Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert Harding
Canadian Journal of Communication, vol. 35, no. 1, 2010, pp. 85-108
Description
Compares newspaper coverage of the deaths of two Aboriginal children while in care. One was placed by provincial authorities, the other by the Xyolhemeylh agency of the Stó:lö Nation. Survey looked at stories in the National Post, Vancouver Sun, Province, Abbotsford Times, Chilliwack Times and Mission City Record.
A Dene First Nation’s Community Readiness Assessment to Take Action against HIV/AIDS: A Pilot Project
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Linda Larcombe
Albert McLeod
Sarah Samuel
Jennifer Samuel
Michael Payne ... [et al.]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Description
Northlands Denesuline First Nation (NDFN) identified the need to revisit their level of knowledge and preparedness for responding to the increasing rates of HIV; article describes the use of a community readiness assessment tool (CRA) to evaluate current readiness levels and guide planning for culturally appropriate interventions and programmes.
Dene Laws = Mek’éé Dene Ts’ı̨lı
Alternate Title
Nahe Náhodhe – Our Way of Life
Documents & Presentations
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Dehcho First Nations
Description
Elders' brief descriptions of nine rules to live by.
Dene Medicine: An On-the-Land Healing Resource for Dene Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Dene Nation
Description
Lists uses, location, harvesting, medicinal properties, preparation, and Elder's teachings for each plant.
"The Department is Going Back on These Promises": An Examination of Anishinaabe and Crown Understandings of Treaty
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brittany Luby
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 30, no. 2, 2010, pp. 203-228
Description
Comments on Treaty 3, using both Anishinaabe and Euro-Canadian sources.
Le Dépistage des Retards de Développement Chez les Jeunes Enfants d’une Communauté des Premières Nations
Alternate Title
[Detecting Developmental Delays in Young Children of a North American Indian Community]
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carmen Dionne
Suzie McKinnon
Jane Squires
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 2, 2010, pp. 117-123
Description
Study used a sample of 12 teachers involved with 213 Mohawk children between the ages of 29-60 months who attended the Step by Step Child and Family Center of Kahnawake, Quebec. Goal was to assess the Ages and Stages questionnaire as a culturally appropriate tool to recognize young children at risk for social or emotional difficulties.
Article in French.
Design and Implementation of a Dental Caries Prevention Trial in Remote Canadian Aboriginal Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rosamund Harrison
Jacques Veronneau
Brian Leroux
Trials, vol. 11, 2010, p. article no. 54
Description
Looks at the importance of community collaboration in conducting random trials for dental caries in Aboriginal children.
Design of Forest Tenure Institutions: The Challenges of Governing Forests
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Ilan Vertinsky
Marty Luckert
Description
Provides analysis of the current challenges that forest governance systems face, and articulates options that might improve the systems and help them respond to current and future challenges facing the forest sector.
Designing, Producing and Enacting Nationalisms: Contemporary Amerindian Fashions in Canada
Alternate Title
[The Force of Fashion in Politics and Society: Global Perspectives from Early Modern to Contemporary Times]
[The History of Retailing and Consumption]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Cory Willmott
Description
Argues that incorporating traditional elements into modern designs has produced an expression of "intertribal nationhood".
Chapter eight from The Force of Fashion in Politics and Society: Global Perspectives from Early Modern to Contemporary Times edited by Beverly Lemire.
The Desire to Crunch Bone: Daniel David Moses and the "True Real Indian"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rob Appleford
Canadian Theatre Review, no. 77, Winter, 1993, pp. 21-26
Description
Looks at the issue of "Indianness," perceptions of what is appropriate portrayal, and how a portrayal is received or understood by audiences.
Detection of Later Stage Breast Cancer in First Nations Women in Ontario, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Amanda J. Sheppard
Anna M. Chiarelli
Loraine D. Marrett
Lucia Mirea
E. Diane Nishri
et al.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 101-105
Description
Discusses the diagnosis of primary invasive breast cancer between First Nations and non-First Nations women, and the need for screening programs aimed at detecting breast cancers earlier.
Developing a Cultural Safety Intervention for Clinicians: Process Evaluation of a Pilot Study in the Northwest Territories
Theses
Author/Creator
Karen Edohai Blondin Hall
Developing a More Culturally Appropriate Approach to Surveying Adverse Childhood Experiences among Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Alexander Luther
Description
Public Health and Health Systems Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Waterloo, 2019.
Developing a Policy to Address Anti-Indigenous Racism in Health Care
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle J. Buchholz
Description
Public Policy Thesis (MPP)--Simon Fraser University, 2019.
Developing Aboriginal Tourism: Opportunities and Threats
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barry Parker
Tourism Management, vol. 14, no. 5, October 1993, pp. 400-404
Description
Discusses the benefits and pitfalls that tourism can bring to Aboriginal people.
Developing Community eHealth: Starting the eHealth Discussion with BC First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tripartite First Nations Health Plan
First Nations Health Directors Association
Description
Identifies challenges and opportunities in six areas: accountability reporting burden; access to services; fragmented health record; service referrals; connectivity and infrastructure; and interoperability.
