Assesses community-based program, which provides prenatal and postnatal support to high-risk women, by examining similar programs and relevant literature.
Story of a fist-time mother who consults two sources for information: her doctor for scientific view of birth and her grandmother for nurturing and traditional support.
For use with Healthy Pregnancy: Jenny's Story: Student Activities.
Includes links to: articles, stories of survivors, video clips, order form for book Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust, and documentary Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's Genocide.
Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Jino Distasio
Gina Sylvestre
Susan Mulligan
Description
Chapter 6.3 from: Finding Home: Policy Options for Addressing Homelessness in Canada edited by J. David Hulchanski, Phillippa Campsie, Shirley B.Y. Chau, Stephen H. Hwang, Emily Paradis.
Looks at Haida artwork, specifically on houses of the village of Skidegate, and the hunt to uncover the mystery of the Chicago Settee.
Duration: 56.27.
Harm Reduction Journal, vol. 5, no. 35, November 19, 2008
Description
Cohort composed of 529 individuals residing in Vancouver, British Columbia. Found that Aboriginal participants were more than two times as likely to be infected with disease.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 13, no. 5, May 2010, p. 9
Description
Discussion of the anniversary celebration for the longest standing church in Saskatchewan located in Stanley Mission.
Article found by scrolling to page 9.
Discusses the linkage between the frontier culture and alcohol abuse, and the higher rates of consumption among Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals in Alaska and Northern Canada.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 126-136
Description
Outlines various responses to trauma and race-based traumatic stress suffered by Indigenous peoples as a result of government policies geared towards assimilation, and discusses how self-governed nations with connection to culture and spirituality can result in better outcomes for Indigenous peoples.
Brief discussion of Terrance Houle and Trevor Freeman's performance piece Portage which references Canada's treatment of Métis and First Nations peoples.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
Eagle Feather News, vol. 11, no. 7, July 2008, p. 16
Description
Promotes June as Aboriginal History Month to profile First Nations and Métis heritage, history, and cultural contributions to Canadian society.
Article located by scrolling to page 16.
Discusses the history non-native social workers within Aboriginal communities and the beginning of First Nations' control of child welfare.
Duration: 7:11.