Delves into the ancient history as well as the colonial era of the Scowlitz Band using existing records and original interviews with community members.
Journal of Material Culture, vol. 16, no. 4, Special issue: Materializing identities, December 2011, pp. 416-428
Description
Examines the conflicting ways in which artifacts and cultural heritage of First Nations are understood and how contradictory positions are to be reconciled.
"This report is intended to provide BC First Nations with some insight into the approach and models that can be considered to implement these rights with respect to specific projects in traditional lands".
Global Encounters Initiative, University of British Columbia
Itineraries of Exchange: Cultural Contact in a Global Frame March 4-6, 2010 University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Media » Film and Video
Description
Chief Councilor of the Hupacasath Nation shares her story, place of being and knowledge about ceremonies, designs on Ceremonial Curtains and her own Ceremonial Curtain.
Duration: 1:03:13.
Natural Resources Forum, vol. 34, no. 2, May 2010, pp. 106-123
Description
Identifies perceptions of the risks and benefits of the shellfish aquaculture tenuring system, and presents the results of 56 interviews conducted with individuals involved
in shellfish production in BC.
Brief video based on children's book of the same name which tells the story of a young girl taken from her family and sent to residential school.
Duration: 6:05.
Canadian Theatre Review, vol. 148, Fall, 2011, pp. 25-31
Description
Describes initiative undertaken by Twin Fish and urban ink theatre groups in Williams Lake, British Columbia. Project involved youth in the development of a short play entitled Damed if You Do, What it Don't as part media and performance training.
Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, vol. 35, no. 2, Service Delivery to First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada: Part 1, Spring, 2011, pp. 198-205
Description
Comments on the difficulties and differences that may cause Aboriginal students to struggle with Standard English.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 7, no. 1, Social Networks and Health, March 2011, pp. 42-54
Description
Looks at the Sts’ailes Primary Health Care Project, a participatory community-academic research partnership, that provides programs and services to identify and meet the primary health care and wellness needs of the Aboriginal clients who reside in the region.
Frank Paul Inquiry: William H. Davies, Q.C. Commissioner Appointed under the Public Inquiry Act, S.B.C., 2007, c.9
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
A. Cameron Ward
Neil Chantler
Description
Inquiry looked into circumstances surrounding the death of a Mi'kmaq man who was removed from Vancouver Police Department lock-up, left in an nearby alley and subsequently died of exposure and hypothermia.
Documentary focuses on 20 year history of the annual women's memorial march for missing and murdered women, and the personal stories of residents of the neighbourhood. Based on a concept developed by the Downtown Eastside Power of Women Group.
Duration: 32:54.
International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, vol. 24, no. 2, June 2010, pp. 163-179
Description
Presents research that looks into the characterization of social capital and the use of community-indicators to forecast specific social and economic outcomes for new mining projects.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 86-95
Description
Looks at a framework incorporating Aboriginal culture and traditions, based on the "Métis List of Rights", to reclaim the rights and responsibilities for the care and well-being of Aboriginal children.
Handbook was produced by the University of Victoria to facilitate the move from an Indigenous Adult and Higher Learning Association Institute to a post-secondary institution in a larger urban center.
Society & Natural Resources, vol. 24, no. 4, April 2011, pp. 368-383
Description
Looks at tensions that exist between traditional First Nations values and the values of a commercial forestry operation by examining the experiences of the Tl'azt'en First Nation.
Canadian Journal of Public Health, vol. 101, no. 1, January/February 2010, pp. 83-86
Description
Looks at a case study to identify areas where future discussion is needed to improve the understanding and meaning of knowledge translation in Aboriginal health research.
UBC Undergraduate Journal of Art History, no. 1, November 1, 2010, pp. [1]-11
Description
Discusses the exhibition which consists of twelve signs situated on unceded land on the grounds of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Point Grey campus of the University of British Columbia.
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, Health and Well-being, 2011, pp. 1-12
Description
Examines the shift towards equal partnership between federal, provincial and First Nations governments in British Columbia regarding health care services and implications for the rest of Canada.
[Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples to Canadian Identity and Culture, Volume 2]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
David Smith
Description
Excerpt from Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples to Canadian Identity and Culture, vol. 2 edited by Cora J. Voyageur, David R. Newhouse, and Dan Beavon.