Developing Injury Prevention Indicators for First Nations Children & Youth in Canada
E-Books
Author/Creator
Ian Pike
Rose-Alma J. McDonald
Alison Macpherson
Phat Ha/Melissa Deleary
Looee Okalik ... [et al.]
Developing Legal Frameworks for Urban Aboriginal Governance
Alternate Title
Aboriginal Policy Research Series (Institute on Governance)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Bradford W. Morse
Aboriginal Policy Research
Development of a Framework of Improved Childbirth Care for First Nation Women in Manitoba: A First Nation Family Centred Approach
Theses
Author/Creator
Wanda Phillips-Beck
Description
Community Health Science Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Manitoba, 2010.
The Development of Indigenous Higher Education: A Comparative Historical Analysis Between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.S., 1880-2005
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Roger Geertz González
Patricia Colangelo
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 49, no. 3, 2010, pp. 3-23
Description
Comments on the lag regarding higher education completion for Indigenous peoples in these countries and the reasons for this lag.
The Development of the Kainai Peacemaking Centre
Graduate Research Projects & Papers
Author/Creator
Kelly Marvin Tail Feathers
Description
Integrated Studies Project (M.A.)--Athabasca University, 2010.
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Developmental and Cultural Assets and Resilient Outcomes in First Nations Young People in Care: An Initial Test of an Explanatory Model
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Katharine M. Filbert
Robert J. Flynn
Children and Youth Services Review, vol. 32, no. 4, 2010, pp. 560-564
Description
Study focuses on resilience among 97 Canadian First Nations youth living in out-of-home care using criterion variables and predictor variables.
Deviant Constructions: How Governments Preserve Colonial Narratives of Addictions and Poor Mental Health to Intervene into the Lives of Indigenous Children and Families in Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sarah de Leeuw
Margo Greenwood
Emilie Cameron
International Journal of Mental Health & Addiction, vol. 8, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 282-295
Description
Argues that current interventions into child welfare are a continuation of past patriarchal attitudes and actions which in turn have produced unhealthy families and communities.
DEW Line Passage: Tracing the Legacies of Arctic Militarization
Theses
Author/Creator
Stacey A. Fritz
Description
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2010
DFO Makes the Worst of a Good Situation
Alternate Title
Department of Fisheries and Oceans Makes the Worst of a Good Situation
Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 6, September, 2010, p. 5
Description
Discusses the problems caused by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans incorrectly estimating several fish runs.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Diabetes amongst the Métis Nation of Alberta
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jason R. Randall
Larry Svenson
Dean Eurich
Amy Colquhoun
Marie Varughese ... [et al.]
Description
Reports statistics for occurrence, treatment, complications, prevalence, incidence, and distribution of diabetes-related medications.
Diabetes and Aboriginal Vision Health = Le diabète et la santé oculaire des Autochtones
Articles » General
Author/Creator
A. Paul Chris
Canadian Journal of Optometry, vol. 72, no. 4, August 2010, pp. 8-16
Description
Looks at eye health recommendations for people with diabetes.
Entire issue on one pdf. To locate article, scroll to page 8.
Diabetes Prevalence, Incidence and Mortality in First Nations and Other People in Ontario, 1995–2014: A Population-based Study using Linked Administrative Data
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer D. Walker
Morgan Slater
Carmen R. Jones
Baiju R. Shah
Eliot Frymire ... [et al.]
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 192, no. 6, February 10, 2020, pp. E128-E135
Description
Study uses health services and population data from Ontario for the 20-year period between 1995 and 2014. Data analysis indicates that while prevalence of diabetes has decreased overall, First Nations people and especially First Nations women continue to see higher rates than others. Authors recommend the implementation of culturally relevant prevention and treatment strategies
Diagnosis as a Naming Ceremony: Caution Warranted in Use of the DSM-IV with Canadian Aboriginal Peoples
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Danika Overmars
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 78-85
Description
Discusses the similarities and differences between the use of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders," and an Aboriginal naming ceremony used by the Coast-Salish people in British Columbia.
DIAMA: Digitizing the Inuit and Aboriginal Media Archive
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
DIAMA (Digitizing the Inuit and Aboriginal Media Archive)
Description
DIAMA preserves archives by cleaning, reformatting, digitizing and uploading materials collected since the 1970's. The website is searchable by language/culture, topic and location.
Diet Quality in Canada: Policy Solutions for Equity
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dana Lee Olstad
Norman R.C. Campbell
Kim D. Raine
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 191, no. 4, January 28, 2019, pp. E100-E102
Description
Authors note that Canada’s new Healthy Eating Strategy does not address social determinants of health (childhood environments, gender, Indigenous status, income, education and occupation) as root causes of poor diet quality; they suggest that a reduction of diet inequities will require policy change.
Dietary Adequacy of Inuit in the Canadian Arctic
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
B.N. Hopping
E. Mead
E. Erber
C. Sheehy
C. Roache
S. Sharma
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 23, no. Supplement 1, 2010, pp. 27-34
Description
Study found inadequate intakes of several essential nutrients, as well as reliance on non-traditional food and concluded that nutrition intervention was needed prevent diet-related chronic disease.
