Holistic Urban Aboriginal Educational Communities
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Michelle Freeman
Danielle Alphonse
Description
Looks at strengthening the Aboriginal graduation rate by creating a hub model around the community.
Hospitals as a 'Risk Environment': An Ethno-epidemiological Study of Voluntary and Involuntary Discharge from Hospital Against Medical Advice Among People Who Inject Drugs
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ryan McNeil
Will Small
Evan Wood
Thomas Kerr
Social Science & Medicine, vol. 105, March 2014, p. 59–66
Description
Examines the experiences of drug user patients in hospital settings and the social, structural, and environmental factors that contribute to self discharge.
The Hours That Remain by Keith Barker: Study Guide
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Angela Code
Description
Provides historical background about issues relating to the play about the murdered and missing women from the "Highway of Tears", a section of highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia.
"How Do I Put That Away" [Part 2]
Alternate Title
[Indian Residential School Personal Stories]
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Hazel Squakin
Description
Presents a First Nations Elder speaking about her experience with residential schools and the impact on her life.
Access Part 1.
Duration: 6:22.
I Heard the Band Office Call My Name: Louie V. Louie
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rob Louie
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2019, pp. 201-226
Description
Examines the case of Wayne Louie, who sued the chief and council of the Lower Kootenay Band over fiduciary responsibilities.
Identity Through A Journey With Our Ancestors
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie Loreen Hunt
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.
Implementation of Marker-Assisted Selection in BC Forests: Perception Survey
Theses
Author/Creator
Chelsea Darshan Nilausen
Description
Forestry Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.
Improving the Economic Success of Urban Additions to Reserves: Stage 1: Identifying Success Factors in Urban First Nations
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Fiscal Realities Economists
Description
Assesses economic and fiscal benefits for urban reserves and neighboring municipalities located in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, and New Brunswick.
Stage 2 Report: Economic and Fiscal Benefits Generated in Urban ATRs .
Improving the Health of Indigenous Peoples: What's in a Partnership?
Alternate Title
Indigenization Speaker Series
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Evan Adams
Description
Presentation by the Deputy Provincial Medical Officer, Dr. Evan Adams, whose mandate is to improve and monitor the health of the British Columbia's First Nations people.
Duration: 1:13:23.
In Quest of Indigeneity, Quality, and Credibility in Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Canada: Problematic, Contexts, and Potential Ways Forward
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jerald Paquette
Gerald Fallon
Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, no. 165, October 29, 2014, pp. [1]-35
Description
Answers questions relating to Aboriginal education, what it should be and how it should differ from mainstream education. Uses British Columbia as an example.
In the North, For the North: Post-Secondary Education in the Provincial North
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William R. Morrison
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 55-64
Description
Looks at the work of the University of Northern British Columbia which opened in 1994 as a precursor to the University of the Arctic.
[Indigenous Communities, Sex Work and Self-Determination]
Alternate Title
The F Word
Media » Sound Recordings
Author/Creator
Sarah Hunt
Description
Activist argues that rather than rely on Canadian law, the principles of Indigenous law, with their emphasis of reciprocal relationships, should be used to support sex workers' safety and agency.
Duration: 34:12.
Indigenous Engagement and Cultural Safety Guidebook: A Resource for Primary Care Networks
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Cultural Safety Attribute Working Group
Description
Focuses on four components: building relationships and partnerships with communities and Indigenous health service organizations, policies and mechanisms to promote culturally safe care, education, training and performance review, and obtaining feedback from patients.
Indigenous Equity Data
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Rachel Wuttenee
Description
Examines the how the City of Vancouver collects data on overdose rates, substance use, and mental health and wellness in the Indigenous population and inequities related to accessibility to quality health services.
Indigenous Food Safety and Security: Community Adaptations in the Wake of Climate Pressures
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Leela Steiner
Casey Neathway
Description
Examines six safety issues based on measures taken or planned to be taken by communities in their efforts to ensure food security: smokehouse construction, gardening using tires planters, greywater for irrigation purposes, traditional preservation techniques, treated timber planter boxes, and hydroponic growing systems.
Indigenous Interventions at Klahowya Village, Xʷay'Xʷəy Vancouver/Unceded Coast Salish Territory
Alternate Title
Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Selena Couture
Description
Chapter in Recasting Commodity and Spectacle in the Indigenous Americas edited by Helen Gilbert and Charlotte Gleghorn.
Looks at tourist encounters and knowledge transmission.
Indigenous Law 2018: Year in Review
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Norton Rose Fulbright [Canada LLP]
Description
Summarizes decisions which spoke to the relationship between Aboriginal title claims and fee simple title, the duty to consult and injunctive relief.
