History of Modern Aboriginal Law
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Bob Atkin
Sacha Paul
Description
Highlights significant court decisions which established the principles of current law.
Duration: 11:38.
HIV Prevalence Among Aboriginal British Columbians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert S Hogg
Steffanie Strathdee
Thomas Kerr
Evan Wood
Robert Remis
Harm Reduction Journal , vol. 2, no. 26, December 24, 2005, p. [?]
Description
Estimate found that 1 in every 100 Aboriginals over age 15 was living with HIV in 2001 with the majority being men, injection drug users and gay and bisexual persons.
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.
Horizontality: Tools for Integrative, Outcome Focused Community Development with First Nations Communities in British Columbia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Herman Kahlon
Description
Looks at the key tools for working on horizontal outcome focused projects; at conducting a document analysis of the legislation, policies and practices related to each tool; and developing a framework and implementation strategy to identify how the horizontal tools could be applied to produce integrated services in support of First Nations community development.
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.
Housing, Long Term Care Facilities, and Services for Homeless and Low-Income Urban Aboriginal People Living with HIV/AIDS
Alternate Title
Research Highlight (Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation)
Research Highlight. Socio-economic Series; 04-019
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Policy and Research Division]
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Description
Summary of study which conducted survey of service providers and facilities in select Canadian cities, and five individuals with the disease. Found that existing facilities were under-utilized and more culturally relevant options were needed.
Originally published in 2004, revised in 2010.
"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.
Human Versus Person: An Examination of Nature/Culture on the Northwest Coast
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Ebert
Native Studies Review, vol. 19, no. 1, 2010, pp. 29-51
Description
Looks at the relationship between nature and culture on the Northwest Coast, and also examines the contrasts between the natural and the supernatural of western and Coast Salish peoples.
Identity Through A Journey With Our Ancestors
Theses
Author/Creator
Marie Loreen Hunt
Description
Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2014.
Imagining Difference: Legend, Curse and Spectacle in a Canadian Mining Town
E-Books
Author/Creator
Leslie A. Robertson
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.
Implications of the Supreme Court Decision in the Barney (Blackwater) Lawsuit
Alternate Title
Indian Residential Schools: Implications of the Supreme Court Decision in the Barney (Blackwater) Lawsuit
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
The United Church of Canada
Description
Presents the background to the Blackwater v. Plint case, which was about the harm done to children at the Alberni Indian Residential School and the implications of this decision for the United Church of Canada.
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.
Increasing the Sustainability of a Resource Development:
Aboriginal Engagement and Negotiated Agreements
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Courtney Fidler
Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 12, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 233-244
Description
Looks at Aboriginal participation in mine development and how more inclusive social and environmental development models can support a more equitable and sustainable development. Uses the Galore Creek Project as a case study.
Scroll down to read article.
Indigenous Archaeologies: Decolonizing Theory and Practice
Alternate Title
One World Archaeology ; 47
E-Books
Author/Creator
Heather Harris
Claire Smith
H. Martin Wobst
Kerry Reed-Gilbert
Tara Million ... [et al.]
[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 Girls and Sexual Exploitation in a Rural B.C. Town: A Photovoice Study
Theses
Author/Creator
Johanne Saraceno
Description
Child and Youth Care Thesis (M.A.)--University of Victoria, 2010.
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 Leadership, Challenges, and Leadership Training
Theses
Author/Creator
Marian Kotowich-Laval
Description
Leadership and Training Thesis (M.A.)--Royal Roads University, 2005.
Indigenous Teachers: Narratives of Identity and Change
Theses
Author/Creator
Blanche Christine Stewart
Description
Education Thesis (M.Ed.)--Simon Fraser University, 2005.
Indigenous Toponyms as Pedagogical Tools: Reflections from Research with Tl'azt'en Nation, British Columbia
Alternate Title
Reflections on the Use of Indigenous Place-Names in Curriculum From Research Conducted with Tl'azt'en Nation, British Columbia
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Karen Heikkilä
Gail Fondahl
Fennia, vol. 188, no. 1, 3rd Nordic Geographics Meeting Special Issue, 2010, pp. 105-122
Description
Looks at the importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in education using Dakelh place-names as examples.