Dietary and Lifestyle Factors of Diabetes in Inuit of Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Saghar Sefidbakht
Description
Dietetics and Human Nutrition Thesis (M.Sc.)--McGill University, 2010.
Dietary Patterns and Incident Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in an Aboriginal Canadian Population
Theses
Author/Creator
Jacqueline Kathleen Reeds
Description
Nutritional Sciences Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2010.
A Difficult Journey: How Participation in an Indigenous Cultural Helper Program Impacts the Practice of Settler Social Workers Supportiing Indigenous Service Users
Theses
Author/Creator
Jane Slessor
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW)--University of Calgary, 2019.
Digital Differences: The Impact of Automation on the Indigenous Economy in Canada
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Diversity Institute
Description
Statistics on self-employment and vulnerable employment by industry and province/territory, skill gaps, top three industries with highest percentage of jobs at risk, and differential risk from automation for Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous workers.
Digital Directions: Towards Skills Development and Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in the New Economy
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tata Consultancy Services
Description
Discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by Indigenous businesses as a result of economic shifts created by changes in technology.
Digital Ethics and Reconciliation: Digital Ethics Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Karine St-Onge
Description
Report offers 26 recommendations for library staff and researchers seeking to decolonize their services in regards to collaborative research with Indigenous communities, the products of that research, and previously acquired archival materials. Multiple case studies included; majority are Canadian, but also includes cases from Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and the United States.
Dimensions of Social Inclusion and Exclusion in Yukon 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Westfall
Description
Statistics on personal and community assets and access to necessities. Variables include income, education, health, housing, employment, etc.
Disability Research Project 2018-19: Final Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Raissa Graumans
Description
Discusses yearlong community-based project undertaken by Saskatchewan First Nations Family and Community Institute, QBOW Child and Family Services and Nechapanuk Centre Child and Family Services. Highlights the need for building a stronger continuum of care and core recommendation is that agencies focus on programming, partnerships, and building capacity before, during and after a child comes into care.
Disaggregated Demographic Data Collection British Columbia: The Grandmother Perspective
E-Books
Author/Creator
Kasari Govender
Discourses of Blame: An Analysis of Media Coverage in the Robert Pickton Case
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jori Dusome
INvoke , vol. 6, Gangs, Violence Against Women, and Medicine, 2020, pp. [14-29]
Description
Analyzes 29 articles from two highest circulation newspapers in British Columbia The Province and The Sun using four theoretical frames: pathological deviant; the Madonna and whore; spatialization of disordered behavior and deviant people; and single deranged male.
Discovering Indigenous Lands: The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies
E-Books
Author/Creator
Robert J. Miller
Jacinta Ruru
Larissa Behrendt
Tracey Lindberg
Discrimination Against First Nations Children with Special Healthcare Needs in Manitoba: The Case of Pinaymootang First Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Luna Vives
Vandna Sinha
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 10, no. 3, January 14, 2019
Description
Article presents findings of a research conducted in collaboration with Pinaymootang First Nation between 2015 and 2017; researchers use formal and informal interviews to detail the barriers and subsequent impacts faced by First Nation children with special needs and their caregivers in seeking healthcare services.
Discursive and Mediatic Battles in Thomas King's Green Grass, Running Water
Theses
Author/Creator
Carlos Eduardo Meneghetti Scholles
Description
Modern Foreign Literatures [?]--Universidade Federal do Grande do Sul, 2010.
Discussing Portraiture, Representation and the Social Consequences of Photography: A Photographic Conversation Between Jeff Thomas and Edward S. Curtis
Alternate Title
Picturing Children and Youth: A Canadian Perspective
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Zoe Koke
Description
Discusses the interconnectivity between past and present in photographs by Jeff Thomas and Edward S. Curtis.
Discussion Paper: Aboriginal Policing Issues: A Comparison of Canada and Australia
Alternate Title
Working Paper (Solicitor General of Canada) ; no. 1993-26
E-Books
Author/Creator
Les Samuelson
Description
Focuses is on reserve policing issues, trends, programs and policies.
A Discussion Paper: Ending Sexual Violence and Sexual Exploitation in First Nation Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tracy Antone
Edward A. Connors
Carol Hopkins
Brenda Restoule
Estelle Simard
Description
Discusses the impacts of colonization, and the need for approaches that incorporate cultural values, survivor-centric models, restorative justice, and Indigenous laws.
Dismantling the Master's House: The Feminist Fourth Cinema Documentaries of Alanis Obomsawin and Loretta Todd
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer L. Guathier
Post Script , vol. 29, no. 3, Indian Cinema, Summer, 2010, pp. 27-[?]
Description
Discusses impact two women filmmakers have had on the National Film Board of Canada's productions and their re-imagining of western cinematic traditions.
Displacement, Housing and Homelessness in Northern Manitoba Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
C. Lee Anne Deegan
Marleny M. Bonnycastle