Indigenous Nationhood and Herring Governance: Strategies for the Reassertion of Indigenous Authority and Inter-Indigenous Solidarity Regarding Marine Resources
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Suzanne von der Porten
Jeff Corntassel
Devi Mucina
AlterNative, vol. 15, no. 1, March 2019, pp. 62-74
Description
Examines the interactions between coastal Aboriginal nations in British Columbia, Canada and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) around the West Coast herring fishery as a site cultural resurgence, nationhood, solidarity, and Indigenous sovereignty.
Indigenous Repatriation Handbook
E-Books
Author/Creator
Jisgang Nika Collison
Sdaahl K’awaas Lucy Bell
Lou-ann Neel
Description
A manual to support communities and museums that are in the beginning stages of planning for the return of cultural properties to their home nations in BC and at national and international levels. Includes case study of repatriating Haida ancestral remains.
Injection Drug Users, Aboriginality, and HIV: A Postcolonial Glance from a Strong Ally
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John P. Egan
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, vol. 2014, no. 142, Health and Wellness Concerns for Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual Minorities, Summer, 2014, pp. 37-47
Description
Looks HIV/Aids within the context of Canadian reserve system, effects of Indian Residential schools, and risky behaviors.
Innovations in First Nations Health: Exploring the Effects of Neoliberal Settler Colonialism on the Treaty Right to Health
Theses
Author/Creator
Rita Merrick
Description
Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2019.
An Inquiry into the Stories of First Nations Fathers and Their Path to Fatherhood: A Narrative Analysis Conducted with Kwakwaka’wakw Fathers
Theses
Author/Creator
Tanille Johnston
Description
Social Work Thesis (MSW) -- University of Victoria, 2019.
Inscribed on the Landscape: Stories of Stone Traps and Fishing in Laxyuup Gitxaała
Theses
Author/Creator
Naomi H. Smethurst
Description
Anthropology thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia (Vancouver), 2014.
An Interview with Tania Willard on Beat Nation, Indigenous Curation and Changing the World Through Art
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jarrett Martineau
Tania Willard
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 1, Indigenous Art, Aesthetics and Decolonial Struggle, 2014, pp. 218-224
Description
Discusses how young Indigenous artists are using hip hop as a form of storytelling and reinvention of older traditions into new forms of expression.
Introduction to Human Resources Management in First Nations' Early Childhood Development and Care Programs
Alternate Title
Introduction to Human Resources Management in First Nations' ECDC Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
BC Aboriginal Child Care Society (BCACCS)
Description
Provides generic information for both employers and employees and addresses issues specific to First Nations settings.
Is B.C. Getting it Right?: Moving Toward Aboriginal Education Success in British Columbia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jo-ann Archibald
DeDe DeRose
Education Canada, vol. 54, no. 3, [Aboriginal Student Success], Summer, 2014, p. [?]
Description
Highlights approaches that have contributed to the increased graduation rate of 3 percent per year for the past 3 years.
The Journey of a Ts'msyen Residential School Survivor: Resiliency, Healing, and Citizenship
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Kamala Elizabeth Nayar
‘Liyaa’mlaxha [Leonard Alexcee]
BC Studies, no. 183, Autumn, 2014, pp. 63-87
Description
Main content is personal narrative of man from Port Simpson who attended Port Alberni Indian Residential School for four and a half years.
K’esu’: The Art and Life of Doug Cranmer
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carolyn Butler Palmer
BC Studies, no. 181, Spring, 2014, pp. 155-156
Description
Book review of K'esu' by Jennifer Kramer with Gloria Cranmer Webster and Stolen Roth.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 155.
Kindergarten Transitions II: A Scan of Existing Supportive Programs for Aboriginal Children and Families in British Columbia: Final Paper
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Wendy Beaton
Linda McDonell
Description
Scan based on questionnaire sent to 14 programs, one of which was on-reserve.
Landscapes and Social Transformations on the Northwest Coast: Colonial Encounters in the Fraser Valley
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
R. Scott Sheffield
BC Studies, no. 182, The Great War, 2014, pp. 227-228
Description
Book review of Landscapes and Social Transformations on the Northwest Coast by Jeff Oliver.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 227.
Language for Life: Nourishing Indigenous Languages in the Home
E-Books
Author/Creator
Britt Dunlop
Suzanne Gessner
Aliana Parker
Language Nest Handbook:for B.C. First Nations Communities
E-Books
Author/Creator
First Peoples' Cultural Council
Language Revitalization and Colonization : Decolonizing Language Revitalization
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
April Iris Charlo
Khelsilem Rivers
Description
First part of presentation is April Iris Charol discussing concepts such as ownership, developing consciousness and the way words are interpreted.
