Canada's History, vol. 97, no. 2, April/May 2017, pp. 64-66
Description
Reports on a large concentration of inuksuit at Cape Dorset and also includes an excerpt from, An Intimate Wilderness: Arctic Voices In A Land Of Vast Horizons.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 5, no. 1, Food (In)security in Northern Canada, April 2017, pp. 69-70
Description
Looks at interviews with over 100 people working in the mining sector in the Yukon Territory and their spouses to understand how they manage shift cycles that come with work of this type.
Briefly defines rights, explains rights of Status and Non-Status Indians and Métis people, and discusses conservation, public and safety rules, and where to get help if charged with a harvesting offence. Information specific to British Columbia.
Third edition.
Developed to assist British Columbia First Nations with agreement-in-principle (AIP) approvals and ratification votes as part of the treaty negotiation process.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, 1983, pp. 27-50
Description
Historical review of the Iroquois and the continuing dispute over inherent sovereign rights from the signing, in 1784, up to the appeal at the United Nations in 1945.
Provides information on services such as needle and syringe programs, safer drug services, and opoid substitution therapy (e.g. methadone) and naloxone.
Canadian Catholic Historical Association. Study Sessions, vol. 50, 1983, pp. 609-630
Description
Looks at the first federally sponsored study, A Survey of the Contemporary Indians of Canada, which purported to assess the conditions of First Nations people in all regions of Canada.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 46, November 20, 2017, pp. e1408-e1409
Description
Highlights Saskatoon Health Region's external review into allegations of Indigenous women being coerced into having tubal ligations, and the interim report on the death of Brian Sinclair, who was ignored for 34 hours in a Winnipeg hospital's emergency department.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 24, no. 1, 2017, pp. 30-60
Description
Study conducted in collaboration with Anishnawbe Health Toronto involved six men and ten community healers. Discusses social constructions of masculinity and how they affect help-seeking behaviours and mental health outcomes.
Northwest Territories Research Project Report for Territorial Stakeholders: Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Report for Territorial Stakeholders
Rural and Northern Community Response to Intimate Partner Violence
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Pertice Moffitt
Heather Fikowski
Description
Study focused on identifying the needs of women, gaps and associated challenges in service provision, and strategies for developing non-violent communities. It took place over the course of five years and involved individual interviews and focus groups with RCMP, community health nurses, shelter and victim services workers, counsellors and social workers.
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty 3
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty No. 3
Hearty Co-operation and Efficient Aid, the Metis and Treaty Three
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David T. McNab
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, 1983, pp. 131-149
Description
Reviews the Metis role in the negotiations of Treaty 3 and disputes Treaty Commissioner Alexander Morris' statement that the Metis had a persuasive influence.
Explores how teachers engaging with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action, teach about residential schools, how students understand themselves as Canadians while learning the history, and how classrooms can become a space for reconciliation.
Overview of presentations from four sessions: Kora Sessions from Aotearoa New Zealand; Respecting the Land and Identities; Creating Consensus and Engagement; and Indigenous Design: Tools, Methods and Processes.
Investigation into the disappearance and murdered women on highway 16 in northern British Columbia known to the locals as the highway of tears.
Duration 39:12.
BC Studies, no. 57, British Columbia a Place For Aboriginal Peoples?, Spring, 1983, pp. 24-37
Description
Looks at historical aboriginal property relations between two Tsimshian villages, pre-contact use of land and resources and Tsimshian social structure.
American Anthropologist, vol. 119, no. 3, September 2017, p. 448–463
Description
Describes methods and initial results for documenting history of cultural landscapes at three sites in British Columbia: Hauyat, Laxgalts’ap (Old Town) and Dałk Gyilakyaw (Robin Town).
Canadian Historical Review, vol. 98, no. 4, Winter, 2017, pp. 641-674
Description
Focuses on three aspects of the Commission's research: the fact that the Commission had its origins in litigation, the methodological issues concerning collection of archival documents and survivors' statements, and that the narrative does not pay a great deal of attention to differences within the system.
Gathered information on traditional concepts of retirement and how they could be applied in contemporary contexts, and how employees could be culturally supported as they transition from the work force.
Where Am I Going to Go?: Intersectional Approaches to Ending LGBTQ2S Youth Homelessness in Canada & the U.S.
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Saewyc
Brooke Mounsey
Jessica Tourand
Dana Brunanski
David Kirk … [et al.]
Description
Uses data collected as part of the 2014 BC Homeless & Street-Involved Youth Survey. Three types of analysis were done: descriptive data, compared Indigenous LGBTQ2S to their heterosexual Indigenous peers, and to non-Indigenous LGBTQ2S youth.
Arctic, vol. 70, no. 4, December 2017, pp. [349]-364
Description
Compares scope and depth of literature developed within the three geographic areas, identifies key themes from findings, highlight gaps, and suggests areas for further investigation.