Examines existing programs operating in Canada, evidence of impact on service utilization, health, and overall quality of life, and the need for Indigenous components in addictions treatment.
Shared Witsuit’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973
Shared Witsuït’en-Settler Relationships in Smithers 1913-1973: Project Report
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Tyler McCreary
Description
Reports information gathered about circumstances which led to relocation to an urban environment, experiences of living in the city in the early twentieth century, and establishment and displacement of "Indiantown".
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, vol. 24, no. 1, 2005, pp. 19-33
Description
Findings suggest that clients health and social problems have increased over the years of operation while indicators of infant health have either improved or maintained steady rates.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 2, no. 1, Population Health: Risk and Resistance, March 2005, pp. 54-59
Description
Study found that participation rates and health data demonstrated program success and women who had better access to health care enjoyed a better overall quality of life.
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.
Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives=Lieu et Mémoire au Canada: Perspectives Globales
[Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies ; 3rd]
[International Conference of Central European Canadianists ; 3rd]
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Katerina Prajznerová
Description
Conference paper from: Place and Memory in Canada: Global Perspectives: 3rd Congress of Polish Association for Canadian Studies and 3rd International Conference of Central European Canadianists, April 30-May 3, 2004, Cracow, Poland edited by Magdalena Paluszkiewicz-Misiaczek, Anna Reczyńska, and Anna Śpiewak.
Discusses Raven's Cry by Christine Harris, Klee Wyck by Emily Carr and Sounding the Blood by Amanda Hale.
Journal of Women's History, vol. 17, no. 1, 2005, pp. 137-164
Description
Describes the racial divides in the industry and how white and women of colour were positioned differently both geographically and in terms of prestige. It was a rarity for First Nations women to be employed as show dancers.
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 American Folklore, vol. 118, no. 470, Fall, 2005
Description
Viewpoint of the author is to infuse new life into a British Columbia historiography that until now has not paid enough attention to Aboriginal interpretations of the past.
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.
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.
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.
Explores how Aboriginal youth have embraced and transformed a "culture" originally associated with the black urban ghetto.
Excerpt from The Small Cities Book: On the Cultural Future of Small Cities edited by W.F. Garrett-Petts.
Northern Review, no. 25/26, Governance in the Provincial Norths, Summer, 2005, pp. 106-122
Description
Identifies some key elements that may have bearing on the study of northern political identity through three case studies: bear hunting moratoriums, health care, and economic development.
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.
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.