Contends that Aboriginal participation rates will lag behind the non-Aboriginal population until major reforms are executed in elementary and secondary school education and the curriculum used in Aboriginal schools.
Focuses on incidence, severity, causes, and consequences of violence, and resources available both on- and off-reserve. Qualitative data gathered through focus groups of women and key informant interviews with service providers.
Comments on the Anti-dote Multiracial Girls' and Womens'
Network that helps girls understand the impact of racism on their identity and offers coping strategies.
Contains disaggregated data for Aboriginal children in five categories: waiting children, after care plans, adoptive families, adoption placements, and transfer of custody. Fourth update to initial 2014 report Finding Forever Families: A Review of the Provincial Adoption System.
Report of investigation into factors that may have led to the suicide of an 18-year-old Métis youth who was under the care of the BC Ministry of Children and Family Development.
Comments on strategies that may be the most effective tools to help decrease suicide and suicide attempt including community wellness and cultural competence strategies.
CMAJ, vol. 189, no. 44, November 06, 2017, pp. e1352-e1359
Description
Study interpretation concluded that deaths were occurring at an alarming rate, particularly young women or those using injection drugs. Argues that these results reflect intersections of current and historical injustices, substance use and barriers to care.
Investigation examined RCMP members' conduct in six areas: public intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons reports, domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Appendices include interim report and RCMP Commissioner's preliminary review and response.
Looks at effectiveness of existing services offered for the community and for Aboriginal women and concludes that not enough gender and ethnic services are offered.
Looks at experiences of social workers in agencies providing guardianship and protective services to children and families within and outside Indigenous communities and reports how current funding arrangements affect availability of supports.
Performance Indicators Children and Youth in Care (CYIC)
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD)
Government of British Columbia]
Description
Data for Indigenous and general population on: progression by school district, appropriateness of grade, high school completion; and results of Foundation Skills Assessment for reading, writing numeracy, Grades 4 and 7.
Harm Reduction Journal, vol. 3, no. 9, March 08, 2006, p. [?]
Description
Study found that youth were more likely to test seropositive for either HIV or Hepatitis C virus (HCV) and argues that these findings demonstrate that culturally relevant, evidence based prevention programs are urgently required.
Canadian Journal of Native Education, vol. 29, no. 1, 2006, pp. 29-42
Description
Discusses the Traditional Pathways to Health (TPTH) project in which students choose a health topic of interest and produce a video to present to their community; emphasis is placed on a holistic approach to wellness.
Until Our Hearts Are on the Ground: Aboriginal Mothering, Oppression, Resistance, and Rebirth
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Margo Greenwood
Sarah De Leeuw
Description
Suggests that educating Aboriginal families in Indigenous ways of knowing and being would reduce child welfare interventions by territorial, provincial and federal governments.
Chapter from Until Our Hearts Are on the Ground: Aboriginal Mothering, Oppression, Resistance, and Rebirth edited by Jeanette Corbiere Lavell and Dawn Memee Lavell-Harvard.
Scroll down to read chapter.
Part 1: Welcome by Darren Blaney; general remarks by John Gagnon, CEO of Wawatay Native Communications Society.
Part 2: Nuxalk Radio featuring Banchi Hanuse; Siem-nu-ts-lhhwulmuhw host Natasha Bob speaks about how the program came about and its content.
Part 3: Gunargie O'Sullivan, a volunteer programmer, talked about the importance of Indigenous presence on community and campus radio stations; Doreen Manuel shared history of Secwepemc Radio.
Part 5: Talk on CiTR Indigenous Collective and the program Unceded Airwaves, presented by Lisa Girbav, Mario P
Joint Special Report: Health and Well-Being of Children in British Columbia: Report 1 on Health Services Utilization and Mortality
E-Books
Author/Creator
Child and Youth Officer for British Columbia
Ministry of Health
Office of the Provincial Health Officer
Description
Aims to use routinely collected data to better understand health and well-being outcomes for children and youth who are currently, or have been, in government care.
Discourse & Society, vol. 17, no. 2, 2006, pp. 205-235
Description
Focuses on two issues: authority over child welfare and control over land and resources by examining several flash-point issues in British Columbia's history.
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.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 41, no. 4, Fall, 2017, pp. 299-335
Description
Traces women's political activities from the 1950s through the 1970s to the Splatsín te Secwépemc child welfare bylaw and Indian Child Caravan in 1980.
Brief discussion of project which looked at effects of situating camps associated with Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project close to small and already vulnerable communities.
Comments on British Columbia and Ontario communities that worked in partnership with university researchers to develop an intervention program aimed at preventing alcohol-related birth defects in children.
Native Studies Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Native Peoples, Museums, and Heritage Resource Management, 1987, pp. 87-97
Description
Describes the evolution of the Native Youth Program, some of the challenges and benefits associated with it, and the applicability of similar projects in schools.
Developed as part of the Aboriginal Nonprofit (ANP) BC Strategy to assist service organizations in developing human resource capacity and creating workforce supports.
Social Indicators Research, vol. 79, no. 2, November 2006, pp. 191-213
Description
Surveys found differences in how the three groups ranked their quality of life; unemployed respondents ranked lower than Aboriginal respondents; the strongest predictors for life satisfaction for Aboriginal respondents were friendship and self-esteem.
Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP
Description
Investigation examined conduct relating to policing of pubic intoxication, cross-gender searches, missing persons and domestic violence reports, use of force, and handling of files involving youth.
Includes links to complaint, interim and final report, and Commissioner's response.
Found that 60% of unexpected deaths were accidental (motor vehicle crashes, overdose, downing and fire), 33% were due to suicide, and 5% were the result of homicide. Identified three key areas to prevent deaths and support wellness and well-being: connectedness to peers, family, community and culture; access to services; and culturally safe and trauma-informed care.
Investigated how two pairs of babies born at the hospital came to be misidentified and were therefore raised by their non-biological parents. Concluded that the identification process was flawed, identification band procedure was not applied consistently and bands were not placed on the babies in the room where they were delivered.