter, 2018, pp. 151-178
Description
Examines themes of testimony, trauma, storytelling, and witnessing in Maracle’s novel; discusses the role that narrating and observing can play as a means of collaborating in the decolonization of settler systems and violence.
Thomas Crosby and the Tsimshian of Port Simpson, 1874-1897
Theses
Author/Creator
Clarence R. Bolt
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1981.
Those Who Run in the Sky: Novel Study
Alternate Title
Inuktut Titiqqiriniq
E-Books
Author/Creator
Department of Education, Government of Nunavut
Description
Story about a young Inuit shaman who finds himself in the world of the spirits and must master all his powers to make his way home.
Thule Culture Adaptations on the South Coast of Baffin Island, N.W.T. (Volumes I and II)
Theses
Author/Creator
George Sabo
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--Michigan State University, 1981.
Thunder Bay Police Services Board Investigation: Final Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Murray Sinclair
Description
Investigation came about due to complaints by leaders from Nishnawbe Aski Nation, Grand Council Treaty 3 and the Rainy River First Nations that the Board was not responding to deaths and race-based violence against Indigenous peoples.
To Dream Together: Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights Dialogue Report
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ontario Human Rights Commission
Tool Box: First Nations Parental and Community Involvement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
First Nations Education Council (FMEC)
Description
Makes suggestions for promoting involvement through support, communication, training, and parents' committees.
Topographic Analysis of the Dorset Occupation at Phillip's Garden, Northwestern Newfoundland: Implications for Dwelling Numbers, Forms, and Site Settlement
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christina Robinson
Patricia J. Wells
Arctic Anthropology, vol. 55, no. 1, 2018, pp. 48-62
Description
Discusses expanded understanding of the social life at the Phillip’s Garden Settlement during Dorset occupation of the area.
Toward a Shared Future: Canada's Indigenous Peoples and the Oil and Gas Industry
Alternate Title
2018 Economic Report Series (Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers) ; book 4
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP)
Description
Discusses the evolving relationship between the industry and Indigenous peoples, gives examples of successful initiatives, and makes recommendations to the Government of Canada for facilitating future development.
Toward a Successful Shared Future for Canada: Research Insights from the Knowledge Systems, Experiences and Aspirations of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Description
Report draws on the findings of 28 knowledge synthesis reports, and insights from exchanges between researchers and leaders from Indigenous communities and the public, private and non-profit sectors. Results are listed under six themes: Indigenous research; arts, language and culture; teaching and learning; community and social well-being; economic self-determination and business; self-governance, Indigenous law and resource rights.
Towards the Development of a Culturally Sensitive, Empowerment-Based Sexual Assault Resistance Model for Anishinaabe Women
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle M. Hrynyk
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--Laurentian University, 2018.
Traces / Re-Traced: Reconstructing Identity: An Interdisciplinary Exhibition
Theses
Author/Creator
Bernard Leroux
Description
Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design Thesis (MFA)--Ontario College of Art and Design, University of Toronto, 2018.
Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Practices for Environmental Sustainability
Alternate Title
New Directions in Sustainability and Society
E-Books
Author/Creator
Dan Shilling
Gregory Cajete
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Kyle Whyte
Simon Ortiz ... Priscilla Settee ... [et al.]
Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Polar Bears in the Northern Eeyou Marine Region, Québec, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brandon J. Laforest
Julie S. Hébert
Martyn E. Obbard
Gregory W. Thiemann
Arctic, vol. 71, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 40-58
Description
A summary of 15 semi-directed interviews with Cree and Inuit Elders, conducted in June of 2012 regarding climate change and the health of polar bears. Participants unanimously agreed on the reality of a warming climate and a prolonged ice-free season, but differed by community in their perception of the health of the polar bears
Traditional Storytelling: An Effective Indigenous Research Methodology and its Implications for Environmental Research
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ranjan Datta
AlterNative, vol. 14, no. 1, March 2018, pp. 35-44
Description
Author uses two case studies one in Bangladesh and the other in Saskatchewan to provide the importance of storytelling as a research method.
The Trail of Stress
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arthur W. Blue
Meredith A. Blue
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 1, no. 2, 1981, pp. 311-327
Description
Survey of Aboriginal university students and their experience with stress.
Transforming First Nations Health Care in British Columbia: An Organizational Challenge
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Stephen Wilmot
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 9, no. 1, January 2018, p. article 4
Description
Looks at the formation of the First Nations Health Council, First Nations Health Directors Association, and the First Nations Health Authority and identifies issues that need to be addressed in order for the tripartite system to function effectively.