Indigenous Wholistic Theory for Health: Enhancing Traditional-Based Indigenous Health Services in Vancouver
Theses
Author/Creator
Dawn Marie Marsden
Description
Educational Studies Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of British Columbia, 2005.
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.
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.
Institutional Engagement with Indigenous Communities: The First Nations Partnerships Program and the Use of a Borderland Space
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Alan Pence
James P. Anglin
Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi
Ngoonjook, no. 34, 2010, pp. 57-71
Description
Overview of program developed by the University of Victoria and the Meadow Lake Tribal Council.
Intergenerational Survivors in BC: Options in Light of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement: Briefing Note, March 5, 2010
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Emmy Manson
Kanatiio
Description
Document was created to provide background information for potential meetings of survivors. Includes self-assessment form and guide to interpreting results.
Interior Health Knowledge Translation Casebook: Sharing Stories of Evidence-Informed Practice
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Interior Health Research Capacity Enhancement Team
Description
Presents 30 examples of evidence-informed practices from the Interior Health region of British Columbia.
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
Alternate Title
Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Richard Daly
Description
Anthropologist who was one of the expert witnesses in the land rights case involving the validity of oral history discusses the contesting viewpoints about it.
Excerpt from Our Box Was Full: An Ethnography for the Delgamuukw Plaintiffs.
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.
Investigation Has Taken Too Long, Provided Too Few Results
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Isha Thompson
Windspeaker, vol. 27, no. 10, January 2010, p. 20
Description
Brief article describing the investigation into cases of Aboriginal women who have gone missing or have been murdered in British Columbia, and the delay in solving the cases.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.20.
An Investigation into Key Market Segments for Aboriginal Tourism in Northern British Columbia, Canada
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Diana Kutzner
Pamela A. Wright
Journal of Vacation Marketing, vol. 16, no. 2, April 2010, pp. 97-110
Description
Looks at a case study on market research involving the Tl'azt'en Nation community focusing on viable markets to build tourism around.
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.
Islands of Safety: Restoring Dignity in Violence-Prevention Work with Indigenous Families
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Cathy Richardson
Allan Wade
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 5, no. 1, 2010, pp. 137-145
Description
Discusses a response-based approach to community work and therapy with victims and perpetrators of violence.
It’s All About Relationships: First Nations and Non-timber Resource Management in British Columbia
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Russell Collier
Tom Hobby
BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management, vol. 11, no. 1 & 2, 2010, pp. 1-8
Description
Looks at examples of management approaches and concepts of potential relevance to natural resource policy, planning, and management used by First Nations for non-timber forest resources.
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.
Jurisdiction, Resources, and Accountability in Basic Education Programs: An Analysis of the Issues, Challenges and Current Realities Facing First Nations Students
Theses
Author/Creator
Maurice Allen Manyfingers
Description
Educational Research Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Calgary, 2010.
Jurisdictional Comparisons of Child Welfare System Design
Alternate Title
Towards Sustainable Child Welfare in Ontario: First Report of the Commission ; working paper no. 2
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Commission to Promote Sustainable Child Welfare
Description
Looks at systems in four provinces (Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Manitoba) and England. One section specific to Aboriginal children.
Justice System's Response: Violence Against Aboriginal Girls
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kelly A. MacDonald
Description
Contends that programs and services must respond to the compounding effects of oppression and repeated exposure to violence that young Aboriginal women face.
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.
The Kamloops Residential School: Indigenous Perspectives and Revising Canada's History
Theses
Author/Creator
Jenna K. Foster
Description
History Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2010.
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.
Kindreds and States: Using Anglo-Saxon and Gitxsan Law to Help Reconcile Aboriginal and Crown Sovereignty
Alternate Title
First Nations, First Thoughts Conference
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Richard Overstall
Description
Discusses the nature of aboriginal law and Anglo-Canadian common law and how the two legal orders may interact in the modern Canadian state.
A Knowledge Gap, Chapter 2
Alternate Title
[Implementing the Vision] ; Chapter 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
First Nations Health Council
Description
Chapter 2 of series comments on the effects of residential schools and colonization on First Nations health.
Duration: 5:13.