Discusses factors affecting the way questions were answered by identified Aboriginal Canadians in the National Household Survey and the Aboriginal Peoples survey. Recommends using caution with data from statistics gleaned from standard sources.
Eight part podcast and slideshow about an unsolved 27 year old murder that took place along the Highway of Tears near Prince Rupert, B.C. and the investigation by lead investigator Gary Kerr.
Episodes run between 35:00 - 45:00 minutes. Includes transcripts.
Northern Public Affairs, vol. 4, no. 2, The Right to Free, Prior & Informed Consent, May 2016, pp. 42-49
Description
Looks at two examples of free, prior and informed consent evolving in Canadian law: the Saugeen Ojibway Nation in Ontario, and the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Alberta.
Reports on six-year partnership to improve reading and writing skills for grade six students in two Ontario First Nations' schools. Initial phase (2010-2014) was followed by a sustainability phase (2014-2016).
Comparative investigation reveals that declines have been recorded in total volume and per capita availability of wild foods in most settlements compared to the early 1980s.
Ethnohistory, vol. 63, no. 3, July 2016, pp. 519-540
Description
Looks at the Battle of Seven Oaks between a coalition of Métis and North West Company forces and a party of Scottish settlers and Hudson's Bay Company personnel.
Recommendations developed in areas education and training, economic development, programs and services, traditional materials/medicines, support services and staff, terminology and evaluation.
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, vol. 28, no. 4, 2016, pp. 291-313
Description
Examines the impact of and relationships between therapeutic providers and Indigenous sexual offenders. Therapists provided through the Working Alliance Inventory.
Discusses project undertaken at Charlebois Community School in Cumberland House, Saskatchewan to connect curriculum content and Ministry outcomes with Indigenous science and ways of knowing in secondary science courses.
Critical Public Health, vol. 26, no. 4, 2016, pp. 381-393
Description
Using personal interviews to examine the historical treatment of tuberculosis and how it impacts contemporary treatment and experiences for Indigenous populations.
The First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 11, no. 2, Special Issue: The Sixties Scoop and Indigenous Child Welfare, 2016, pp. [19]-30
Description
Discusses the unique situation regarding health care needs and sociocultural experiences of Aboriginal veterans in hopes of providing better services and programs.
Norman Zepp narrates introduction to unique collection of 250 works of art from the Historic, Classic and Contemporary periods. The collection includes archival material of Inuit art and artists with photographs, slides, interviews, correspondence and exhibition catalogues. Collection has been certified as Canadian cultural property recognizing the collection for its outstanding significance and national importance.
Duration:18:22.