Second part of presentation is Khelsilem Rivers discussing how colonization shaped identity and indigenous lanaguages.
Duration: 1:56:23.
Learning from Lost Lives: Examining the Calls for Justice for Police from the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laurence Rankin
Jennie Gill
Description
Vancouver Police Department's response outlines present and future initiatives. Discusses recruitment practices, strengthening community relations, culturally appropriate and gender-neutral policy, practices and procedures, increased training in cultural competence and trauma informed responses, review of investigative practices and future directions.
Learning to Talk to the Land: Online Stewardship in Taku River Tlingit Territory
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Christine Schreyer
Jon Corbett
Nicole Gordon
Colleen Larson
Decolonization, vol. 3, no. 3, Indigenous Land-Based Education, 2014, pp. 106-133
Description
Article describes a web-based participatory mapping tool(https://trt.geolive.ca/) which combines ideologies of stewardship with place names and stories.
[Legal Expert Jack Woodward Discusses Aboriginal Title Rights vs Private River Power in BC]
Alternate Title
Jack Woodward: Legal Expert: Aboriginal Title and Rights in BC
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Jack Woodward
Damien Gillis
Description
Discusses Tsihqot'in decision where Aboriginal title was proved for an area of 200,000 hectors in British Columbia.
Duration: 37:45.
Legends of Vancouver: 100th Anniversary Edition; Pauline Johnson: Selected Poetry and Prose
Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Carole Gerson
BC Studies, no. 183, Autumn, 2014, pp. 158-160
Description
Book reviews of:
Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson, introduction by Sheila Johnston.
Pauline Johnson edited by Michael Gnarowski.
Entire book review section on one pdf. To access these reviews scroll to p. 158.
Lessons for Indigenous Property Reform: From Membership to Ownership on Nisga'a Lands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sari Graben
University of British Columbia Law Review, vol. 47, no. 2, 2014, pp. 399-442
Description
Looks at the results of the conversion of Nisga's First Nations lands to individual ownership.
Lessons From a Case Study of Aboriginal and Canadian Justice Coexistence in Vancouver
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Ted Palys
Richelle Schaefer
Yana Nuszdorfer
Justice as Healing, vol. 19, no. 4, 2014, pp. 1-8
Description
Looks at the creation of Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Services (VATJS) and the development of a Downtown Community Court (DCC) to service chronic offenders in an area of Vancouver.
Leveraging Aboriginal Tourism Legacy Benefits from the 2010 Olympics: A Case Study of Whistler
Theses
Author/Creator
Andreas Tize
Description
Resource and Environmental Management Project (MRM)--Simon Fraser University, 2014.
Lighting Fires: Re-Searching Sexualized Violence with Indigenous Girls in Northern Canada
Theses
Author/Creator
Anna Chadwick
Description
Child and Youth Care Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2019.
Focuses on the Sisters Rising project.
Little Bear's Vision Quest: Reader's Theatre
Documents & Presentations
Description
Activity promotes reading fluency by having children read parts in the script.
Lost in the Shadows: How a Lack of Help Meant a Loss of Hope for One First Nations Girl - Investigative Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Description
This review details the failure of health professionals and physicians to identify and report a child in need of protection.
Lyell Island (Athlii Gwaii) Case Study: Social Innovation by the Haida Nation
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susanne von der Porten
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 38, no. 3, 2014, pp. 85-106
Description
Discusses the blockade held in 1985 in order to stop logging on the land.
Maintaining the Integrity of Indigenous Knowledge; Sharing Metis Knowing Through Mixed Methods
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Peter Hutchinson
Carlene Dingwall
Donna Kurtz
Mike Evans
Gareth Jones
Jon Corbett
International Journal of Critical Indigenous Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-14
Description
Using a participatory research methodology, study looks at health promoting benefits of hunting and harvesting activities.
Managing the Forgotten North: Governance Structures and Administrative Operations of Canada's Provincial Norths
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ken Coates
Carin Holroyd
Joelena Leader
Northern Review, no. 38, Political and Economic Change in Canada’s Provincial North, 2014, pp. 6-54
Description
Review of government structures and regional operations in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec.
“Many Families of Unseen Indians”: Trapline Registration and Understandings of Aboriginal Title in the BC-Yukon Borderlands
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Glenn Iceton
BC Studies , no. 201, Spring, 2019, pp. 67-91
Description
Article uses the Kaska Dena claim to Aboriginal title as a case study to examine the nuanced effects of the trapline registration policies in British Columbia on Indigenous rights.
Memorandum: Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women Legal Strategies
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Katherine Long
Alessandra Hollands
Description
Discusses possible legal avenues for addressing the issue of violence. Includes both domestic and international instruments and cites specific cases.